>> actually it wasn't juan williams. it was i who was quoting media who were saying you made the comment. but please correct what the record established. did you say the republicans seem to have -- >> it was juan williams -- >> did you say the republicans seem to have a flavor of the month without referring specifically to herman cain? >> but it was juan williams who said he thought it was a nasty comment that i made. i think it's nasty when a colleague takes a shot when they don't know what they're talking about. no. i said what the media tends to do is kind of gin up controversy and propel this flavor of the week and i'm not saying that herman cain is a flavor of the week. i'm one of his biggest fans and would never dismiss him or speak negatively about him. >> where did the fox guys get the idea that sarah palin called herman cain the flavor of the month -- where'd they get that idea? the problem for palin on this one is that fox news actually has a much bigger audience than the fox business network. on fox news two d

on your left of course ann coulter on the right juan williams. juan suggested just before the commercial break that the opposition research that led to this scandal came from the right and ann says that's preposterous. she is about to amplify that statement. >> number one right wingers never bring up personal attacks like this. there's been an attack on new yorker magazine on michelle bachmann tracing her ancestors back. there was the rock story with rick perry. he doesn't like herman cain's 999. it's not a personal attack. it is inpoll lit co. when it comes to sexual harassment it's true we accused john edwards and we don't accuse john mccain of having affairs or clarence thomas with anita hill. there is a long history of this fro the left. >> i think men harass without regard to their ideology. >> what is being alleged it isn't genuine itagain harassmen he said something inappropriate. >> at the moment there is no liberal running against remember man cane. wh -- herman cain. he is running against mitt romney. they are being hurt by herman cain'

together, for your future. ♪ >>> back with my guest juan williams. interesting point before you started smashing my desk to pieces with the water. >> yes, i know. >> the interesting point about the political correctness in america right now. i spent an hour with herman cain, very charismatic man. very determined it 0 say i'm not going to play is the normal political game here, not going to talk in the way that i'm supposed to talk, not going to hide away from opinions that i genuinely have, nor am i going to ram these opinions down the public's throat. he was all for free expression. i'm not sure you can do that though if you're going to be the president of the united states. >> you know what, i think people are hungering right now for honesty from the politicians and they're not getting it. and they see they're not getting it when it comes to difficult conversations. just take a range. immigration reform, congress paralyzed. can't get it done. conversations stop. people stop talking about terror babies, anchor babies, herman cain with electrified wa

. >> npr fired juan williams and fox hired him. >> when he take the microphone away and take away an audience that i loved at national public radio, i think in essence what they're saying is you're muslim. >> tonight i'll go one-on-one with him to check that honesty. kathy bates, her amazing career. >> in that moment i just knew when daniel day-lewis came on stage that my name was in that envelope. >> a passion of politics. >> that's what i'd like to say to my president whom i'm so proud of, but i want him to stand up on his hind legs and fight these rat bastards. >> and what happened in that hot tub with jack nicholson. >> he was still in the tub and i climbed down and he reached up and shook my hand and looked right in my eyes, nowhere else and he said that was beautiful, honey. >> this is "piers morgan tonight." >> juan williams made headlines when he was fired from national public radio after making controversy comments about muslims. now he's written a book called "muzzled" and he joins me to have an honest debate. >> good to be here. >> you feel you've been muzzled? >> once the

. >> and perry and juan williams came to his defense and said, look, people like cornell west are threatened by an independent thinking herman cain, jim. >> they are, and they are he' threatened by any evidence that as juan williams said in that segment, that the country isn't just alive with racism. i mean, as juan said. the fact that obama got elected, a black president, elected four years ago, they, in the mind of al sharpton and the rest, it just didn't happen. and now, of course, the prospect of a second african-american getting on the ticket, perhaps, it's just, again, there's only one solution for them, which is denial. >> a lot of coverage about perry being, you know, half asleep and not being there. but there was really only one or two places that mention the fact that he had this economic plan and yet, then he didn't come out with it and i thought, i mean, if they were going to be sort of fair about it they should have really gone after him for that rather than his-- >> and here is what the media hate about herman cain, he's a self-made man, did it without help and affirmative acti

mary katharine ham has the night off and juan williams. herman cain reacting to "the washington post" on the thing. i thought mr. cain should have been more circumspect. >> i didn't. i thought you know what? i guess i'm saying this as a black person to you, bill. the idea that anybody would have that kind of language around him for a long period of time and not think, you know what? we should get this thing out of here right now, why is this here? this is a deeply offensive. it's not representative of my character or my belief, why did he just let it lay there and why did it stay there rick perry tomorrow. he let it stay there. i don't know the detail. >> quiet clearly, juan. murky about when it was painted over but it was painted over way way way back and how long the perry family had access to the property before it would have been two hours after they got the lease to that property could have come out with a spray thing and painted over it, waterboarding. i want to, juan. i think it was a mistake until he talked to perry. give me that c

." >> juan williams made headlines when he was fired from national public radio after making controversy comments about muslims. now he's written a book called "muzzled" and he joins me to have an honest debate. >> good to be here. >> you feel you've been muzzled? >> once they fire you piers. >> you've gone on to bigger and better things. >> i agree. >> fabulously successful, rich, writing best selling books. you know, it hasn't gone too badly. you haven't exactly been gagged. >> well, when they take the microphone away and take away an audience i absolutely loved at national public radio, i think in essence what they're saying is you're muzzled. they're saying i violated their journalistic ethics and standards by saying what was the truth, my feeling that i get anxious when i'm in an airport and i see people in muslim garbs given what happened on 9/11. >> let's play the exact offending quote. >> good. >> in realtime. it was a year ago this week. >> yeah. >> when i get on a plane, i got to tell you, if i see people who are in muslim garb and i think they're identifying themselves first a

we want to thank juan williams and all of you. >> thanks for coming out. >> juan williams will be in the book signing tend. you can purchase your book at the bar and then noble tennant up the road toward the capital and come back to the book signing can't. thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the annual texas book festival held on the capitol grounds here in the state capital of austin, texas. this festival was started by then tas bush in 1995. this year 250 authors will be here over the next two days. we want to give you an idea what we're doing in our live coverage and take your phone calls and reaction to juan williams's discussion of his newest book "muzzled: the assault on honest debate". after we take your reaction we will hear from sally jacobs in the booktv tend. she is the author of "the other barack: the bold and reckless life of president obama's father" about barack obama senior. and we will talk to deb olin unferth about her book revolution. qui

we want to thank juan williams and all of you. >> thanks for coming out. >> juan williams will be in the book signing tend. you can purchase your book at the bar and then noble tennant up the road toward the capital and come back to the book signing can't. thank you very much. [applause] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> the annual texas book festival held on the capitol grounds here in the state capital of austin, texas. this festival was started by then texas first lady laura bush in 1995. this year 250 authors will be here over the next two days. we want to give you an idea what we're doing in our live coverage and take your phone calls and reaction to juan williams's discussion of his newest book "muzzled: the assault on honest debate". after we take your reaction we will hear from sally jacobs in the booktv tend. she is the author of "the other barack: the bold and reckless life of president obama's father" about barack obama senior. and we will talk to deb olin unferth about her b

we will bring in our political analyst juan williams. it is wednesday's with juan. it is not like a bunch of democrats will defend the great john edwards. they brought shame upon the house of the donkey. juan way imagine if he was vice president of the united states be so there are a lot of democrats who wish this case would go away and have in interest in it. and, even in terms of the campaign laws you get people who typically are watchdogs, siding with john edwards like the center for ethics and responsibility but they are siding with john edwards because they think this could be damaging in terms of the larger picture of campaign finance. that, in fact, if you, if you were to enforce this law against edwards you would be encouraging people to find a way around existing campaign laws and they don't want to see that. >>shepard: as if that isn't already happening. >>juan: but the larger issue that this does not town -- touch on, the explosion of anonymous money coming into the policemen structure in advance of the 2012 campaign, reporters around washington are waiti

that's personal pricing. >>> back with my guest juan williams. interesting point before you started smashing my desk to pieces with the water. >> yes, i know. >> the interesting point about the political correctness in america right now. i spent an hour with herman cain, very charismatic man. very determined it 0 say i'm not going to play is the normal political game here, not going to talk in the way that i'm supposed to talk, not going to hide away from opinions that i genuinely have, nor am i going to ram these opinions down the public's throat. he was all for free expression. i'm not sure you can do that though if you're going to be the president of the united states. >> you know what, i think people are hungering right now for honesty from the politicians and they're not getting it. and they see they're not getting it when it comes to difficult conversations. just take a range. immigration reform, congress paralyzed. can't get it done. conversations stop. people stop talking about terror babies, anchor babies, herman cain with electrified wa

. >> juan williams is here with questions. and is are issued to eric holder over the doomed "fast and furious" investigation. hannity starts right now. >> the presidential contenders collided last night. the round table, at first economic debate of the season was posted by the washington post and bloomberg report. let's look at the highlights. >> what would you do specifically to end the paralysis in washington? >> two things. present a bold plan to grow this economy, which i have put 9-9-9 plan on the table. >> i think it is a catchy phrase, in fact i thought it was the price after pizza when i heard it. >> it's time for another american declaration of independence, it's time for energy independence. >> you can't get the country in the right direction and washington to work if you don't have a president who a leader. >> it is nonsense to say we will disarm the united states unilaterally because we are too stupid to balance the budget any other way. >> i was the leading one against obama care. that's why i was the first member

martha: juan williams joining us on that. herman cain is going to join us tomorrow and we look forward to talking to him more about this. this is a very hot topic in this whole race for the gop nomination. so we look forward to speaking to him about that. bill: be a big deal tonight in that debate, too. >>> standing among true here oarks former president bush teeing off his warrior open in texas, stars of the gulf tournament, they are troops injured on the front lines, fighting for america, and the former commander in chief, he says watching them and getting to know them is not only fantastic, but it is moving. >> one of the purposes of the warrior open is to celebrate those who have served our country and to remind our fellow citizens how fortunate we are to have men and women volunteer in the face of danger. >> in 2004, i went into the battle of fallujah with an ak , took an ak47 to both knee, three years later, amputated my left leg and working on my right leg, so the president saying thank you for your service, thank you

juan williams columnist with the hill. and charles layne, editorial writer for "washington post." chuck, surprising? what about the president's remarks about the iran plot? >> i noticed in that footage we just saw how carefully he seemed to be choosing his words. not to directly accuse the top man ayatollah khomeini in iran being directly knowledgeable of the operational details. he didn't want to go there. he wanted to keep tensions lower than that. there are people around the world saying it would have been an act of war if it had been carried out. calling for tough measures. he looks like he is not ready to go there yet. >> bret: we heard the state department had direct contact with iran at some level. we don't know details of this. after this plot was found to be tied to the iranian government. >> right. i will be interested to find out what kind of direct contact the state department has. we know in virtually every other direct contact the united states made with the iranian regime, it has been in search of better relations. some kind of extension of the hand with president o

juan williams, columnist with the hill. eastbound -- nina easton. we start with you on the euro zone deal. we talk to gerri willis about this, how firm it is. >> the market reacted well but you have to ask whether this isn't pushing problems down the line. it cuts the debt payment of greece. but the debt of greece is still 120% of gdp. it is still high. greece hasn't taken the hard decisions it needs to take like cutting government wages. like lowering investments to -- lowering the barriers to foreign investment in the country. bringing in the shopkeepers to taxpayer system. it hasn't taken on the hard decisions. neither has italy. you still have problems hanging out there. it reacted well because it's culmination of the scrabbling that made them nervous. there is political leadership to come together and take a good step is a sign. but there is more to come. >> bret: so it feels like the tarp deal this you get over the hump. there is stuff out there. do you agree? >> i do. excellent synopsis. the perspective is more from an american and political

juan williams, columnist with the hill. and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. another moment that people well, some eyebrows were raised on the tour was this at a san francisco fundraiser from the president. >> we've lost our ambition, our imagination. our willingness to do things that built the golden get a bridge and hoover dam. >> bret: that reminded some citbes of the statement he made in an interview saying this. the way i think about it is, you know, this is a great, great country that had gotten a little soft. you know we didn't have the same competitive edge that we needed in the past couple of decades. we need to get back on track." start with those statements. >> ambition, imagination, accomplishing great statements like john kennedy's vision of america leading the world. in space exploration, which obama systematically dismantled. if i were him, i wouldn't bring imagination and great things, it's poor salesmanship. >> bret: what about this? talking down, americans? is that a fair criticism for people to say, juan? >> i don't think so. it seems to me

juan williams with hill. jeff downey, "new york times." syndicated columnnist charles krauthammer. before we start, explainer here. the reason the december sack this way and we configured things today, the electric company apparently cut a line and the building essentially has very little power. we wanted to bring the show to you. it looks different but it's the same show. >> a vast left wing conspiracy at work, obviously. >> bret: let's talk about the story and how it developed through the day and the trouble for herman cain if there is any trouble. >> it stars out with the fact we know only two things for sure. there were accusations and complaints. that is number one. secondly, a settlement? now the settlement looks bad. but is no way admission of guilt or conclusionive evidence that something happened. every day, corporations make settlement not just for sexual harassment but negligence, malpractice, violations and all kind of things because they make a calculation it's less expensive with energy, reputation and money for a company to make something go away. the problem that ca

kimberley strassel the wall street journal and juan williams fox news analyst. brit, what do you make of the announcement by president obama? >> it is more of relieve than announcement of victory. obviously major military progress and political has been made in iraq. but as all of the generals say when they brief on this, the games are reversible. and the structure there is shaky and whether this will turn out happily, we hope itens well, but it remain to be seen. >> we will not know how well it turns out and successful for the obama administration for a few years until we see how the iraqi government transition and iran's influence in iraq. iran ends up with as a major player it is a failure. it is interesting how secretary of state clinton said this is part of a bush administration to hear that the president has no problem aligning himself. >> chris: that gives him bipartisan cover. she said it was the natural order of things and when her state department negotiated to keep thousands of troops n and the iraqi government under the pressure factions of sadr, the

bill kristol of the weekly standard and juan williams fox news analyst. brit, the number of protestors is maul but grow spreading. numbers are still small in cities around the country and as labor unions join in what do you make of occupy wall street? >> it is hard to know yet. it is risky for politicians to aline themselves closely with the movement. although it has manage in common with the movement and a political force in the sense that both groupps object to the bail outs, but i think that it is a different type of demonstration that we are seeing. this group for example off shoots of the occupy wall street was here in washington yesterday and depot in a scuffle with the authorities and they had to shut the place down. that is the kind of thing that most americans take a dim view of. there is disruption and sanitation issues in new york. and this is the kind of thing that turns ordinary voters off. and perilous for democrats to align themselves with this movement. >> chris: we'll get in the politics in a moment, but as you see the demitration and get

williams to say and juan didn't say it. so, you know, when guys like that get on herman, that makes me want to be more on herman's side. >> bill: that's an interesting point because he had been attacked now, so it draws more people into him who, you know, would be politically compatible with his thinking. they feel sorry for him and support him. that's an interesting point. >> listen, harry belafonte attacks him because he is broke for god's sake. how much can that residual check on the deo song be? it's not even like the monster mash we saidial check which comes around once a year. >> bill: i liked that song. hank williams jr. talking about creative artist comes on "fox & friends" and he makes a comparison about president obama the speaker of the house boehner playing golf like hitler or something. breaks loose and gets fired from espn. now hank is mad at the "fox & friends" guys and has a song. roll the tape. ♪ "fox & friends" ♪ wanna put me down ♪ ask for my opinion ♪ and then twist it all around ♪ supposed to

and juan williams. two years after searching and intelligence and special forces got their man. drone strikes taking down this guy. anwar al-awlaki, american born cleric that was so effective in recruiting the jihadist. big victory in the war on terror. >> it is a victory. for the al-qaida leader who step in bin laden's role in a smaller capacity. this is your guy. i think credit is owed to everyone involved in this from the president on down. part of what is interesting about one of the problems against terrorist is the nature television. powerful weapons and large numbers of men and they are able to do with smaller cal ber weaponry and crude methods and deadly effectiveness because of the fact people are willing to give their lives. we have a response to the that. the drone attacks you don't hear them coming and you are dead . the president deserves credit for the continuing use of it >> chris: mara? >> we are taking a long time to track them but they did it. they have done it over and over again. it is good for the country and president obama. the question of whether it will

they overreacted to juan williams, they're going to overreact because of the target. >> you know it is worth pointing out she was also an anchor on the weekend edition before on npr. if you're on an organization that presents news, whether you do it that moment or not, steer clear of this sort of thing. >> setting up for the next question about dill and rat began who has spoken with some sympathy for the wall street protesters. show you the clip. >> i was there after the 700 arrests on the brooklyn bridge, and the energy that night at the general assembly that tim was talking about was loving and warm and more courageous, more resolute. >> dylan ratigan, talking about simple shared principles. here it is, a statement the group is going to put out with him suggesting the ending needs smoothed out. is that troubling? >> totally inappropriate. absolutely wrong. journalists have fallen into the trap of telling politicians how to shape their message, now protesters how to shape their message. it is a big mistake. they shouldn't do it. it is crossing the line. >> it is one thing to go on the

juan williams and brad blakeman, always good to talk to you both. bill: how late did you stay up last night, america? this is a night they will never forget in st. louis. >> into the air, to center! we will see you tomorrow night! >> yes, we will. bill: the st. louis cardinals, forcing a winner take all, game seven tonight against the texas rangers. i don't know how in the world you ride a game like this! jamie colby is live in our newsroom, wearing the red! good morning. >> reporter: did i get the story of the day or what? it might not have been a watchup -- a matchup between two glamour teams but tony larusso says you had to see it to believe it, the team had an amazing comeback, forcing a game seven. >> it's hard to believe it, but we never quit trying. i know it's corny. but the fact s. we don't ever quit trying, even when we were behind, sometimes it works. >> reporter: the cards were down to the last strike but a home run in the bottom of the ninth, forcing extra innings. >> it's off the wall! it's off the wall! here comes burkeman. >> reporte

. >> author of a brand-new book, muzzled, juan williams and andrea tantaros. you doing all right with beckle? >> i am getting through every day am i think i need a raise, though. >> i raise?! >> it's getting hard. teasing. he's a great guy. >> i was watching today. you think this is a bad idea. that was your comments today. in other words, with them going at each other. >> well, i think that perry needs to go on the offensive. i think the way he did it probably wasn't the classiest. but i do think he needed to go to the offensive because people were wondering did he have it in him? it's worked. it's revised his campaign. that ad against mitt romney -- now that is a great ad. >> what about when he said, you have an illegal ilgrant that worked at your house? that did not go over with the franklin focus group. >> i don't know why he would talk about his own achilles heel, which is illegal immigration. same question for the romney campaign. why they would put an ad about his stumbling in debates when the biggest achilles is immigration. if i'm mitt romney, i will

kimberly of the "wall street journal" and fox news political analyst juan williams. brit, we heard a lot of differing arguments today. what do you make of the president's argument he is pulling out troops out of iraq by the end of the year? >> a statement more in relief and achievement of a campaign promise than it was an announcement of victory. obviously major military progress and political progress has been made in iraq. but as always of the generals always say when they brief on this, the gains are reversible. the structure there is shaky and whether this will all turn out happily, we can certainly hope it will all end but whether this will turn out happily or not remains to be seen. >> i think we will not know how well this turned out or how successful it will be for the obama administration for a few years until we see the transition. if iran ends up as a major player in iraq i think you can say diplomatic failure. i think it was interesting listening to secretary clinton saying this was part of the bush policy. clearly obama has no problem eye lining with the

well, first of all, i thought juan williams should have punched chris wallace for saying that when he came on in the second half of the program. i'm sick of people comparing gays to lacks. what santorum said is through, with sexualization of the military, it's not someone being black. tell me how being black is like being gay. you can see someone is black. you can't see that someone is gay and the precise policy we're arguing about is whether or not they can go around announcing they're gay. it's not just being gay. obviously a guy can be listening to lady gaga while downloading files he's download to go wick pedia in the greatest betrayal and he was gay, pretending to listen to lady gaga. that's not enough. >> laura: ann, before we let you go, the mormonism question, we have 45 seconds. give us your take on how that went down over the weekend. the media exploit metro detroiting it. how does it play out? >> i'm sick of hearing nonchristians talk about it. the issue for christians is not just evangelical. it's that they see mormonism as a false religion. as soon as romney becomes a can

and dana perino and fox news political analyst juan williams. the president took a series of actions in the west coast swing . he announced a plan to help people who are in danger of foreclosure and helping students or exopportunities having trouble paying off their loan and tooks credits and try to get veterans hired. brit, it is reminding me of the bite sized initiatives that bill clinton took in 1996 to give him a sense that he was looking out for the middle class. can this help barack obama. >> yes, i think it could. it is clear how much it will make. he will make adjustments on the programs and benefit. and a lot of people may appreciate that. i don't think they are large enough initiatives to make a difference. that will not have a burden on the high unemployment rate. when clinton did those things, the economy was boom the economy is not bombing and he is working around the edges. >> follow up on that. the analyst that looked at this and real life practical affects. again executive action. they are fairly minis scule . his plan to help st

." >> this weekend on c-span 2, live coverage from the texas book festival with juan williams on political correctness. there will be other panels as well. look for the entire weekend schedule online at book-tv.org. >> next, president obama announces that all u.s. troops will be out of iraq by january 1. this formally ends the iraq war declared by president bush. here is that statement made in the white house press room. [inaudible] >> good afternoon, everybody. as a candidate for president, i pledged to bring the war in iraq to an end to strengthen national security and to strengthen american leadership around the world. after taking office i took actions to remove all our troops by the end of 2011. the commander in chief insuring this successful strategy has been one of my national security strategies. last year i announce the end our combat mission in iraq, and to date we have removed more than 100,000 troops. iraqis have taken full responsibility for their country's 30. -- security. a few hours ago i spoke with the iraqi prime minister, and said the united states will keep its commende