. ♪ >> tucker: good evening. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the trump administration is going to war with leakers. the attorney general jeff session held a precedence work leak investigations have tripled compared to the administration before. the attorney general viewed to bring criminal charges against the leakers, who are successfully identified. >> let me say that i strongly agree with the president and condemn in the strongest terms the staggering number of leaks, undermining the ability of our government to protect this country. leaks are incredibly damaging to our intelligence mission, and capables. simply put, these leaks hurt our country. finally, here's what i want to tell every american today. this nation must end this culture of leaks. we will investigate and seek to bring criminals to justice. we will not allow region, anonymous sources, with security clearances to sell out our country. >> tucker: well the administration has reason to be upset. these aren't just conventional political leaks set by appointas was is going on with sc

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. >> tucker: well, good evening. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the united states may be losing a star from its flag for the first time ever. that is what activists in california want. ever since the election of president trump, the cal exit, the exception of california to become an independent country has been gaining steam while the rest of us have been talking about russia. this will no supporters for that plan believe that they are close to breaking way. they are pushing for a 2018 ballot referendum that would declare california no longer a part of the united states. and allow the governor to negotiate a greater autonomy including national independence as a country. if campaigners can get 585,000 signatures by january 22nd of next year, the question will go on the ballot. californian, campaigning for his state to become a separate nation. he joins us tonight. thank you for coming on. >> hello. >> tucker: this is one of those stories where we have put into the amusing category, kind of a joke. i was in california this morning, it dawned on me t

looking like thursday into friday, tucker. that's when those folks he dry off, put up the umbrellas and take account to all the damage. >> tucker: man, that's a long time, adam. thanks for joining us. >> yep. >> tucker: black stock is a volunteer in texas. they're boaters using to save people from the storm. thanks for coming on tonight. >> thank you. yes, sir. >> tucker: so what is your last three days been like? >> craziness. >> tucker: i can't even imagine. >> yeah, it's something that we have never seen anything like this before. it's just unprecedented. it's unreal. >> tucker: where are you finding people? >> everywhere. you know, we worked through the emergency operations center and get dispatched to wherever people are calling in from. >> tucker: have you seen any looters? >> no, i have not, thank goodness. i've seen none and heard no reports of any. >> tucker: thank goodness. that's great. i'm glad to hear that. so have people been in trouble? >> oh, yes. i mean, personally i've done about 110 rescues since yesterday m

. ♪ >> tucker: well, good evening. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the united states may be losing a star from its flag for the first time ever. that is what activists in california want. ever since the election of president trump, the cal exit, the exception of california to become an independent country has been gaining steam while the rest of us have been talking about russia. this will no supporters for that plan believe that they are close to breaking way. they are pushing for a 2018 ballot referendum that would declare california no longer a part of the united states. and allow the governor to negotiate a greater autonomy including national independence as a country. if campaigners can get 585,000 signatures by january 22nd of next year, the question will go on the ballot. californian, campaigning for his state to become a separate nation. he joins us tonight. thank you for coming on. >> hello. >> tucker: this is one of those stories where we have put into the amusing category, kind of a joke. i was in california this morning, it dawned on me t

tucker? >> tucker: thanks, ed. one thing the president said today deserves more attention than it will likely get. yesterday a monitor down a civil war soldier's memorial in durham, north carolina. police stood idolly by and liberals across the country applauded it which statues are next, the president asked today, george washington, thomas jefferson. it's not a joke. suddenly it's a serious question. thomas jefferson indisputably was a great man. he was the author of the declaration of independence. founder of the university of west virginia and most importantly the greatest thinker in american political history. all of us live in his shadow. unfortunately, however, jefferson was also a slave holder. that's real. it's a moral taint. we ought to remember it. but the fanatics on the left it means that jefferson must be purged from public memory forever. the demands are already coming that we do that. in 2015, the students at the university of missouri demanded the removal of a jefferson statue. two years ago, on cnn

. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." it was a short reign, but none of us will ever forget it. white house communications director anthony scaramucci is gone a mere ten days after he arrived and four days after f he trashed then white house chief of staff reince priebus in a now-famous interview with "the new yorker." according to published reports, scaramucci's abrupt fall was ordered by the new chief of staff, general john kelly. the goal was ending chaos in the white house and making it clear that kelly is in charge from here on out. t white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders had this to say to say about what just happened. >> the president certainly felt that anthony's comments were inappropriate for a person in that position and he didn'tre want to burden general kelly also with that line of succession. >> tucker: david bossie is president of citizens united, he was trump's deputy campaign manager. he doesn't work at the white house, but he knows what is going on over there, and he joins us tonight. dave,

. >> tucker: well, good evening and worker to tucker carlson tonight. the trump administration took a big step immigration reform bill by tom cotton and david perdue. strict immigration on family i want congratulation and give priority to skills who speak english might help the country cut future immigration by 50%. bringing the number closer to historic levels. >> also abolish something called the diversity lottery. the white house press corps hated it. polling shows the public liked it. the white house rolled it out today in the briefing room and there was quite an exchange. watch this interchange between steven miller, the white house top policy advisor and jim acosta of cnn who started off by implying this bill somehow for reasons he didn't quite explain must be racist. watch. >> this whole notion of well, they could learn -- you know, they have to learn english before they get to the united states. we just going to bring in people from great britain and australia. >> jim, i have to say i am shocked at your statement that you think that only people

. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." you remember last week, when an angry mob ripped a confederate statue from its pedestal and durham, north carolina, as police stood passively by? no matter how you feel about civil war history, it seemed like a significant moment, one of those events that announce the end of one thing in the start of another. in this case, the destruction of america's delicate social fabri fabric. indeed, that is what it turned out toer be. what happened in durham was not the beginning of a slippery slope, it was a ski jump. much of the american left is still airborne. here are some snapshots from the hysteria now in progress. in baltimore, new orleans, madison, daytona beach, helena, austin, new york, at least two cities in ohio, monuments and statues have been torn down in the past week without deliberation or public debate. in florida, roadway markers have been ripped up and streets renamed. in virginia, the city of alexandria plans remove jefferson davis' name from a major highway. enrichment, the

. ♪ >> tucker: well, good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the trumpen administration took a big step todayy by endorsing an immigration reform bill by tom cotton and david perdue. it would restrict immigration based on family -- and give priority to skills who speak english, might help the country. cut future immigration by 50%. it would abolish the diversity lottery. the white house press corps heated dates. -- hated it. polling shows the public liked it. t the white house rolled it out today in the briefing room and there was quite an exchange. watch this interchange between steven miller, the white house top policy advisor and jim acosta of i cnn who started off by implying this bill somehow for reasons he didn't quite explain must be racist. watch. >> this whole notion of well, they could learn -- you know, they have to learn english before they get to the united states. are we just going to bring in people from great britain and australia? >> jim, i have to say i am shocked at your statement that you think that only people from great br

. >> tucker: well, good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the united states may be losing a star from its flag for the first time ever. that is what activists in the state of california want. ever since the election of president trump, the campaignme for calexit, the succession ofof for calexit, the succession of california to become an independent country, has been gaining steam while the rest of us have been talking about russia. well, now supporters for that plan believe that they are closm to breaking way. they are pushing for a 2018 ballot referendum that would declare california no longer an inseparable part of the united states. and would order the governor to negotiate for greater autonomy up to and including national independence as a country. if campaigners can get 585,000 signatures by january 22nd of next year, the question will go on the ballot. shankar singam is a californian. he's campaigning for his state to become a separate nation. and he joins us tonight. shankar, thanks for coming on. >> hello. >> tucker: this is one of t

. >> tucker: okay. well the city i live in, is named after the founder of the country, first president, whose plantation which was populated by slaves is right down the road at mount vernon. this notices a rhetorical question, it's a real question, should we change the name of the capital of the country? what should we do about george washington? >> george washington is not like a confederate general. george washington is the founder of a country and put his life on the line in order to do so. he was a flawed human being but created a great thing. part of the great creation that is self perpetuating and self correcting. that's what the process is about. right now, we can get to george washington and washington, d.c. but right now we need to take care of these confederate statues. >> tucker: i don't want to get to washington or washington, d.c. i don't want to rewrite the history of the country. i like where you left off the first time, he redeemed himself with his good deeds. which he did. thank you, re

tucker carlson is next. >> tucker: good evening. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." you remember last week when an angry mob ripped a confederate statue from its base in north carolina as police stood by? no matter how you feel ant civil war history, it's like a significant moment. it's the end of one thing and the start of another. in this case, the destruction of america's social fabric. that's what it turned out to be. what happened in durham was not the beginning of a slippery slope. it was a ski jump. much of the american left is still airborne. here's some snapshots from the hysteria now in progress. in baltimore, new orleans, madison, daytona beach, austin, new york, two cities in ohio, monuments and statues have been torn down without deliberation or public debate. in florida, roadway markers have been ripped up and streets renamed. in virginia, the city of alexandria plans to remove jefferson davis' name from a highway. in georgia, a democrat running for governor wants to blow up three confederate generals carved into stone mountain. the university of southe

. >> tucker: welcome to tucker carlson tonight. the shock of what happened in charlottesville is ringing in the air like a gunshot. people recognize it was awful. it was awful. absolutely and completely. the only thing that could make what happened in charlottesville worse is if we allow a small number of peep in power to make america less tolerant and less free in the aftermath. be honest, we've seen it before. it happened after 9/11. almost nobody wanted to say so at the time for fear of seeming sympathetic to terrorists but it did. secret lists, massive government spying on steps, feds rooting around in people's bank accounts. we allowed that to happen because we were upset and afraid. this morning there were signs it could be happening again. the wall street jurm reported that big tech companies are using their power to silence certain political views. both google and web hosting service go daddy stopped providing hosting support for daily storm area white supremacist website. the hotel website airbnb announced it will perm ner

. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: well, good evening and welcome too "tucker carlson tonight." last night, the president said he'd be willing to force a government shutdown for the sake of getting a border wall built. the crowd went crazy. they love that. no one in washington does, except perhaps congressman steve king. he'll be joining us with reaction to the president's speech. first, we almost didn't report the story last night because it seemed too absurd. it had to be a hoax, one of the things he read on the internet and tell your brother-in-law and find yourself embarrassed when you find out it's fake. even in the middle of the cultural revolution and progress in thisut country, the left hast become this hysterical and reactionary and stupid, we figured, but we were wrong. it turns out, espn actually did pull football announcer robert lee from its upcoming broadcast of the uva home opener. the reason? he is asian and he shares a first and last name with a long dead confederate general. not making that up. in a statement today, espn claimed that his vision had nothing to d

>> tucker: no. i don't like minister farrakhan. >> statues don't matter. >> tucker: that's not the point i'm making. symbolism does matter. symbols actually say a lot about who you are and where you're going. i agree with you there. i'm saying the moral panic around this is manufactured and is diverting attention from the fact that the middle class of the country, including black americans, are getting poorer and nobody says anything about it. i'm just saying if you're on the activist left as you are, maybe you should pay attention to things that actually matter. >> again, if you read my writing, if you read the writing of a lot of other scholars and journalists, they've been writing about what is going on in our major cities and they have been talking about -- >> tucker: it's like oh, this is a legacy -- no, these real people. there's -- i'm sure that's part of it. when you have 96 or 97% that can't pass a math or english test, there's a lot going on. it needs a thoughtful response. needs actual le

. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: well, good evening and worker to tucker carlson tonight. the trump administration took a big step immigration reform bill by tom cotton and david perdue. strict immigration on family i want congratulation and give priority to skills who speak english might help the country cut future immigration by 50%. bringing the number closer to historic levels. >> also abolish something called the diversity lottery. the white house press corps hated it. polling shows the public liked it. the white house rolled it out today in the briefing room and there was quite an exchange. watch this interchange between steven miller, the white house top policy advisor and jim acosta of cnn who started off by implying this bill somehow for reasons he didn't quite explain must be racist. watch. >> this whole notion of well, they could learn -- you know, they have to learn english before they get to the united states. we just going to bring in people from great britain and australia. >> jim, i have to say i am shocked at your statement that you think that only people

e straight ahead as tucker gets musical ♪ >> tucker: welcome to tucker carlson tonight, the president arrived in texas today, the state is still grappling with a devastating flooding caused by hurricane harvey, more than a dozen people have been confirmed dead. the rain is still coming down tonight. fox's trace gallagher is in kingwood texas where he joins us. >> you've got to see this, they've just rex mosquito deere people just won't leave. these boats are good to be ending for jeanette, if he abode come by, you need to get on it because or may not be another one. earlier today, president trump was in corpus christi, he was taken to an underground command center and he got the lay of the land inside there. they gave him logistics on how much damage had happened in houston and they also gave him an outline of what needs to be done in this very long recovery. listen to the president. >> this has been a total cooperative effort again, we will see you soon. if i will tell you, this isc historic, it's epic, what happened. you know what's quick to markets happened in texas and texas can h

>> you do, tucker. apologies. >> tucker: what is the current knowledge on the attack? >> . it's pretty calm where la rambla is. but around 70 miles down southwest of the spanish coast in cambrils, a police shoot-out we understand with four attackers being killed, and one being injured. what we do not know is if one of these people that was killed in this shoot-out was the man called driss oukabir, a photo was released, and he was a man that was maybe driving the white van that drove down la rambla and killed at least 13 people. 100 others injured. so many aspects to this as well with another factory last night exploding. the police believe the links the attacks as well. perhaps they were trying to make bombs in this house. >> tucker: there is a lot we do not know. we will be coming back to it until all the details are known. jake, thank you -- jack, thank you for the update. coming up next, civil war monuments have been gone only a day, but already ambitious activists setting their sights on thomas jefferson and the washington monument in washington. what is the end game fo

. >> tucker: good evening. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the city of houston is still coping with massive flooding at this hour in the aftermath of hurricane harvey. it's awful. waters are finally receding. more than 20 have been confirmed killed so far. rescue missions throughout the stay so many people and nursing homes are evacuated from flood waters. we'll have updates throughout the hour. meanwhile, america is waking up to the menace of antifa. the left wing agitators that fight against oppression by violent oppressing those that oppose them. this weekend that the got violent and assaulted a bunch of people in berkeley. after that, nancy pelosi had no choice but to admit they're out of control and issued a statement condemning them. one of the people attacked by berkeley was a trump supporter called keith campbell. watch this. [bleep]. >> tucker: keith campbell joins us tonight. keith, you looked like you were about to get hurt, maybe killed. what happened right before that? >> i had gone to the park to see what was going on. i know th

. ♪ >> tucker: good evening, welcome to tucker carlson tonight. lunatic bent on murdering a crowd of people with his car. everything that happened in charlesville over the weekend was awful. maybe the feeling you got when you watched it that things were completely out of control. this is what chaos looks like. one man swing ago confederate flag like a club. his opponent trying to burn him with a homemade flame thrower. all of this happening on the city street in midday and no one trying to stop them. what country was this? where were the authorities? what happened to the police? is this america? our colleague doug mckelway was there in charlesville on sunday and he had that same question. >> when the tear gas started to fly. thrown by protesters the police themselves began to evacuate that i asked the guy who was in charge i said where are you going? he said we're leaving. it's too dangerous. they had an opportunity to nip this thing in the bud and they chose not to. >> tucker: multiple videos show marchers beaten with cops nowhere to be seen. one

my friend tucker carlson is up next. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening, welcome to tucker carlson tonight. lunatic bent on murdering a crowd of people with his car. everything that happened in charlesville over the weekend was awful. maybe the feeling you got when you watched it that things were completely out of control. this is what chaos looks like. one man swing ago confederate flag like a club. his opponent trying to burn him with a homemade flame thrower. all of this happening on the city street in midday and no one trying to stop them. what country was this? where were the authorities? what happened to the police? is this america? our colleague doug mckelway was there in charlesville on sunday and he had that same question. >> when the tear gas started to fly. thrown by protesters the police themselves began to evacuate that i asked the guy who was in charge i said where are you going? he said we're leaving. it's too dangerous. they had an opportunity to nip this thing in the bud and they chose not to. >> tucker: multiple videos show marchers beaten with cops nowhere to be seen. one

"tucker carlson tonight" is up next. ♪ >> tucker: this is a fox news alert, terror hitting the streets of barcelona, spain, today. a truck into a -- 13 people have been confirmed dead so hard. many are gravely injured, the total of injured over 100 at this hour. at the spanish prime minister saying that the attack was both an active g how do you terrorism, isis has claimed credit, and one is a spanish ci, the other is from morocco. at this hour, the driver of the van remains added to you looming large. president trump condemning the attack saying that the u.s. will do whatever is necessary to help spain. the video taken captured some of the carnage. [inaudible screaming] [speaking foreign language] [speaking foreign language] >> tucker: liam sore was just a few feet away from the attack when it occurred pretty joins us now from spain. liam, where were you when this happened? >> i was in -- on the road just next to the rambler when -- and i was halfway down the rambler down the street. i was listening to my music. and from my left, i hear noises, and in the space of like five seconds, a

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tucker? >> tucker: what percentage of sociology professors agree. in fact what% of faculty lounges are deranged like certifiable. like a lot. maybe something wrong with the system. >> i have never gotten a question like that. >> tucker: i won't press to you answer. i think we all know it's a very high percentage. >> how could he do this you deserve it because you voted for donald trump. >> tucker: a guy at the college i went to tweeted out let them all die because they live in a world where that's okay. >> thought they could survive this and the school after, you know, a twitter storm said no. >> tucker: the great ed henry. thank you. >> see you, buddy. >> tucker: piece activists press is aware that antifa are actually violent. talk to a journalist who has encountered that violence firsthand while continuing to bring you the latest from houston, texas. the rain remarkably still falling on that flooded city. stay tuned. ♪ ♪ ♪ there's nothing more important than your health. so if you're on medicare or will be soon, you may want more than parts

. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. last night willing to force a government shutdown in order to get a border wall built. the crowd went crazy. everyone loved that except congress. steve king will be joining me for reaction to the president's speech. first, we almost didn't report this story last night because it seemed too absurd. it had to be a hoax one of those things you read on the internet and tell your brother-in-law. seemed el embarrassed. the cultural revolution the left hasn't become this hysterical and reactionary we figured, oh but we were wrong. turns out espn actually did pull football announcer robert lee from its upcoming broadcast of the uva home opener. the reason? lee who is asian shares a first and last name with a long dead confederate general. not making that up. in a statement today espn claimed the decision had nothing to do with political correctness or with race. though, of course, the opposite is true in both cases liberals deivedded the decision not even the glorious game of football can kee

, tucker. thank you for focusing on texas tonight. we thank you. >> tucker: of course. timothy march marshall is chasing that hurricane. he joins us on the phone. timothy marshall, can you hear me? >> yes, tucker, i can. >> tucker: where are you? >> i'm just north of rockport on route 35. the outer road. and is it is quite windy here. racing by like a time laps movie. we get white out conditions occasionally. power poll poles started of going down about an hour ago. a lot of power outages. people will to deal with that for days and maybe even weeks. we just are getting another squall now. the show is yet to come. we still have the eye wall offshore. so, another hour or two with that wind things are going to go really down hill. hill. >> tucker: so you are doing this obviously because this ask what. do you the lieutenant governor saying he hoped people would be gone from that area. do you see residents of where you are? are they leaving? are they hunkering down? >> i saw a whole line of cars lea

. ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the city of houston is still coping with massive flooding at this hour in the aftermath of hurricane harvey. it's awful. waters are finally receding a bit. more than 20 have been confirmed killed. rescue mission have saved many people. a nursing home was evacuated finally. we'll bring you updates. meanwhile, america is waking up to the menace of antifa. he left-wing agitators who fight against repression by violently oppressing those who oppose them. this past weekend, they got violent in berkeley, california, and assaulted a whole bunch ofau people. after that, house democratic leader nancy pelosi had no choice but to admit they are out of control and issued a statement sort of condemning them. one of the people attacked by this group in berkeley this past weekend was a trump supportercyn called keith campbell. watch this. >> [bleep] [bleep] [bleep] [shouting] >> [bleep] [bleep] [bleep] [bleep] [bleep] [bleep] >> tucker: keith campbell joins us tonight. keith, you look like you were

. ♪ >> tucker: good evening, welcome to tucker carlson tonight. >> this agreement, the craziness, lunatic bent on murdering a crowd of people with his b car. everything that happened in a charlottesville over the weekend was awful. maybe the feeling you got when you watched it that things were completely out of control. this is what chaos looks like.. one man swing confederate flag like a club. his opponent trying to burn him with a homemade flame thrower. all of this happening on the city street in midday and no one trying to stop them. what country was this? where were the authorities? what happened to the police? is this america? our colleague doug mckelway was there in charlottesville on sunday and he had that same question. >> when the tear gas started to fly. thrown by protesters the police themselves began to evacuate that i asked thes guy who was in charge i said where are you going? he said we're leaving. it's too dangerous. s they had an opportunity to nip this thing in the bud and they chose not to. >> tucker: multiple videos show marchers beaten with cops nowhere to be seen. o

tucker? >> tucker: jonathan hunt, be coming back to you later in the hour as we monitor those protests. critics seemed to love his speech about afghanistan last night. ask the obvious question. should their happiness be a red flag to normal people? also the left anti-statue mania didn't take long to move past the confederacy. now they are trying to destroy christopher columbus, too, because they hate our society. plus, keep watch on president trump's upcoming rally in phoenix. stay tuned. ♪ ♪ i couldn't sleep and get up in time. then i found aleve pm. aleve pm is the only one to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour pain relieving strength of aleve. i'm back. aleve pm for a better am. ♪ hey, is this our turn? honey...our turn? yeah, we go left right here. (woman vo) great adventures are still out there. we'll find them in our subaru outback. (avo) love. it's what makes a subaru, a subaru. get 0% apr financing for 63 months on all new 2017 subaru outback models. now through august 31

tucker carlson is straight >> tucker: good evening. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." hurricane harvey and its aftermath continue to ravage the city of houston tonight. thousands have been forced the flee their home caused by flooding that is 35 inches or more. >> these kids need help. >> they're completely soaked. >> soaked to the bone. >> a couple of people with boats. we want to see if we can get them to get my mom. get her out. >> it's about 5:00 a.m. one minute, everything was fine. we could see the water is high. the next minute, rushing in through every door we had. >> i'm bid ridden. there's water in all the house. we lost every strip of furniture. >> everybody just coming together to do this. >> texas pride. texas pride. that's all i can say. >> tucker: president trump had this to say about the flooding in advance of a planned visit to the area on tuesday. >> we're one american family, we hurt together, we struggle together. believe me, we endure together. we're one family. to the people of texas and louisiana, we are 100% with you. we're praying with you, wor

. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight, the president as you may have heard fired back at the media todaydek in new york after delivering a short speech on his proposal for a national infrastructure project. president trump held a heated news conference where he defended his reaction to the street fighting in car attack charlottesville, virginia, over the weekend. c we'll get to what his remarks meant in just minutes. an update with fox chief national correspondent ed henry. >> president trump beingc battered tonight by critics, cnn charging he went off the rails, suggesting theren were find people on both sides on saturday when there were neo-nazis and whiteg supremacist there is gog to be a problem for this president. lost in the hysteria is that he did it again it very clearly denounced neo-nazisy p and he pointed out something liberals do not want to admit that there was violence among some of the counter protesters like antifa, watch. >> president trump: what about the old left that came charging at the altar right? do they have any semblance of guilt wh

. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tucker: well, good evening and welcome to tucker carlson tonight. the president just finished of speaking as you saw in huntington, west virginia. the big news that state's democratic governor jim justice announced he is switching parties and becoming a republican. that means half of the country, more than half, two thirds of the country's governors are now republican. good news for the trump administration. otherwise, a tough day for them in washington. we're going to show you part of what the president said in west virginia in just a minute. first, we are joined by charles krauthammer. he is a writer and columnist to assess what that just meant. charles, thanks a lot for coming on. >> a pleasure. >> tucker: what do you take from that speech? >> well, the content was not impressive. it was highlights. it was the greatest hits. but i think this is a very important demonstration to the country, to the political elites, to the press which he doesn't particularly like. that he has his army. look, you have to look at this in context. here is a guy whose

tucker? >> tucker: what percentage of sociology professors agree. in fact what% of faculty lounges are deranged like certifiable. like a lot. maybe something wrong with the system. >> i have never gotten a question like that. >> tucker: i won't press to you answer. i think we all know it's a very high percentage. >> how could he do this you deserve it because you voted for donald trump. >> tucker: a guy at the college i went to tweeted out let them all die because they live in a world where that's okay. >> thought they could survive this and the school after, you know, a twitter storm said no. >> tucker: the great ed henry. thank you. >> see you, buddy. >> tucker: piece activists press is aware that antifa are actually violent. talk to a journalist who has encountered that violence firsthand while continuing to bring you the latest from houston, texas. the rain remarkably still falling on that flooded city. stay tuned. ♪ ♪ each year sarah climbs 58,007 steps. that's the height of mount everest. because each day she chooses to take the stairs. at

♪ >> tucker: good evening. welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." the city of houston is still coping with massive flooding at this hour in the aftermath of hurricane harvey. it's awful. waters are finally receding. more than 20 have been confirmed killed so far. rescue missions throughout the stay so many people and nursing homes are evacuated from flood waters. we'll have updates throughout the hour. meanwhile, america is waking up to the menace of antifa. the left wing agitators that fight against oppression by violent oppressing those that oppose them. this weekend that the got violent and assaulted a bunch of people in berkeley. after that, nancy pelosi had no choice but to admit they're out of control and issued a statement condemning them. one of the people attacked by berkeley was a trump supporter called keith campbell. watch this. [bleep]. >> tucker: keith campbell joins us tonight. keith, you looked like you were about to get hurt, maybe killed. what happened right before that? >> i had gone to the park to see what was going on. i know th

taking china. >> tucker: it didn't work very well. >> it's a process, tucker, isn't it? and we have come a long way. >> tucker: look. >> i'm on your side on that stuff. i just think the cultural stuff is a big barrier. if people think you hate them they can't hear you. we are out of time. good luck with that we have a fox news alert. update from l.a. we showed you pictures of the flash floods that have hit. they're bad. a man was caught in his pickup truck. he has climbed out of the passenger window. he went back to the truck and grabbed a skateboard before jumping onto the roof of the vehicle. he appears to be getting rescued by a helicopter. you can see the power lines on the front of your screen. it is going to be a tight maneuver there oh, there is already someone lowered down. okay. we're going to keep you updated on this. as it unfolds. it's not even clear where in l.a. that is but there is an awful lot of water. i guess is he being connected to the harness right there. not clear, again, where that is or how he wound up there. but that is enough water to make it pr

taking china. >> tucker: it didn't work very well. >> it's a process, tucker, isn't it? and we have come a long way. >> tucker: look. >> i'm on your side on that stuff. i just think the cultural stuff is a big barrier. if people think you hate them they can't hear you. we are out of time. good luck with that we have a fox news alert. update from l.a. we showed you pictures of the flash floods that have hit. they're bad. a man was caught in his pickup truck. he has climbed out of the passenger window. he went back to the truck and grabbed a skateboard before jumping onto the roof of the vehicle. he appears to be getting rescued by a helicopter. you can see the power lines on the front of your screen. it is going to be a tight maneuver there oh, there is already someone lowered down. okay. we're going to keep you updated on this. as it unfolds. it's not even clear where in l.a. that is but there is an awful lot of water. i guess is he being connected to the harness right there. not clear, again, where that is or how he wound up there. but that is enough water to make it pr

. >> tucker: >> tucker, i'm tryinr your question. i want to be civil with you. >> tucker: i'm being civil. >> no, no, no. >> tucker: thank you very much for joining. [laughs] what is that? >> laura: up next, remembering glen candle. >> ♪ like a rhinestone cowboy ♪ riding on a horse in a you won't see these folks at the post office. they have businesses to run. they have passions to pursue. how do they avoid trips to the post office? stamps.com mail letters, ship packages, all the services of the post office right on your computer. get a 4 week trial, plus $100 in extras including postage and a digital scale. go to stamps.com/tv and never go to the post office again. >> laura: we lost two legends of american song today. barbara cook and glen campbell. cook performed well into her 89th year. she was the librarian in the music man. she had a voice that shimmered. you never heard it until she sang it and glen campbell, a virtuoso guitar player and truly a musician's musician. "rhinestone cowboy," did you know he filled in for brian w

i am not tucker carlson, i am brian kilmeade. it is my privilege to fill in for tucker, who claims to be on vacation with his family. we need to see photos. meanwhile, america's most distant possession is under threat. north korea warned that ed is attacks potentially on guam. is this a real threat? the story just moved a short time ago and here it is. north korea's state run media, like north korea'sun government, saidid north korea is ready to attack guam by mid-august. the initial threats came shortly president trump warned that any aggression from the north korean dictator, kim jong un, would be met with annihilating force. >> north korea best not to make any more threats to the united states. they will be met with fire and fury. like the world is never seen. he has been very threatening, beyond a normal state. and as i said, they will be met with fire, fury, and frankly, power, the likes of which this world has never seen before. thank you. >> brian: secretary of state rex tillerson said the president's words should make ame

. ♪ >> tucker: welcome to "tucker carlson tonight," the sk from what happened at charlottesville over the weekend is still ringing in the air like a gunshot. people in every side working as it was awful because it was awful, absolutely and completely. the only thing that could make what happened in charlottesville worse is if we allowed a small number of people in power to make america less tolerant as less free and its aftermath. we've seen that before. it happened after 9/11. almost nobody wanted to say so at the time for fear of seeming sympathetic to terrorists but it did. the feds rooting around at people's bank accounts for no good reason. we allowed all of that to happen because we were upset and afraid. this morning there were signs that it could be happening agai again. "the wall street journal" reported that big tech companies are using their power to silence certain political views. both google and west hosting service go daddy stopped providing hosting support for daily storm or it's a white supremacist website. meanwhile the hotel website airbnb said it would permanently

"tucker carlson" is up next. ♪ >> tucker: a good evening, and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." a senior white house advisor steve bannon.candidate today after losing an internal power struggle that had been raging for months. his now former boss, bannon was a material figure in a business that prizes predictability. to steal cliches from a hundred different, movies, he was a loose cannon who didn't play by the rules. bannon fanned fruitless controversy with unwise remarks, he specialized in making enemies the white house will be a much more placid place now that he is gone. the question is, will it be a better place? let's put it this way. bannon was one of the relatively few senior staff in the white house who wouldn't feel at home and hillary clinton administration. indeed, he was one of the rare republicans there and the only, or one of the very few, populist conservatives. that's strange, since populist conservatism is the platform his boss ran on. like trumpet candidate, bannon was willing to criticize big republican donors in their ideological stranglehold in a corrupt g.

>> tucker: good evening, and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." senior white house advisor steve bannon got canned today. after losing an internal power struggle that had been raging for months. like his now former boss, bannon was a material figure in a business that prizes predictability. to steal cliches from a hundred different cop movies, he was a loose cannon who didn't play by the rules. bannon fanned fruitless controversy with unwise remarks, he specialized in making enemies.s. the white house will be a much more placid place now that he is gone. the question is, will it be a better place? let's put it this way.y. bannon was one of the relatively few senior staff in the white house who wouldn't feel at home in a hillary clinton administration. indeed, he was one of the rare republicans there and the only, or one of the very few, populist conservatives. that's strange, since populist conservatism is the platform his boss ran on.n. like trump candidate, bannon was willing to criticize big republican donors in their ideological stranglehold i

. >> tucker: >> tucker, i'm tryinr your question. i want to be civil with you. >> tucker: i'm being civil. >> no, no, no. >> tucker: thank you very much for joining. [laughs] what is that? >> laura: up next, remembering glen candle. >> ♪ like a rhinestone cowboy ♪ riding on a horse in a star-spangled rodeo ♪ ♪ rhinestone cowboy and dulcoease for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax. designed for dependable relief. which saves money. insurance a smarter way. they offer paperless billing and automatic payments. which saves paper. which saves money. they offer home and auto coverage, so you can bundle your policies. which saves hassle. which saves money. and they offer a single deductible. which means you only pay once when something like this happens. which saves money. esurance was born online and built to save. and when they save, you save. that's home and auto insurance for the modern world. esurance. an allstate company. click or call. >> laura: we lost two legends of american song today. barbara cook and glen campbe

in for tucker today. both beijing and moscow votedco with us at the u.n. last week tv levy more sanctions in response to north korea's nuclear probleo program. that will be enough by itself.ie all the experts tell us is that china is the key to containing kim jong un's regime.lear capable of hitting mainland usa. if they areng m the key partnerk theyey haven't been a cooperatie one. those new sanctions don't affect china's critical shipments of oil to north korea. nor do they punish the chinese banks that still do business there. don't expect much change from the portly 30-somethingn't communist who suffers from a clear case of missile and fee. china has made billions proppins up two of the most dangerous the regimes in the world, north korea and iran.ran about $3 billion every year in experts to pyongyang, and over 11 years, has done virtually nothing to stop the regime's long and deadly march toward becoming a full-fledged nuclear' power. it is telling that so many of washington's newfound foes seem to

tucker will be back on monday. t and the sworn enemy of flying, pomposity, smugness, and you can check me out online. "the five" alive! ♪ >> jesse: hello, everybody. i am jesse watters, along with mo elleithee, kimberly guilfoyle, dana perino, greg gutfeld. 9:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ president trump turning up the heat. and doubling down on the fire and fury warning to north korea. threatening to fire missiles towards the base in guam. >> frankly the people who were questioning that was it too tough, maybe it was not tough enough. they've been doing this to our country for a long time. many years. and it is about time that somebody stuck up for the people of this country and for the people of other countries.

we appreciate it. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: san francisco liberals used to stand up for free speech. they were famous for it. no longer. that city's mayor teamed up with nancy pelosi to shut