and phillies win the world series. >> eric: no. >> andrea: yes. >> eric: no. >> andrea: yes. >> eric: they can't now. because pujols went to california. >> greg: come out with their own bar of soap. >> bob: occupy your house. occupy wall street and carolers, occupy your house. >> greg: great combo. >> kimberly: who is going to win the presidency? >> eric: generic republican. >> bob: obama will win. >> greg: obama up against republican -- >> eric: you are on celebrity apprentice? >> eric: pitch it and see if mr. trump likes the idea. talk to the boss. work it out. >> greg: i predict a narrow victory by obama, because the republicans are running against him. >> kimberly: all righty. >> andrea: what was your bet? you made a bet? >> bob: we're not going to bet. >> andrea: you are wearinger eric's underwear? >> bob: he made me wear that french -- >> kimberly: that was a pirate. >> bob: feel like a black jack dealer. >> eric: technically when you said it, i didn't really -- made me wear the obama shirt. >> andrea: you looked like a st. paulie beer girls. >> bob: you look like one without a

. >> eric: hello. i'm eric bolling with kimberly guilfoyle, glenn beck, dana perino and greg gutfeld. bob, you want to get at it. what did you hear from herman cain tonight? >> bob: i only had to hear the first reassessment that says i'm thinking about my family. my politician that says that is gone. he said four things but only said three. wherever you say i'm -- whenever you say i'm looking at the impact of my family it means you are looking at the day you are leaving. out with a week. >> eric: big call. >> greg: good point. if you were thinking about your family, you probably never enter politics. it's a nightmare. when someone says the word "reassess," that is never, you never reassess anything good. it's like i describe it when you go in a bar and you realize, it's not a good bar. you reassess and pretend you're having a good time. back out quietly. >> eric: if he does back out, who picks up herman cain's it, 10, 11, 12% he holds now? who benefits from that? >> dana: a lot of speculation about thi

eric? >> eric: he said he is fourth best of all time, so he would be better than george washington, thomas jefferson, harry truman, ronald reagan -- >> kimberly: and george bush. >> eric: why adult he already have a carve-out on mount rushmore for himself now. >> greg: he should share that! >> bob: or be on "jersey shore" in front of your house. can i make a point as you attack what he said. he didn't say he was the fourth best president. he said legislative foreign policy accomplishments stack up against other presidents. he's right. in fact, better. if they overturn the healthcare reform, they are -- >> eric: no. sound on tape, they took his words and only his words. >> dana: bob, it can't be that the supreme court vote to strike down obamacare, that they are illegitimate but if they uphold it they're the best institution. you can't have it both ways. >> bob: i only want it one way, difference from gore versus bush a hack decision. this is a conservative sport, in favor of obama. if they

. >> eric: he turned things around. bringing unemployment and inflation down faster than any other president. >> bob: this is singularly and entirely the responsibility of the government of the house republicans that over and over again they refuse to go along. the senate counterpart had to force feed them to give people tax cut. >> greg: what was going on before that? before the republicans were in control? they are not having anything done was an achievement. >> bob: whether you like it or not, getting universal healthcare is a big deal. >> kimberly: a big f'ing deal as biden says but people don't like it. >> bob: people don't know enough about it. >> kimberly: run-away segment. pull us up. >> greg: coming up -- thank you. newt gingrich and his allies go on the offensive. will it work? i'm looking for a new year's eve party to go to. i'm not coming to yours, bob. it woke up in somebody else's clothing. e-mail me if you are having a party. thefive@foxnews.com. i am allergic to party favors, champagne and leather. ♪ â

>> eric: geraldo. it spent a lot of time on air arguing the sides of occupy wall street with geraldo. >> bob: quickly, bob. running out of time. my answer is fireman in wisconsin lost his job because they cut federal money to fire houses. the schmuck of the governor took away the bargaining power. out of work. >> eric: no one got fired in wisconsin. >> bob: did, too. >> greg: mine is pat from "saturday night live." they whine constantly and we never knew what she was about. >> andrea: androgynous. >> greg: we have to take a break. >> bob: how come you got a picture? >> greg: i asked for one. up next, a school forced to apologize for a religious gesture. if you leave now i'll steal all of your lawn ornaments. congratulations. congratulations. congralations. today, the city of charlotte can use verizon technology to inspire binesses to conserve energy and monitor costs. making communities greener... congratulations. ... and buildings as valuable to the bottom line... whoa ! ... as the people inside them.

thank you, eric. >> eric: you're welcome. up next, he's running for president, but he's skipping iowa. will jon huntsman's strategy work? dick morris will analyze the republican field. when will win iowa and what does it mean in the battle for the white house? moments away it's the perfect time to find great deals on the 4g lte devices you love. like the droid bionic by motorola for $199.99. or the pantech breakout for $49.99. our lowest price ever. get the technology you love, on the network you deserve. and for a limited time, get twice the data for the same low price. verizon. >> eric: in the personal story segment tonight, republican presidential candidate jon huntsman has just about given up on the eye acaucuses. instead, he's focusing his attention on the new hampshire primary, which takes place on january 10. but is his strategy working? according to a brand-new cnn poll in new hampshire, mitt romney is leading the pack. ron paul, barely edging out newt gingrich for second place. and huntsman is currently in fourth pla

captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> eric: hello, i'm eric bolling with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, dana perino, greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in our old studio in new york city. "the five." a lot going on today. first, we're less than a month away from iowa. candidates look to pick up major endorsements. trump, palin, mccain. what are the biggest and why? we analyze. trump making headlines again. see what some g.o.p. candidates and karl rove had to say about the donald. tiger woods gets his first win in over two years. conservative christians, tim tebow makes it 6-1. take that bill maher. "the five" starts right now. ♪ ♪ >> eric: our top story today, the big endorsement each candidate looking to score one or more. there are many still out there to be had. herman cain, sarah palin and donnel trump amongst many others virgin islands my own idea of the most coveted endorsement. i'll save it for last. who is the big kahuna as far as endorsements go? who will land them? >> bob: the biggest one is cain for this reason in iowa. he does have tea party suppor support. that does m

>>eric: good point. and now, the drama unfolding in front of our eyes where michele bachmann's campaign manager leaves and goes to ron paul shrouded in secrecy. when was he offered the money? was he? are there any other campaign managers being offered money? you are there, you are the kingmaker, how do you read this? >>guest: well, first, we don't know exactly what happened and you are a little bit of she said-he said but if an independent voice out there is corroborating an administration on either side, and i start to shift over to that. but there is a lot of tension in the campaign, and the pressure is building, some people crack and this decision on his part, the timing was terrible and whatever the motivation was the timing was tell and it does not show well for anyone involved in this whether it is ron paul or kent or the michele bachmann campaign. >>eric: if you are ron paul looking for the hearts and minds of the iowan caucus goers, do you do something like this, gag a competitors' campaign manag

thank you, eric. >> eric: you're welcome. up next, he's running for president, but he's skipping iowa. will jon huntsman's strategy work? dick morris will analyze the republican field. when will win iowa and what does it mean in the battle for the white house? moments away. >> eric: in the personal story segment tonight, republican presidential candidate jon huntsman has just about given up on the eye acaucuses. instead, he's focusing his attention on the new hampshire primary, which takes place on january 10. but is his strategy working? according to a brand-new cnn poll in new hampshire, mitt romney is leading the pack. ron paul, barely edging out newt gingrich for second place. and huntsman is currently in fourth place. but huntsman does have some support from an unlikely ally who recently visited "the factor." >> if you were to vote between romney and gingrich, if he snuck up to new hampshire 'cause anybody can vote, you would go for? >> i am not going to get in that republican primary. no way you could ask me. >> all rig

i like that. >> eric: very good. if they do this debate, i certainly offer my services, sarah palin, to moderate that. >> kimberly: sarah palin? >> eric: to moderate that one-on-one. >> bob: eric's wife is listening. >> dana: why are you wearing a tie? >> bob: they made you. i said i'm not coming on without you in a tie. >> eric: can we tease? fort lauderdale has a way to fix the homeless problem. check it out, bob. you'll be happy about it. that's next on "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bob: it's greg's favorite song. i'm happy to have that. >> greg: tearing my eyeballs out. >> bob: yes, it does. i'm going to make my introduction here shorter than greg's opening. the reason for it, a sad story. in fort lauderdale, florida, the county council decided have funds to send homeless people back to their loved ones if they want to go, one way bus ticket to get people off the streets and back home. it's dallas done in dade-brow ward county. let me make a point to fort lauderdale powers at be. if they had loved ones that want

>> eric: yeah. there are rules, if you don't like the rules, change the rules, have the rules changed. but he is a muslim congressman from michigan. right? >> andrea: yes. >> eric: he was out there, probably outrage if he was out there, you know, doing -- >> bob: is this the taxpayer money doing this? >> andrea: it's original. >> dana: it's brave to taunt the commission. they were so bored with the payroll tax cut themselves they sat around and waited for something to happen. great video. >> bob: money in the hands of people -- >> dana: but here is the thing. it shows they are watching "the five." >> greg: the real villain in all of this is "the five." by playing dorky videos we encourage more dorky videos. >> bob: greg, it's coming around to the music selection. >> andrea: a dirty little secret. in congress, we made, actually when i worked on the hill a lot of dorky little videos. we're airing the dorky little videos on "the five." i like it. >> bob: taxpayer pay for it? >> andrea: yeah. >> bob: go

eric? >> eric: i think so. the number you put up there 64%. at the highest, since gallup has been in business. so it's on an increasing scale. big government is continuously a big problem. people see it as a problem going forward. i can only point out, now bob, i know you will jump down my throat any second here. but the tea party has been calling for the smaller government. saying that will save us from ourselves. the other one is big business. how important is that? is it going to be a problem going forward? it comes in at 26%. it's been flat since history of gallup. people aren't saying it's big business or big labor. foreseeable problem is big government. obama is the big government. he is the guy. >> bob: i'm not going to jump down your throat. your numbers, that you recite here are accurate. what i would say is since gallup has begun this poll, big government has always been at the top. this is not the highest. it was 65 at one point. secondly, the businesses come in second. the most important number here, your great and dislike for big

>> eric: geraldo. it spent a lot of time on air arguing the sides of occupy wall street with geraldo. >> bob: quickly, bob. running out of time. my answer is fireman in wisconsin lost his job because they cut federal money to fire houses. the schmuck of the governor took away the bargaining power. out of work. >> eric: no one got fired in wisconsin. >> bob: did, too. >> greg: mine is pat from "saturday night live." they whine constantly and we never knew what she was about. >> andrea: androgynous. >> greg: we have to take a break. >> bob: how come you got a picture? >> greg: i asked for one. up next, a school forced to apologize for a religious gesture. if you leave now i'll steal all of your lawn ornaments. we know a place where tossing and turning have given way to sleeping. where sleepless nights yield to restful sleep. and lunesta can help you get there, like it has for so many people before. when taking lunesta, don't drive or operate machinery until you feel fully awake. walking, eating, driving,

eric? >> eric: can we point out to armed force away from their families on christmas, we thank you for your service. >> andrea: very much. >> greg: thank you for joining us, everybody. have a great christmas weekend with your families. thank the troops. thank you for that. also remember, we got a show, christmas show tomorrow. and sunday, i believe. >> bretbe sureand tune

. >> eric: hello, everyone. i'm eric bolling with andrea tantaros, bob beckel, dana perino, and greg gutfeld. it's 11 days until christmas and 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." developing news tonight. president obama may cave on the millionaire tax. we'll have more on that in a minute. but first, columnist says if tim tebow wins a bowles, christians will go after muslims, gays and immigrants. we'll show you who would say such a thing. "new york times" columnist bill keller says he isn't going to call illegal anymore. maybe undocumented or maybe alien. stick around and we'll tell you about it. check out this house. it's oozing christmas cheer. it belongs to one of us at "the five." we'll tell you which one later. it may or may not be greg gutfeld. "the five" starts right now. three years into his presidency, obama used a whole lot of excusesser his failing to turn the economy around. take a listen. >> there are always going to be bumps on the road to recovery. we're going to pass through some rough terr

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i like that. >> eric: very good. if they do this debate, i certainly offer my services, sarah palin, to moderate that. >> kimberly: sarah palin? >> eric: to moderate that one-on-one. >> bob: eric's wife is listening. >> dana: why are you wearing a tie? >> bob: they made you. i said i'm not coming on without you in a tie. >> eric: can we tease? fort lauderdale has a way to fix the homeless problem. check it out, bob. you'll be happy about it. that's next on "the five." ♪ ♪ >> announcer: if you think identity theft is scary, just wait until you try to fix it. >> 58 different individuals are using... absolutely, using my old social security number. >> announcer: identity theft has topped the federal government's list of consumer complaints for the last eleven years. it's a serious problem with anyone with a social security number, and it continues to get worse. fact is, on your own, there are many things you can do to deter identity theft. protect your social security number. be internet savvy. use intricate passwor

>> eric: i don't know. obama administration. >> kimberly: homeland security criticized the department of defense for classifying -- >> bob: we might want a quote from somebody in authority. >> eric: before that, can i just ask you, speaking of the department of homeland security, janet napolitano earlier said what we really need to be careful of are constitutional conservative, far right leaning groups. if that is what we are watching and a man stands up, e-mails back and forth, they are misguided. >> eric: did we call timothy mcveigh right wing terrorist? >> eric: 18 years ago? no. >> bob: 60 people including children killed in that one. >> eric: are you in a bad mood? >> bob: not at all. i want to know where it comes from. i want to know who said it. i'll ask him. listen, is he being tried as a terrorist? >> kimberly: he is in terms of a milliontary tribunal. but specifically they -- military tribunal but they are classifying as workplace violence. >> bob: is it a terrorist? >> kimberly: of course. he com

since you're already talking, eric, okay, imagine -- [ laughter ] >> eric: is this going to hurt? >> greg: imagine if the researchers found the opposite result, that the rich were more compassionate. would it -- >> eric: yeah, no. obama must be thrilled with this. they are great people under the obama administration. >> greg: leslie? >> i make that we have more compassion with less capitalism. okay? >> obviously, you can't -- obviously according to the study from berkeley, because the poor people don't have the money. they can compassion. rich people have money. >> eric: smart people from berkeley really rich? >> greg: excruciatingly wealthy. we're not all poor people. people who give money, a lot of them are rich. you just said more compassion. you are confusing me! now you're saying it's not important. kimberly? >> kimberly: can i tell you where you went wrong with this? >> greg: what? >> kimberly: berkeley. my are you giving this study credibility whatsoever. i agree with you in the introthis is ridiculous. this is what they come up with berkeley because they have so much money

>> dana: move on. >> eric: move on, brother. >> eric: we'll talk polls. we talk about this before, eric and i had. the first debate, if it is mitt romney with the president of the united states, president obama say before we start this debate, i want to thank you, mitt, for your blueprint for my healthcare plan. >> greg: bob, we have this question we are talking about before the show. is mitt the inevitable candidate. i think he is. so i came up with the bumper stickers. >> dana: cute. >> greg: show the first one. romney, the hair-apparent. next one, please. just admit it. he's all we've really got at this point. and it's mittevitable so stop fighting it. >> kimberly: he looks triumphant, like arnold schwarzenegger. i like it. >> bob: one thing about the presidential politics, important aspect of a poll. it may not show you who is really in front. but intensity matters. in polls. take a look at the poll about the republicans and their intensity factors are. this will tell you a lot. positive intensity for romney and gingrich. if you look at that, the diff

hi, eric. >> eric: how are you? weigh in. what do you think of the debate? who do you think did well and hurt their cause? >> well, i thought huntsman using my name to try to get gravitas was ridiculous. it didn't go over very well. he is a lightweight. i think that ron paul is really an interesting guy, but cookie, very cookie. interesting. but man he is out there. i thought that frankly newt did well. i thought romney did well. a pretty even, i would say even. i thought the governor did well. rick perry, by far his best, i think. i would imagine. >> bob: it would be hard to do worse. >> you cannot do worse than he has done. no question about it. it was by far his best debate. i thought he did pretty well. >> dana: mr. trump was there a question you would have asked if you had been a part of the debate last night? was there a you think wasn't asked that you would have like to hear the candidates answer? >> the thing i don't understand, i watched all of the debates. i don't hear the word "opec." i don't hear it and they are ripping us like no one has ripped

>> eric: c'mon, bob. let's talk about the, the meat of what he was talking about. >> greg: i'm still not used to the skinny rush. like when they replaced darrens on "bewitched" you knew there was a change and it disturbed you. i want to address the fact he said obama has a chip on his shoulder. he's wrong. it's a jumbo size bag of ruffles. this guy reflects modern cultural from the academic world that it's cooler to think america is inferior to europe. they love it. they love to feed into that. you are a dork if you are patriotic. when you are hanging around -- >> andrea: so greg, you are saying this isn't just obama. this is just liberalism? >> greg: the thing -- >> andrea: which is right. >> greg: to think of him as leader and nonconformist in last 40 years is a joke. he reflects the purest cliche of academia culture. >> andrea: he is in trouble. >> eric: we have to get to this. very important. rush limbaugh points out that everyone, all of them, the established republicans want conservative vote. they

er >> eric say, you got me. i'm eric robert rudolph. >> this is an msnbc news special report. >> msnbc news has confirmed one of the fbi's most wanted fudgetives, eric robert rudolph, charged in a series of bombings including the olympic park bombing in atlanta in 1996, has been arrested in north carolina. >> my only initial contact with eric rudolph was that monday morning when we were transporting him to ashville. they had already put a vest on him. i walked around the corner, i think probably the only time in this investigation i had on an atf jacket. you could hear him before we walked around the corner, he was just talking to the local deputies and talking to the jailers. we walked around the corner and he immediately stiffened up, quit talk, went eyes forward, basically looking straight ahead. >> when the federal government agent would come in, he knew that they, the government, intended to kill him. >> extremist, eric rudolph, now admits he did it. it's part of a deal that will spare his life. he'll get f

everybody send a card to eric to make him feel better. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> eric: merry christmas, everybody. fort worth schools are banning santa claus and gifts from the classroom in school. they won't allow signs to say christmas to be hung on the wall, or decorations. here is what the spokesman had to say. >> the current icons throughout like santa claus or christmas trees or snowflakes or any of those other icons that we all use are fine for the classroom. we even would like st. louis to come visit the school. he can visit before school, he can be in the hallway. he can be in the lobby. he can be in school assemblies. he can be in the lunchroom during lunch. we hope that there are programs after school he will visit. but we're just asking that there not be any interruptions to the instructional day. >> eric: that was a spokesman for the school. but we need to point out he walking back some of the things putting out prior. there was a note sent out by an attorney for school to say students should not be allowed to exchange gifts from student to student or distribute personal holiday messa

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eric? >> eric: he said he is fourth best of all time, so he would be better than george washington, thomas jefferson, harry truman, ronald reagan -- >> kimberly: and george bush. >> eric: why adult he already have a carve-out on mount rushmore for himself now. >> greg: he should share that! >> bob: or be on "jersey shore" in front of your house. can i make a point as you attack what he said. he didn't say he was the fourth best president. he said legislative foreign policy accomplishments stack up against other presidents. he's right. in fact,etter. if they overturn the healthcare reform, they are -- >> eric: no. sound on tape, they took his words and only his words. >> dana: bob, it can't be that the supreme court vote to strike down obamacare, that they are illegitimate but if they uphold it they're the best institution. you can't have it both ways. >> bob: i only want it one way, difference from gore versus bush a hack decision. this is a conservative sport, in favor of obama. if they do