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>> Tucker: GOOD EVENING AND

WELCOME TO TUCKER

WELCOME TO "UCKER

WELCOME TO "TUKER

WELCOME TO "TUCKR

WELCOME TO "TUCKER CARLSON

TONIGHT."

HERE'S WHERE WE ARE.

TENS OF THOUSANDS OF

AMERICANS CONTINUE TO DIE IN

THEIR PRIME FROM DRUG ODs.

THE MIDDLE CLASS IS STILL

SHRINKING, HOUSING CRISIS IN

OUR CITIES CRUSHING

GENERATION OF AMBITIOUS

YOUNG PEOPLE.

CHINA'S ECONOMY IS ABOUT TO

OVERTAKE OURS.

THAT'S ALL THE BAD NEWS

RIGHT THERE.

HAVE NO FEAR.

HERE'S THE GOOD NEWS.

WASHINGTON IS ON IT.

YOUR REPRESENTATIVES IN THE

CAPITAL CITY, THIS CITY,

JUST SPENT THEIR THIRD DAY

IN A ROW YELLING AT EACH

OTHER ABOUT A PHONE CALL

DONALD TRUMP ONCE MADE TO

SOME GUY IN UKRAINE.

IN OTHER WORDS THE

IMPEACHMENT TRIAL OF THE

PRESIDENT ROLLS ON TONIGHT.

IF NOTHING ELSE, THAT MEANS

THAT AMATEUR THESE MEAN AND

FULL TIME CONGRESSMAN ADAM

SCHIFF GETS TO TRY OUT NEW

PARTS FOR THE CAMERA.

YESTERDAY YOU WILL REMEMBER

SCHIFF PLAYED THE WAR TIME

GENERAL IMMINENT MILITARY

INVASION.

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING, HE

SQUEAKED.

THE RUSSIANS ARE COMING.

WATCH.

>> AS ONE WITNESS PUT IT

DURING OUR IMPEACHMENT

INQUIRY, THE UNITED STATES

AIDES UKRAINE AND HER PEOPLE

SO THAT WE CAN FIGHT RUSSIA

OVER THERE AND WE DON'T HAVE

TO FIGHT RUSSIA HERE.

>> Tucker: THAT'S RIGHT,

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.

WE COULD SOON FIGHT THE

RUSSIANS HERE, INST. JOHN'S

BERRY, NOT ST. PETERSBURG

STOCK UP ON MILK.

TODAY SCHIFF REVIVED THE

CHARACTER YOU SAW

THEOLOGICAL DIMENSION WAR

TIME GENERAL PLUS OLD

TESTAMENT PROPHET GEORGE

PATENT MEETS JEREMIAH

SUDDENLY DROPPING REFERENCES

TO GOD LIKE THE TWO WERE OLD

FRIENDS.

>> THANK GOD PUTIN SAID

PUTIN SAID THANK GOD NOBODY

IS ACCUSING US ANY MORE OF

INTERFERING IN U.S.

ELECTIONS NOW THEY ARE

UKRAINE.

THANK GOD PUTIN SAYS.

I DON'T THINK WE REALLY WANT

VLADIMIR PUTIN, OUR

ADVERSARY TO BE THANKING GOD

FOR THE PRESIDENT OF THE

UNITED STATES BECAUSE THEY

DON'T WISH US WELL.

WE DO NOT WANT THEM THANKING

GOD FOR OUR PRESIDENT AND

WHAT HE IS PUSHING OUT.

WE DON'T WANT THEM THANKING

GOD FOR WITHHOLDING MONEY

FROM OUR ALLIES.

>> Tucker: SAY WHAT YOU

WILL, BUT AS A PIECE IN

THEATER IT HAD LITERALLY

EVERYTHING, DASTARDLY OLD

VLADIMIR PUTIN RUBBING HIS

HANDS TOGETHER IN DIABOLICAL

GLEE.

FOOLISH AMERICANS LITTLE DO

THEY KNOW MY TROOPS WILL BE

IN PHOENIX BY NIGHT FALL.

ON OTHER SIDE GOD HIMSELF IN

HEAVEN LOOKING DOWN IN

SADNESS HOPING THIS LOST

NATION WILL FINALLY HEED

SAINT ADAM'S PROPHETIC

WARNINGS AND OBEY.

IT WAS THE AGE OLD BATTLE

GOOD VS. EVIL PLAYING OUT

RIGHT THERE ON THE SENATE

FLOOR.

SENATOR JIM RICH OF IDAHO

WAS NOT IMPRESSED FELL DEAD

ASLEEP THE OTHER DAY

PROBABLY WASN'T THE ONLY ONE

TO DO IT.

IF IT WEREN'T FOR THE FACT

THAT MOST SENATORS CAN NAP

WITH HEIR EYES OPEN IT WOULD

BE CLEAR THE WHOLE CHAMBER

HAS BEEN UNCONSCIOUS SINCE

MONDAY.

CABLE NEWS, IT'S LIKE

CHRISTMAS.

"AMERICA'S NEWSROOMS" MAY BE

THE LAST PLACE IN THE

ENGLISH SPEAKING WORLD WHERE

ADAM SCHIFF IS STILL

CONSIDERED IMPRESSIVE.

TO THE AVERAGE NEWS ANCHOR

HE IS NOT A BUGGED EYE

HYSTERICAL HE A STATESMAN.

ALEXANDER HAMILTON REBORN.

GET THAT MAN A MUSICAL.

>> A VERY, VERY POWERFUL

AND FORCEFUL SPEECH ALMOST

TWO AND A HALF HOURS BY ADAM

SCHIFF.

VERY, VERY STRONG CASE.

>> I THOUGHT SCHIFF'S

PERFORMANCE WAS A VIRTUOSO

PERFORMANCE YESTERDAY.

>> ADAM SCHIFF DID

MASTERFULLY WHAT ALL

PROSECUTORS TRAINED TO DO HE

IS A REALLY GOOD LAWYER,

PERIOD, END OF DISCUSSION.

>> ALSO, I THOUGHT SCHIFF

DID EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD JOB

CONNECTING HIS CASE TO THE

FOUNDING FATHERS.

>> I HAVE TO SAY WATCHING

THAT I THOUGHT ADAM SCHIFF'S

OPENING WAS BRILLIANT.

>> THIS WAS A SPEECH REALLY

AIMED AT THE BETTER ANGELS.

>> BY MOST ACCOUNTS IT WAS A

VIRTUOSO PERFORMANCE THAT

DREW PRAISE FROM ALL SIDES

YESTERDAY.

A STUNNING RECITATION OF THE

FACTS.

>> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE

PRESENTATION BY THE LEAD

HOUSE MANAGER ADAM SCHIFF?

>> I THOUGHT IT WAS

DAZZLING.

>> Tucker: DAZZLING,

STUNNING, BRILLIANT,

POWERFUL, FORCEFUL,

MASTERFUL, VIRTUOSO,

WHATEVER THAT MEANS.

THOSE ARE THE WORDS THE

PRESS USES TO DESCRIBE A MAN

WHO HAS JUST CALLED FOR A

HOT WAR AGAINST A NUCLEAR

ARMED NATION.

DO THE TALKING HEADS ON CNN

BELIEVE WHAT SCHIFF IS

SAYING?

DO THEY ACTUALLY THINK

RUSSIA IS ON THE CUSP OF

INVADING THE UNITED STATES?

MAYBE THEY DO.

MORE LIKELY THEY ARE NOT

REALLY LISTENING TO HIM.

IF THE INTERNAL THOUGHTS OF

YOUR AVERAGE NEWS ANCHOR

WERE BROADCAST ON THE

SCREEN, AND THEY SHOULD BE,

YOU WOULD SEE THEY REVOLVE

MOSTLY AROUND HAIR AND

MAKEUP DO.

MY EARS LOOK BIG?

THESE ARE NOT POLICY PEOPLE.

THEY DON'T CARE ABOUT

DETAILS.

THEY JUST KNOW FOR CERTAIN

THAT SCHIFF IS ON THEIR

TEAM.

THAT'S ENOUGH FOR THEM.

THAT'S HOW THEY CAN SPEND

THE LAST THREE YEARS STUDY

DUSTILY PRETENDING THAT ADAM

SCHIFF IS A SERIOUS PERSON

AND NOT A WIDE EYED

CONSPIRACY NUT.

TO KEEP PRETENDING THAT THEY

NEED TO IGNORE A LOT OF HIS

ACTUAL CLAIMS THE THINGS HE

FAMED.

VERY MUCH INCLUDING THESE

THINGS:

>> YOU CAN SEE EVIDENCE IN

PLAIN SIGHT ON THE ISSUE OF

COLLUSION.

PRETTY COMPELLING EVIDENCE.

>> AND THERE IS SIGNIFICANT

EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION.

THERE IS AMPLE EVIDENCE AND

INDEED THERE IS OF COLLUSION

OF PEOPLE IN THE TRUMP

CAMPAIGN WITH THE RUSSIANS.

>> I THINK THERE IS PLENTY

OF EVIDENCE OF COLLUSION OR

CONSPIRACY.

>> ALL OF THIS IS EVIDENCE

OF COLLUSION.

>> Tucker: TO SCHIFF,

COLLUSION WAS EVERYWHERE, ON

FACEBOOK, ON TELEVISION,

INSIDE THE BOX OF HONEY

BUNCHES OF OATS SITTING IN

BREAKFAST NOOK OF HIS

APARTMENT.

AT ONE POINT HE SUSPECTED

HIS CAT, MANY CATS.

SCHIFF SPENT THE ENTIRETY OF

2017 AND 2018 TALKING JUST

LIKE THAT.

BY THE END HE WOULD ACCUSE

60 MILLION AMERICANS OF

COLLUDING WITH VLADIMIR

PUTIN SIMPLY BY THE ACT OF

VOTING FOR DONALD TRUMP 2

WAS A CONSPIRACY THAT

PROFOUND.

EXCEPT IT WASN'T AND THAT'S

THE REMARKABLE PART.

SCHIFF WAS WRONG.

NONE OF THIS EVER HAPPENED.

AND WE NOW KNOW THAT

CONCLUSIVELY.

SO IS SCHIFF PUNISHED FOR

THIS?

DRIVEN FROM POLITE SOCIETY

FOR FALSELY IMPUGNING THE

INTEGRITY OF MILLIONS OF

AMERICANS WITH LIES.

NO HE WASN'T.

HE GOT MORE FAMOUSED AND

MORE REVERED ON MSNBC.

YOU CAN FIND HIM MOST

WEEKDAYS NOW HAVING LUNCH IN

THE BEST RESTAURANTS IN THE

CITY RIGHT ACROSS FROM THE

GUYS WHO PLANNED THE IRAQ

WAR AND GOT RICH FROM

SUBSECURE PRIME TIME

MORTGAGES.

HE SEEMS HAPPY.

WHY WOULDN'T HE BE?

HE GOT IT ALL COMPLETELY

WRONG.

HE WASN'T PUNISHED.

HE WAS REWARDED.

THAT'S HOW WASHINGTON REALLY

WORKS.

KEEP THAT IN MIND AS YOU

WATCH ADAM SCHIFF STRUT