for news that the offensive has ended, but nobody wants to guess anymore when that might be. shannon? shannon: benjamin hall, thank you very much. secretary of state mike pompeo met with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and promised the step up the pressure on iran, which is real regards an existential threat. correspondent gillian turner reports from the state department about the danger from the iranian militar military. on day two of his tour across the mideast, secretary of state mike pompeo launched a major push to get one of iran s military branches, the revolutionary guard corps, officially branded a terrorist organization. the group is tasked with protecting around islamic heritage coming over the years, has taken on an outsized role in every part of iranian society. this morning in kuwait, pompeo compared the group to some of the world s most dangerous terrorists. we all have the same set of threats from the threats from al qaeda and isis, threats from
served with some of these guys in the military. i don t think it would ve played favorites with either party. i understand the concern. tucker: moore have been busted for gang activity that have served in the u.s. militar military. i get what you re saying i understand is a legitimate concern. i m more of a blue dog democrats. tucker: you should tell your party, the russia stuff. if they were trying to take over from their hot tub, that s a real story. the protection of democracy is very important, i agree with that. let s let this thing run out and if trump gets exonerated he should be a happy man.
it s democrats who have been driving this, we have added a bunch of them on this show, nice people. if they don t know anything, why are they so obsessed and why are they talking about things that americans care about? i wish i knew. i take a lot of issue with my own party, there s a lot we can improve on. we need a coherent message to deliver to americans other than just resist. we need to be giving them ideas where we can improve their lives. other than just giving them promises of resist. tucker: improving the lives of illegal aliens, giving them citizenship and voting rights. theyha shut down the government over that. that was the top priority of the democratic party do you think that s a winner in 2018? it wouldn t of been a winner for either party. if we were to take apart that issue, it went have helped either partyty to have mass deportations of young people who were in college, serving in our military i m a veteran, i
should they be allowed too buy guns? i don t think so. you can fundamentally disagree. tucker: i m searching for honest answers, i want to know what you thought. you said it honestly appreciate that. can i give you a few more things? tucker: almost out of time. regional people would agree that we need to make sure that if you are under the age of 18 you should not be able to purchase an assault weapon in this country. tucker: should you be able to carry one as a member of armed services at 17 which is nowwh the law? you are trained to fight a war as a member of the armed services. law enforcement and members of the military, i think that is the one exception. tucker: if we don t trust yougr to carry a gun, why are we trusting you to vote? that s apples and oranges.
the left is also demanded the government bar people who are eligible to vote and serve in the military to buy firearms. most people under 21 haven t done anything wrong. they haven t been convicted of crimes. a few of them have. democrats are saying almost be punished. imagine applying same standard to other constitutional rights. somebody shouted in a crowded theater and scores died. with the rest of us lose our rights to free speech? these are real questions, their inconvenient but we should remember this is a country worth living and precisely because we take the constitution seriously. when we stop taking it seriously it won t be worth living in. president trump seems to have remembered that,er many of the left never knew it and they don t care. you her progressive say they want an honest conversation about guns, we do too. we have invited the heads of almost every gun-control group to come on this show and tell us