interpol. organization that links the world s police forces. this is an indication, really, that the chinese are absolutely dedicated to rounding up those accused or suspected of corruption. his wife has been taken into custody or police protection by the french authorities, not least because of the mysterious tweet she received after he arrived in china. said wait for my call and four minutes later had emoji of a knife on it. that s on top of threats she had over social media and directly over telephone. very sinister case in a country that executes people for corruption. it is a capital offense in china. just a chilling story. thanks for that, sam kiley in hong kong. a dire warning from the united nations science board.
not only do a large percentage of americans distrust the press, a very large proportion of americans, more than 50% of republicans do. we re in a dangerous place there. because one shouldn t be undermining the press s constitutional rights to do what it does. one should be able to criticize the press and we re mix iing th two up here. absolutely. and the way in which we re criticizing the press and criticizing the exercise of free speech is incredibly dangerous. the use of the word treason is a big deal. it is a capital offense. one of the only crimes laid out in the constitution for crimes against the state and crimes for conspireing with enemies that no reasonable human being would think anyone at the new york times or anyone at the white house gets criticized of doing. the b problem here is it s not a national security problem. it s an hr problem with people who don t like their boss.
congressman, what s the penalty for treason? good evening. the penalty we are all paying right now for the president s treason is we are losing our allies. we see a wrecking ball threatening our freedoms here at home. by the president s own definition of treason let s use that. tucker: what s your definition of treason? betrayal of the american people. tucker: treason is a capital offense. why doesn t his definition matter? i m telling you he s the president he said democrats committed treason when we didn t stand up for him at the state of the union. tucker: treason is punishable by death, it s an actual crime and i think you are an attorney you would know that. when you tell your constituents that the president of the united states has committed a death penalty offense, are you concerned that possibly you are torquing up the rhetoric past the point of reasonable
congressman eric s walworth joins us tonight. with the for treason? the penalty that we are all paying right now as we are losing for allies, we see a wrecking ball threatening our freedoms at home. if by the president s own definition for treason tucker: what your definition of treason? betrayal of the american people. tucker: treason is a capital offense, correct? his definition matters, he is the president. he said democrats committed treason when we didn t stand up for him at the state of the union. his conduct was beyond that. tucker: it s treason treason is punishable by death, it s an actual crime and i think you re an attorney you would know that. when you tell your constituents that the president of the united states has committed a death penalty offense, are you concerned that maybe, possibly you are torquing up the rhetoric
conversation? the president by his own definition tucker: don t blame the president. i want to know what you think. you re accusing the president of a capital offense. why wouldn t it be more useful for the rest of us to explain specifically the policies you disagree with and we can have a debate on them? if you think the united states has an obligation to defend nato members, tell us why. instead he set treason is not say, do you think that s helpful? i didn t call him a but why don t you have a problem if the president of the united states wants to turn over an innocent u.s. abbasid or to the russians, do we draw the line somewhere? i have a problem with a lot of things president has said. i m asking you is one of the people accusing the president of treason if that s helpful?