PICTURES FROM CAPITOL HILL.

SETTING UP THE RULES FOR

IMPEACHMENT VOTE THEY ARE

APPARENTLY GOING TO HOLD

TOMORROW.

THE HOUSE IS TEMPORARILY IN

RECESS RECONVENING IN ABOUT

A HALF AN HOUR.

WE ARE MONITORING THE

SITUATION THERE GOOD

EVENING, WELCOME TO "TUCKER

CARLSON TONIGHT" IT.

IS HERE AFTER MONTHS OF

FALSE STARTS AND THREATS AND

ENDLESS POS TEMPERATURING

BY.

SO SADDEST, MOST INEFFECTIVE

PEOPLE IN AMERICA,

IMPEACHMENT APPARENTLY IS

IMMINENT BARRING SOME

LAST-MINUTE PLOTS TWISTS AND

THAT COULD HAPPEN LESS THAN

24 HOURS FROM NOW.

DONALD TRUMP WILL JOIN

ANDREW JOHNSON AND BILL

CLINTON AS THE THIRD

AMERICAN PRESIDENT EVER

IMPEACHED BY THE HOUSE OF

REPRESENTATIVES.

WE'RE THINKING AT THIS POINT

THE FINAL VOTE TOMORROW

AFTERNOON DEMOCRATS HAVE

BEEN PROMISING TO DO THIS

BEFORE THE PRESIDENT WAS

EVER ELECTED PRESIDENT AND

YET, STILL, FEELS KIND OF

WEIRD.

SURPRISING, SURREAL, EVEN,

THAT IT'S FINALLY GOING TO

HAPPEN WHY?

BECAUSE IMPEACHMENT AND

THERE IS REALLY NO

DISAGREEMENT ABOUT, THIS IS

A TERRIBLE IDEA FOR THE

COUNTRY.

AT THIS POINT THERE IS NO

QUESTION THE DEMOCRATS CAN'T

ACTUALLY REMOVE THE

PRESIDENT.

AND IN TRYING, THEY WILL

ONLY HURT THEMSELVES.

THE POLLS ARE CLEAR.

YET, AND HERE IS THE

FASCINATING POINT.

THEY ARE DOING IT ANYWAY.

WATCH MARYLAND CONGRESSMAN

JAMIE RASKIN EXPLAIN WHY

THEY ARE DOING IT.

>> THE PRESIDENT'S

CONTINUING COURSE OF CONDUCT

CONSTITUTES A CLEAR AND

PRESENT DANGER TO DEMOCRACY

IN AMERICA.

WE CANNOT ALLOW THIS

MISCONDUCT TO PASS.

IT WOULD BE A SELL-OUT OF

OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR

FOREIGN POLICY, OUR NATIONAL

SECURITY AND OUR DEMOCRACY.

>> Tucker: SEE IF YOU CAN

FOLLOW THE LOGIC CHAIN.

MAYBE CAN YOU SPOT THE

MISSING LINK.

HERE'S WHAT HE IS ARGUING.

LEAVING A PRESIDENT IN

OFFICE UNTIL VOTERS CAN

DECIDE TO REMOVE HIM FROM

OFFICE IF THEY WANT IS,

QUOTE, A DANGER TO

DEMOCRACY.

IT'S A, QUOTE, SELL OUT OF

OUR CONSTITUTION.

OKAY.

SO, IN CASE YOU HAVE

FORGOTTEN, WHAT IS THE CRIME

THAT UNDERGIRDERS THIS

IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDING?

WHAT IS THE PRESIDENT

ACCUSED OF DOING?

IN CASE YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN,

IT'S DONALD TRUMP MAY HAVE

DELAYED MILITARY AID TO THE

GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE.

NOW, KEEP IN MIND THE ONLY

PURPOSE OF AID TO THE

GOVERNMENT OF UKRAINE IS TO

ANTAGONIZE RUSSIA.

KEEP IN MIND, ALSO, RUSSIA

IS A COUNTRY WITH MORE

NUCLEAR WEAPONS THAN ANY

OTHER COUNTRY ON THE GLOBE.

BUT, ACCORDING TO JAMIE

RASKIN, NOT GIVING WEAPONS

TO UKRAINE IS A CLEAR AND

PRESENT DANGER TO AMERICA.

IT'S A SELL-OUT HE SAYS OF

OUR NATIONAL SECURITY TO

PAUSE IN A RELENTLESS

ATTACKS ON RUSSIA EVEN FOR A

MOMENT.

THAT'S A REMARKABLE

ASSERTION.

HARD TO BELIEVE HE COULD

DEFEND THAT IN A RATIONAL

CONVERSATION.

BUT IT DOESN'T EVEN STAND

OUT UNDER THE CURRENT

STANDARDS OF POLITICAL

RHETORIC.

THERE IS A LOT OF TALK LIKE

THAT ALL OF THE SUDDEN.

THE ENTIRE IMPEACHMENT SAGA,

IN FACT, HAS BECOME DETACHED

FROM REALITY.

HERE IS THE MOST BASIC FACTS

ABOUT IT.

DEMOCRATS DO NOT HAVE THE

VOTES TO REMOVE PRESIDENT

TRUMP FROM OFFICE.

THEY NEVER WILL HAVE THE

VOTES TO REMOVE THE

PRESIDENT.

THE POINT OF IMPEACHMENT IS

TO REMOVE A PRESIDENT.

THEY CANNOT DO THAT.

THIS PROCESS IS DOOMED

BEFORE IT EVEN BEGINS.

BY THE WAY, THEY DON'T HAVE

THE VOTES BECAUSE VOTERS

DON'T SUPPORT IT.

THE IRONY IS THAT OUR

DEMOCRACY IS WORKING JUST

FINE.

VOTERS SUPPORT IT IN FACT

LESS THAN THEY DID.

AFTER A FULL MONTH OF

WATCHING PUBLIC HEARINGS ON

IMPEACHMENT, DEMOCRATS HAVE

NOT GAINED SUPPORT.

THEY HAVE LOST IT.

IN LATE OCTOBER, WHEN THIS

BEGAN ABOUT HALF THE COUNTRY

BACKED IMPEACHMENT.

44 PERCENT SAID THEY WERE

OPPOSED TO IMPEACHMENT.

IN THE MOST RECENT POLLING,

THOSE NUMBERS HAVE INVERTED,

IN OTHER WORDS, THE MORE

PEOPLE LEARNED ABOUT

IMPEACHMENT THE LESS THEY

WANTED IMPEACHMENT.

THAT'S NOT ONE PERSON'S

OPINION.

THAT IS THE SUM TOTAL OF THE

POLLING.

THE NUMBERS COULD NOT BE

CLEARER ON THIS QUESTION.

AND, YET, EVEN IN THE FAILS

OF ALL THOSE DATA, ELITE

DEMOCRATS STILL WILL NOT

ADMIT IT.

THEY ARE LITERALLY IN

DENIAL.

WATCH DEMOCRATIC PARTY

CHEERLEADER JEFFREY TUBEN

ATTACK HIS OWN COMPANY'S

POLLING WHEN IT DOESN'T

MATCH WHAT HE BELIEVES MUST

BE TRUE.

>> YOU SEE A DECLINE FROM

OUR LAST POLL IN DEMOCRATIC

SUPPORT FROM 90% DOWN TO

77%.

>> CAN I JUST SAY MY TWIN

BROTHER, THAT I DON'T

BELIEVE THAT POLL FOR ONE

SECOND.

>> WHAT PART?

>> THE 90% TO 77%.

YOU KNOW, IT'S JUST I DON'T

BELIEVE IT.

LIKE IT MAKES NO SENSE THAT

THAT IF NUMBER WOULD CHANGE

LIKE THAT.

>> I MEAN, LIFE MEANS --

LIFE IS -- SOMETIMES POLLS

ARE SOMETIMES WRONG.

>> DAVID, THAT POLL IS

WRONG.

JUST BECAUSE I SAID SO,

OKAY?

[LAUGHTER]

>> Tucker: WHY DON'T YOU

BELIEVE IT?

BECAUSE I DON'T.

BECAUSE I LOOK OUT MY WINDOW

AND I SEE THE HORIZON.

THAT MEANS IT'S FLAT.

YOU CAN TELL ME THE EARTH IS

ROUND.

BUT I JUST DON'T BELIEVE IT

ENOUGH ABOUT YOUR DUMB

NUMBERS AND SCIENTIFIC

THEORIES.

I JUST DON'T BELIEVE IT.

SAYS THE LEGAL ANALYST.

OKAY.

WHAT YOU ARE WATCHING

OBVIOUSLY IS ONE MAN DEGRADE

HIMSELF.

IT'S BIGGER THAN THAT IT'S

THE DEFINITION OF

IDEOLOGICAL EXTREMISM.

AND THAT'S THE INABILITY TO

CHANGE COURSE NO MATTER WHAT

THE EVIDENCE TELLS YOU.

SO THAT'S THE POINT AT WHICH

THIS IS NO LONGER POLITICS,

OF COURSE.

WE LEFT THAT A LONG TIME

AGO.

WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING AT IS

RELIGION.

AND, OF COURSE, BEING THE

DEMOCRATIC PARTY AND THEIR

RELIGION, IT'S ALWAYS THE

EXACT OPPOSITE OF WHAT THEY

CLAIM IT IS.

SO AS PRESIDENT TRUMP NOTED

IN THE RECENT LETTER TO

NANCY PELOSI AND WE ARE

QUOTING: YOU ARE THE ONES

INTERFERING IN AMERICA'S

ELECTIONS.

YOU ARE THE ONES SUBVERTING

AMERICAN DEMOCRACY.

YOU ARE THE ONES BRINGING

PAIN AND SUFFERING TO THE

REPUBLIC FOR YOUR OWN

PERSONAL POLITICAL AND

PARTISAN GAIN.

THE PUBLIC, WHETHER THEY

LIKE TRUMP OR NOT, AGREES

WITH THAT.

THE POLLING SHOWS IT.

BUT THE DEMOCRATS CAN'T

ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THEY ARE

STUCK.

SO IN 2016 THEY WENT ALL IN

ON DENOUNCING TRUMP REMEMBER

THIS BEFORE THE ELECTION AND

EVERY ONE OF HIS SUPPORTERS

YOU, BEYOND THE PALE RACIST

NOT WORTHY OF BEING HATED.

PHYSICALLY ASSAULTED IN SOME

CASES.

THEY LOST ANYWAY.

WHEN THEY DID LOSE, THEY

REFUSED TO LEARN.

THEY REFUSED TO EVEN THINK

FOR A MOMENT ABOUT WHY THEY

MAY HAVE LOST.

AND, INSTEAD, MOVE

SEEMLESSLY FROM RACISM INTO

A CONSPIRACY ABOUT RUSSIA.

SO BIZARRE THEY COULD NEVER

EVEN FULLY EXPLAIN ITS

OUTLINES.

WHAT ARE YOU SAYING YOU

WOULD ASK, RUSSIA THEY WOULD

SAY.

OKAY.

THAT COLLAPSED, YOU WATCHED

IT HAPPEN ON LIVE

TELEVISION.

BUT WHAT HASN'T CHANGED IS

THE RAGE STORM THEY CREATED

WITH YEARS OF PROPAGANDA.

THEY WHIPPED THEIR VOTERS

INTO SUCH A FRENZY THAT THE

VOTERS CAN'T BE PULLED BACK

NOW.

THEY WANT BLOOD.

THE DEMOCRATS HAVE NO CHOICE

BUT TO MARCH FORWARD DESPITE

THE FACTS THAT IT WILL INHE