tucker thanks so much for your time and. the auction for julie rhodes to deep sea oil fields off the coast of brazil raise well below initial projections the mega sale of the oil fields only raise $17000000000.00 rather than the $26000000000.00 government officials had hoped for the only block that was awarded during the auction went to brazilian oil for petro brass and china c n o d c a subsidiary of china national petroleum corp both of which only offered the minimum bid according to reuters 4 other blocks which were up to for auction received no bids this was the 2nd brazilian oil auction that received little interest from the world's major major oil players now the blocks are estimated to contain as much as 15000000000 barrels of oil the oil rich patches though located beneath the sea floor or salt floor of the sea make it increasingly expensive for producers to drill there also requires huge investment for extracting the product compared to shale fields seen elsewhere. in the latest update in the u.s. china trade war th

and china could be on the horizon but we have heard before haven't we well jeffrey tucker the editorial director at the american institute for economic research joins us to discuss the possibilities and what this is doing to flow bull market plus london's transportation regulator has stripped of their life to operate in the city legal journalist molly barrows hopped in the driver's seat to tell us what this means for the writing sharing giant and. more chinese law change companies are issuing their own crypto currency rather than focusing on general block chain application crypto currency analysts pens one joins us to break down why this might be an issue with a packed show today so let's dive right in. a series of high profile mergers and acquisitions leads our global report today brokerage firm charles schwab announced on monday their official intent to buy rival t.d. ameritrade in all stock deal worth $26000000000.00 t.d. ameritrade stockholders will receive $10837.00 shares in schwab for every share in t.d. held this would be a 17 percent premium over the stock's 30 day average pric

tucker jeffrey thanks so much for joining us today i want to dive right in and start with the ongoing trade war contrary to media reports both sides are saying that they're close to a phase one deal but will we see the signing of that partial deal before the end of this year. i think it's likely they'll be some cosmetic deal if not before the end of the or maybe for the 1st of the year just just for political reasons for hopes that markets can begin to calm down but i don't really think it's going to amount to anything so here's what's really important to keep your eye on here what china wants is a lowering of the tariff barriers so they comes top of this for tele route telling tory measures that matters more than anything else the trumpet ministration does not want to budge any aspect of the terrorists at all this is very critical to understand the tariffs were never really a bargaining chip they were always a policy that trump wants and sacked he thinks the tariffs are as great contribution to the world you know he's reversing 60 years of american trade policy and he thinks that mak

and china could be on the horizon but we have heard that before haven't we well jeffrey tucker the editorial director at the american institute for economic research joins us to discuss the possibility and what this is doing to flow bull market plus london's transportation regulator has stripped of their life to operate in the legal journalist molly barrows in the driver's seat to tell us what this means for the writing sharing giant and more chinese watching companies are issuing their own crypto currency rather than focusing on general block applications crypto currency analyst pence one joins us to break down why this might be an issue of a packed show today so let's dive right in. a series of high profile murders.

tucker of the a i e r are both on here to dig into how turbulence has influenced the growth of crypto currency plus several recently dr deal listings have flopped amid major hype on their stock market debuts later we welcome back christiane and adam ash of the adam mesh trading group to break down whether these unicorns are too good to be too.

tucker joins us to weigh in. we've also recently agreed to work toward a $100000000000.00. 2 way trade agreement. president is meeting with turkey's president ever to one and he says that he. to vastly you heard it there increase trade between the 2 countries so we're investigating what trade is already taking place and how much of the increase trade is actually military weapons we have a packed show today so let's get to it. and we begin today with the new talks about some kind of trade deal being reached between china and the u.s. we've been talking about this for months now but now the report is that china and the u.s. are holding in-depth discussions on phase one of those trade talks but to get that done china says there has to be there must be a cancellation of tariffs as recently as tuesday president trump said that a deal was close but didn't give specifics right now everything is hinged on terror of c. president trump has threatened tariffs of 15 percent and about $156000000000.00 worth of chinese goods t

and china could be on the horizon but we have heard that before haven't we well jeffrey tucker the editorial director at the american institute for economic research joins us to discuss the possibilities and what this is doing to level markets london's transportation regulator has stretched over their life to operate in the legal journalist molly barrows hopped in the driver's seat to tell us what this means for the writing sharing giant and more chinese law change companies are issuing their own cryptocurrency rather than focusing on general blocking applications cryptocurrency analyst fence one joins us to break down why this might be an issue of a packed show today so let's dive right in. a series of high profile mergers and acquisitions leads our global report today brokerage firm charles schwab announced on monday their official intent to buy rival t.d. ameritrade it all stock deal worth $26000000000.00 t.d. ameritrade stockholders will receive $10837.00 shares in schwab for every share in t.d. held this would be a 17 percent premium over the stock's 30 day average price which was prior

tucker of the a i e r are both on here to dig into how turbulence has influenced the growth of cryptocurrency plus several recently dr phil listings have flopped amid major hype on their stock market debuts later we welcome back christiane and adam mesh of the adam s. trading group to break down whether these unicorns are too good to be true so much to do so little time let's get to it. this year the world is facing political turmoil protests have become the new norm but what does this mean for the economy in terms of cryptocurrency s m a global turmoil cryptocurrency usage has spiked in some of these countries make when volumes increase in hong kong for example where the island is reaching almost 6 months of political unrest this was after the much disputed bill that would allow for. listens to be extradited to china and just last month trading sites like local big coins reportedly saw it 3rd largest weekly big volume ever the platform accorded a $1420000.00 worth of transaction volume meanwhile yellow vests in paris are nearing a continuous year of protest these were caused by rising fuel p

beyond fast. >> ♪ >> tucker: for 20 jeffrey epstein avoided serious punishment for abusing young girls. a lot of them. even though his behavior was an open secret he got it away with because he was afluents and had friends like bill clinton. prince andrew a member of the british royal team was very close to epstein during the period where he was abusing under-aged girls. over the weekend the prince gave a bizarre interview to the bbc and summarized epstein's decades of abuse as unbecoming. >> he conducted himself in a manner unbecoming. >> he was a sex offender? >> yes, i am being polite. >> tucker: [laughing]. go to youtube and watch the whole thing. the prince said he did not regret being close to epstein. >> do you regret the friendship with epstein? >> still not for the reason being that the people that i met and the opportunities that i was given to learn, hmmm, either by him or because of him -- >> tucker: a lot of learning going on at jeffrey epstein's house. the photograph shows the prince around the arms of an epstein accuser. he said it was faked. >> nobody can prove if that

thanks much for that. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: there is an investigation into how exactly jeffrey epstein died while in custody of a manhattan prison. according to reports, federal charges are imminent against the guards who are supposed to be guarding jeffrey epstein. reportedly the guards have already declined up radial offer. gavin is a former nypd officer enjoys a center. thanks so much for coming on. >> thanks for having me, tucker. speeone's of these guards, even the mayor of new york, why think is usually kind of out of it, bill de blasio waiting and seemed to kind of attack these guards. tell us what charges they may be facing and what it means that they declined a plea deal. >> well,le if they are facing charges it would be for failing to officially performg their duties as correction officers. they are required to make tours at frequent intervals, i believe in in the special housing area every half hour. but it could be a fishing expedition on the part of the feds too because i think if they haded enough evidence to make te arrest they probably would have color these off

. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: it's been three months since jeffrey epstein was found dead in his jail cell in manhattan. how exactly did he die? the autopsy says he killed himself, but more and more people doubt the official story. so many that it's becoming almost a trend, nationally, and even a member of congress has raised doubts in the most amusing possible way. cheap breaking news correspondent trace gallagher frames the story christ and tonight. hate, trace. >> hey, tucker. attorney general bill barr says it raisesak g serious questionsn both the fbi and doj inspector general would investigate the unusual circumstances. now, three months later, we just contactedd the doj and fbi, and there is no investigation update, and no comment. but epstein's brother mark is speaking out, telling the "miami herald" that his brother was innocent and did not commit suicide, quoting here, "i could see if he got a life sentence. i could then see them taking himself out, but he had a bail hearing coming up." mark epstein went on to reinvigorate the suicide/murder debate, saying "jeffrey knew a lot of stuff about a

. >> thank you, tucker. >> tucker: there is news in the jeffrey epstein saga, speaking of ron. that's next. ♪ >> tucker: jeffrey epstein wasn't supposed to be able to kill himself, now two guards have been hit with federal charges for their behavior on the day he died. trace gallagher has the latest on this unfoldin. >> at the time of his death, jeffrey epstein was arguably the highest profile jail inmate in the country being held in a jail that had previously housed both terrorists and drug kingpins. the guards sat 15 feet away, and during the 8-hour shift, when they should have checked on him 16 times, they allegedly failed to check on him even once. instead, prosecutors say they shopped online for furniture and motorcycles, walked around theua common area, and slept for two yhours. it wasn't until they finally want to give him breakfast that jeffrey epstein was found unresponsive. prosecutors say that is when the guards tried to covereg their tracks by falsifying documents claiming they had checked on epstein every 30 minutes. today, before congress, the bureau of prisons

that is next >> tucker: jeffrey epstein wasn't supposed to be able to kill himself, now two guards have been hit with federal charges for their behavior on the day he died. trace gallagher has the latest on this unfolding story. >> at the time of his death, jeffrey epstein was hard arguably the highest profile jail inmate in the country. the guards set 15 feet away and during their 8-hour shift when they should have checked on him 16 times, they allegedly failed to check on him once. prosecutors say they shopped online for furniture and motorcycles, walked around the common area, and slept for two hours. it wasn't until they finally went to give him breakfast that he was found unresponsive and the prosecutors say that's when the guards tried to cover their tracks by falsifying documents claiming they had checked on epstein every 30 minutes. today before congress, the bureau of prisons director said this about the guards. >> we have some bad staff, we got rid of those bad staff who don't do their job, we want them gone one way or another either by prosecution or by terminati termination.

. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to tucker kar "tucker cn tonight." someone told the truth and caught doing it. anchor at abc news on a hot mic accuses her network of spiking her reporting on billionaire pedophile jeffrey epstein. that audio just minutes away. but, first tonight, we would like to open this evening with a breathless update on how some obscure democrat said something unforgettable about a government official about a topic that was literally nothing to do with your life or nothing to do with the future of our country. drone on about this nonstory for the entire hour tonight and every night this week hoping by shear volume and repetition we can give it the allusion of relevance. hope you find it edifying. just kidding. that's jeff zooker's channel. on this show we are opting for actual news, things that matter. so we are beginning tonight with the brutal war that is currently raging out of control just over the border of our two most populist states. for years the american news media for purely ideological reasons have all but ignored the

jonathan, thank you. >> tucker: well, the jeffrey epstein mystery could be approaching a break through. one of epstein's closest associates may be about to tell everything he knows to the fbi. details on that story next. ♪ >> tucker: jeffery epstein's dead but there are new reports his so-called fixer may soon emerge to speak with law enforcement. we go to our correspond ent. >> it's important for the investigation and his girlfriend was alleged to help in the sex ring and is out to speak to fbi and there's a question of her, prince andrew and virginia roberts, the woman who claims prince andrew had sex with her repeatedly when she was 16 and the fbi is also looking to speak with prince andrew on british soil. during an interview the prince said he would follow the advice of his lawyers about speaking to law enforcement. now the prince said he'll cooperate and face question shoberg and was recruited as part of jeffery epstein's sex ring and there's more information on this caribbean island hideaway some called pedophile island where one of the alleged victims said it's unbelievable p

tucker is up next. have a great weekend. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." jeffrey epstein died some weeks ago, months ago at this point. but basic questions remain unanswered. among them, why do powerful people appear to be covering up for him, still? there's a new development in the jeffrey epstein story tonight we will bring new just a minute. worth sticking around for. first tonight former new york city mayor michael bloomberg appears to be running for president. now, in the plus column, bloomberg is one of the richest people in america. more than $10 million. more money than he could ever spend. he is also highly popular on the set of the nbc morning show and absolutely beloved on martha's vineyard during the summer months. again, that's the upside to the candidacy. on the other hand bloomberg is not exactly the man that democratic primary voters picture when they dream about their ideal candidate. maybe that's why prominent democrats reacted to the news today

why network executives protected jeffrey epstein of all people. now, they scrambled to find and punish the person who leaked the tape. they are much more committed to butt-covering then they are to truth-exposing. katie pavlich, the editor of "town hall," joins us tonight. katie, i want to say what i said last night, good for amy robach. she seems like sort of a real journalist. good for her. there's no question, executives at abc protected jeffrey epstein. why do you think they did that? >> because their star anchor's name is george stephanopoulos and of course george stephanopoulos works as george clinton's communications director at the white house and when was this information given to amy robach at abc? when did she bring all this to her executives to say we should put this to air? right before the 2016 election when hillary clinton was running the democratic ticket. to give you the back story on george stephanopoulos' own connections to jeffrey epstein, jeffrey epstein held a dinner party at his own house after jeffrey epstein served 13 mont

usaa tucker is up next. have a great weekend. ♪ ♪ >> ♪ dc >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." jeffrey epstein died some weeks ago, months ago at this point. but basic questions remain unanswered. among them, why do powerful people appear to be covering up for him, still? there's a new development in the jeffrey epstein story tonight we will bring new just a minute. worth sticking around for. first tonight former new york city mayor michael bloomberg appears to be running for president. now, in the plus column, bloomberg is one of the richest people in america. more than $10 million. more money than he could ever spend. he is also highly popu

tucker is up next. have a great weekend. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." jeffrey epstein died some weeks ago, months ago at this point. but basic questions remain unanswered. among them, why do powerful people appear to be covering up for him, still? there's a new development in the jeffrey epstein story tonight we will bring new just a minute. worth sticking around for. first tonight former new york city mayor michael bloomberg appears to be running for president. now, in the plus column, bloomberg is one of the richest people in america. more than $10 million. more money than he could ever spend. he is also

. >> ♪ >> tucker: well, they are busy at abc news. executives are searching for the person who leaked the amy robach tape who accused network executives of spiking her story on pedophile jeffrey epstein. a very rich guy. not clear with the money came from. abc has done nothing to tell us where the money came from. they are going after whistleblower. they conspired with cbs to fire a producer who they thought leaked the tape. she did not do it. why are they more interested in investigating the whistleblower than the pedophile jeffrey epstein. what is the answer? >> well, it's so interesting. i talked to a couple of people at abc working inside this. who is the whistleblower? is it someone to likes harry potter or speaks latin? it seems like the person is still inside. inside people think that co-workers are trying to figure out and they will tell their manager what they found. it's very hunger games. it's back ward. they are trying to hunt down the whistleblower as opposed to figuring out why they sat on this story. what amy said in th

>> tucker: why now? i know people at abc who are good people and smart.hy why are they spending their time searching the building for the whistleblower when nay could tell the rest of us what jeffrey epstein did to get so rich. we don't know. why? it seems like it would be worth knowing. that?e they doing >> because they are embarrassed. they don't want their own employee outing what is going on in the building. you can understand, you can't take video outside of the building. it's intellectual property. that's not what this was. they're looking for the internal source of their own embarrassment because they want to pretend they were on top of this story, one probably for the reasons that she said, theyy didn't want to do it. they didn't want to upset the royals. it doesn't make any sense, why would you said on a story like this?ja it was explosive. it was already out there. he had been in jail. there was a huge book. it wasn't like it was a secret who this person was. she had a new explosive interview.

tucker carlson is here to expose the cartel, next. >> laura: what's going on at the big three television networks? and just a matter of weeks, executives at abc, cbs, and nbc seem to have chosen to protect two rich and powerful deviance over the journalists that work for them. ronan farrow a former nbc reporter revealed in great detail how nbc killed his painstakingly reported story exposing harvey weinstein. not wanting to let the peacock network get away with all the fun, abc and cbs are now getting into the mix after abc anchor any rohot mike rant went viral,e network said they were going to investigate -- it's not how this story was dropped but who leaked the embarrassing video? the investigation led them to cvs for the since departed employee reportedly now works or worked instead of protecting their employees, cbs acquiesced to abc's pressure and the fire to that person. if the network seems to be in competition over ratings and the stories, now they are just in competition to see who can engage in the most disgusting and hypocritical cover-up. the worst part? they are covering for

new developments in the jeffrey epstein case. trace gallagher lays it out for us just ahead. ♪ >> tucker: the already crowded democratic field got a little more cramped yesterday. ugh, claustrophobic feeling. former new york mayor michael bloomberg got in the race. he is too old, too rich, too pale for the modern democratic party. thatat doesn't mean there aren't surprises on the way. there are, and if you are wondering who the democratic nominee will be, don't bet against michelle obama. last week, she issued a statement saying she has no interest in being president. that's what she claimed there are signs that's not true, actually. for example, david axelrod who is one of the obama's closest and most loyal advisors has been raising a scorched earth campaign against joe biden for months. what's the point of this? political consultants always have a point. presumably the point is designed to weaken biden who is apparently the frontrunner. biden has taken big hits from axelrod. he has called him a liar, a coward, all but accused

>> tucker: yes. the only winner is amy robach. meanwhile the celebrity anchor having dinner with jeffrey epstein, she is trying to report on it. they are thwarting her. i hope she is rewarded in some way? robbie, thank you. up next, we are joined by the former attorney general of the united states jeff sessions for his first interview since he left the department of justice department of justice. addressing recent rumors that he may run for the senate starting fairly soon, like tomorrow. we will find out in just a minute. that is straight-ahead. less addiction wreaking havoc on this country. nobody talks about it. we will. tonight the first in a series of interviews with people who have gotten sober. how are they enjoying it? nfl hall of famer donate here tonight. stay tuned. ♪ here, it all starts with a simple... hello! -hi! how can i help? a data plan for everyone. everyone? everyone. let's send to everyone! [ camera clicking ] wifi up there? -ahhh. sure, why not? how'd he get out?! a camera might figure it out. that was easy!

. >> tucker: it turns out you're not alone in thinking that, of forensic pathologist hired by jeffrey epstein's brother, he sd it's more consistent with strangulation and today the totally discredited but still interesting mayor of the new york city bill de blasio comes out and says i have no confidence in my own medical examiner, what do you make of this? >> why was the medical examiner in such a rush within five days to make a decision that it was suicide as opposed to -- she could have said it was being investigated, we have five investigations. attorney general, fbi, inspector general and i forget what the fifth one is. a pathologist says it's suicide -- how do you know it's suicide? wasn't everybody asleep? want the cameras not working? why was his cellmate removed? you want to tell me why this guy suicidal six days ago, is not suicidal? i could go on a non. >> tucker: open up this world that most of us have never lived in but you have spent decades there. why would a medical examiner rush a judgment like this, what are the pressures that could come to bear on a medical examiner?

can you say what you like, tucker, about monarchy but, for example, prince andrew actually got fired by the queen after the media did their job in that bbc interview. the american media can't get an undeserving prince ling like hunter biden it would be too much to ask him to try to get him fired from the stuff he is on the take from. >> tucker: that is such a deep point that i hope that our viewers will tape this and rewind and watch again what you just said. that would be -- i just summed the whole thing up right there as you always do. mark steyn, thank you. >> thanks a lot, tucker. >> tucker: well, coming up, more lowlife in the democratic debate ahead. impeachment hearings are still going on in washington. we will show you what happened today. after the break. ♪ >> tucker: well the world's impeachment scandal dragged into third straight day of hearings on capitol hill today. by the end of it the average person watching still did not understand what exactly it was about probably because it was too boring for people to actually watch it. house -- honestly they watch it like they

>> tucker: he did. speaking of the degradation of our legal system, i asked school fairly recently about jeffrey epstein and here's what you said. we kept the tape. >> i have tried cases that williston's suicide and i've got a homicide conviction, so they weren't suicides, they were intentional murders. and secondly, the breaking of a hyoid bone, i've tried strange elation cases, that's class against regulation, not in a hanging. >> tucker: so it turns out you're not alone in thinking that. forensic pathologist hired by epstein's brother says the evidence suggests he didn't kill himself. the injuries to his neck he says are more consistent with strangulation. and then today, the totally discredited but still sort of interesting mayor of new york city, bill de blasio bill de blasio -- my own medical examiner. what do you make of this? >> first of all, why was the medical examiner in such a rush within five days to make a decision that it's suicide as opposed to -- she could have hasaid it was -- you know

. ♪ ♪ >> tucker: good evening and welcome to tucker kar "tucker cn tonight." someone told the truth and caught doing it. anchor at abc news on a hot mic accuses her network of spiking her reporting on billionaire pedophile jeffrey epstein. that audio just minutes away. but, first tonight, we would like to open this evening with a breathless update on how some obscure democrat said something unforgettable about a government official about a topic that was literally nothing to do with your life or nothing to do with the future of our country. drone on about this nonstory for the entire hour tonight and e

. >> tucker: it would be nice to use executive power exercised once and a while. it gordon chang, great to see you tonight. thank you. apparently abc news executives killed internal reporting on jeffrey epstein. okay. we knew that. that story broke last week. ever since it broke, cnn has been covering up for abc. it why is that? what's going on here exactly? we hope to get to the bottom of it after the break. one of the most important things you can do is to make sure you call 811 before you dig. calling 811 can get your lines marked. it's free, it's easy, we come out and mark your lines. we provide you the information so you will dig safely. in the human brain, billions of nefor people with parkinson's, some neurons change their tune, causing uncontrollable tremors. now, abbott technology can target those exact neurons. restoring control and harmony, once thought to belost forever. the most personal technology is technology with the power to change your life. itreat them all as if, they are hot and energized. stay away from any downed wire, call 911 and call pg&e

well, apparently abc news executives killed internal reporting on jeffrey epstein. okay. you knew that. that story broke last week. ever since it broke, cnn has been covering up for abc. why is that? what's going on here exactly? we hope to get to the bottom of it after the break. after the bk ♪ >> tucker: jeff zucker runs a television network, cnn, but he doesn't actually go on television, and he spends most of his time up in his lair is screaming into this speakerphone at his very various minions. one of them, the creepiest of all the minions, when jeff zucker has something to say, slithers forth and speaks for him like a ventriloquist dummy.d when he speaks, you know it's actually zucker talking and whes supposedly a media critic, one story he is assiduously ignored is the greatest media story of the month/year and that's "abc news" anchor, amy robach's claim that her network killed reporting on billionaire pedophile jeffrey epstein. it's a great story. why is cnn covering for epstein and his allies in the media and refusing to bring news of that story to its viewers