tucker: we are living in an era of unprecedented threats coming from directions no one could have anticipated. joel stein is now a russian agent. a new one we told you about last night. racist trees. in palm springs, california, officials are planning to clear-cut a grove of tamarisk trees because they are racist for a local say they were planted more than 50 years ago to separate a golf course from an african-americanro neighborhood. last night we spoke to a local resident about their sinister presence. here s part of the conversation. if you have done any research on the tree, he will know it s one of the nastiest trees around and it s been declared a disaster by the federal government. tucker: wait, slow down, now, hold on. because that tree is a foreign tree, you re calling it nasty? absolutely. tucker: the question is could palm springs be overreacting at all to the racist trees in its midst?