>>eric: g.m. numbers were bad, 41 percent and blaming it on europe but the auto sales look strong, 14 million units expected, probably the highest in the last five years. is that a good sign? >>guest: it is. but you have to temper that, the average age of a car in the sons -- in the sons 10.2 years. there is pent up demand. look, we have ineffective government, not focused on the solutions we need. >>eric: do they understand what is going on? we talk about geithner saying welcome to the recovery. this is the third summer of recovery, right? >>guest: i thought it was a head fake. the tarp legislation certainly helped mitigate a crisis in terms of the markets but it did not help the economy rebound. all of the things that we are seeing today were predictable. rather view mirrors are 100 percent foolproof. >>eric: how do you explain 12,878 on the dow. why isn't it at 10,000 or 8,000? >>guest: you could see that. you are going to see a slow down in corporate earnings in the second half. we have a terr

>>eric: but is there a line? can someone say in a public forum, a public official, elected official, can they say, lis, she is stealing money. >>lis: they can say, unless you can prove you, when you made that statement with the public figure, you knew absolutely that way were saying was wrong, and the only reason you did was to bring that person down, that's a standard. actual malice. >>guest: or reckless disregard of the truth. just coming out and saying anything with in proof. if he does have some proof, if he has seen private tax information, there is additional difficulty and whether it goes forward with a lawsuit, what about an ethic charge? he was on the floor. there are issues with doing that. >>lis: he said high had sources. they may be wrong. but he said he had at least two sources. in a reporting world that is enough to go failure. >>eric: the only way to find out what the sources are would be to bring the suit and turn over the tax records. >>lis: discovery. that will never happen. >>eric: that is snea

do you believe that, eric? >> eric: i hope so. one can only hope. >> dana: that is like brett favre. >> eric: i've had enough. >> dana: brett favre of swimming. >> eric: didn't he take pictures of his -- >> andrea: yes, he did. i'm waiting for him to party after his medal and you'll rub it in our faces. >> greg: he is following the road to stereotypical downfall. first you start out and busted with the drugs. then the model girlfriend who really likes you for who you. are then the big car. the house. the facial tattoo. pretty soon, you are doing cameos in really bad sitcoms. then you marry lindsay lohan. >> dana: you get a contract to be commentator on the next olympics. >> greg: yes. but that is good. >> bob: he couldn't swim for four more years too. old. that's what happened to him now. losing events because of his age. he showed up with his girlfriend. greg referenced to greg's favorite product, which is speedo. sponsored that. is this guy so public, does he have a life? or is he constantly under the microscope of eric for exam

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 tampa, florida. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: we're tracking two big stories down south. g.o.p. kicked off the convention and the five of rus happy to kick off our first road trip. tropical storm isaac is in the gulf. janice dean will join us in a minute with the latest. but first, romney time in tampa. the five of us will take a look at the five key players hitting the stage this week. first up, ann romney tomorrow around 10:00 p.m. she will make her debut to tens of millions of americans on opening night. yesterday, she sat down with chris wallace. >> i wish everyone could see him how i see him. as a mother, i have seen him have compassion, as he has been with me as a wife, raising the small children. how he valued my work as being more important than his. >> eric: dana, what do you think? what should he is do and staying away from? >> dana: a lot of anticipation. she was originally going to speech monday the networks would

eric bolling tell us more. >> eric: yesterday was a new low water mark for obama campaign and supporters. after hearing this audiotape we reached another low in the obama campaign. take the full screen. they claim there is no coordination between priorities usa, white house and/or the campaign. check in out. jim messina raised money for priorities usa. so has axelrod, raised money for priorities usa and they both work on obama campaign 2008 and 2012. david plouffe who works in the white house, senior white house advisor raised money for priorities usa. bill burton runs priorities usa. he worked on the obama campaign. he worked in the obama white house. a deputy press character of the white house he may have been the press secretary of the campaign in 2008 as well. i don't know how the obama camp can there is no coordination. there is money coordination between the two. now you heard audiotape of mr. soptic who worked for the campaign in may of this year and also with priorities usa many this last ad. now time to man up, president obama and time to demons the priorities usa ad and make th

all right, eric, i want to ask you, as i mentioned before. >> eric: sean was right. [ laughter ] >> andrea: statistical -- juan is sitting next to you. >> juan: that's fine. sean was right. kerry wasn't swift voting in 2004 and obama wasn't a terrorist in 2008. >> eric: i said this year on the show, juan, the most egregious swift voting i've seen many my life is the cancer ad that priorities usa put up. that was swift voting. >> greg: wait. you are confusing me, i think swift voting is a good thing. >> juan: you do? >> greg: tells the truth. if swift voting tells the truth how can it be bad? >> eric: the connotation of swift voting is cheap, political attack not -- >> greg: we should ban the phrase. >> juan: my word of the day. "scurrilous." >> greg: an aggressive squirrel. squirrels coming after you. you to run and hide. >> andrea: speaking of going after each other, despite the fact that the campaign has gotten negative and the president spent millions of dollars taking out negative ads, the polls are a statistical dead heat. it's not working. this is right in the dead of august. this is

when she is called out on tv -- >> kimberly: eric, eric. loose relationship with the truth. >> eric: bill burton worked in white house. raised money -- >> dana: she actually never heard of him. then you have other problems. >> kimberly: that is like bob with the spice girls. >> bob: i know the spice girls. it is a mistake to say that. she tried to walk it back. better to just try to say yeah. i didn't, i was wrong about that. but the fact is this is not going to cost anybody three votes. is it a big deal? where does that -- >> andrea: the credibility of the democrats. head of the democratic national committee, bob. if shes comfortable, comfortable lying on the air about what is clearly an obama supported super-pac, what else is she comfortable lying about? >> bob: ryan capable to lie on the air. >> dana: remember when obama changed the line and sid we can raise money for the super-pac? she is the head of the dnc. hard for me to imagine as the chief fundraiser for the party, she doesn't know they're affiliated. >> bob: fairest in here republ

. >> eric: hello, everyone. i'm eric bolling with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, andrea tantaros, and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: for two weeks every other year, america put ace side politics, forget about the climbing gas prices, the job report and focuses the attention on the men and women representing this fine country. the olympics, a breath of fresh air in tough times. a moment to just enjoy good old-fashioned american pride. proud we are, where scott parsons, kayaker who lives in a friend's basement to survive or any of the 17 military men and women representing like wrestler and army sergeant byers. we're proud. how about cancer survivors, swimmer eric shanto and beach volleyball. and swimmer missy franklin who represents a great american city living under a dark cloud right now. she comes from aurora, colorado. we're proud of these and the rest of the 500 plus americans representing red, white, blue. plenty of time for partisanship and spinning but for

. >> eric: leave it there. coming up, mitt romney delivers ultimatum for the senate democrat leader >> harry reid has to put up or shut up. harry, who are your sources? >> eric: he wants proof or harry reid better stop flapping his trap about the taxes going unpaid. our thoughts next on "the five." ♪ ♪ building pass, corporate card, verizon 4g lte phone. the global ready one ? yeah, but you won't need... ♪ hajimemashite. hajimemashite. hajimemashite. you guys like football ? thank you so much. i'm stoked. you stoked ? totally. ... and he says, "under the mattress." souse le matelas. ( laughter ) why's the new guy sending me emails from paris ? paris, france ? verizon's 4g lte devices are global-ready. plus, global data for just $25. only from verizon. it's something you're born with. and inspires the things you choose to do. you do what you do... because it matters. at hp we don't just believe in the power of technology. we believe in the power of people when technology works for you. to dream. to create.

>>eric: thank you. from government taxes to government waste, if you think all of those who talk to you were throwing conference money out the window, a new outrange tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. . but that doesn't mean we shod be penalized for it. that's why liberty mutual insurance policies come standard with accident forgiveness, if you qualify. learn more at libertymutual.com. >> dana: hello, everyone. i'm dana perino with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling, and -- >> greg: greg gutfeld. >> dana: it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: yesterday was quite a day for america. the u.s. women's gymnastics team took the gold for the first time in 16 years and the competition didn't come close. the swimmers taking team gold themselves. among them was michael phelps who became the most decorated olympian of all time. get to the amazing accomplishments in moments. but first, i got home and i was walking the olympics and up popped a political ad. both sides taking shots at

so now we have eric. lovitz has the kardashian lower lip thing going. >> andrea: people think you don't have feelings. >> eric: he is an emotional guy. these guys aren't being satirical. they're funny guys. i don't want them to weigh in on taxes and the first amendment. are you all right? >> bob: i'm shocked. >> andrea: let him go. he is not talking. >> bob: i've been assaulted by greg about my weight. that is not fair. even jon lovitz who is not much of comedian can make a funny statement every once in a while. it's talking about politics. >> eric: it's when the baseball players like jose canseco gets involved in politics. >> greg: snl is always liberal leaning. jon lovitz didn't do it and they make fun of him. >> kimberly: it seems like there has been an open playing field now for making jokes about the presidency. and even obama. first when he was president, nobody did or said anything funny about him. >> andrea: he is not funny of a guy. he's sad or maddening. is he funny? >> bob: people like him. the

eric? >> eric: going from the worst to the best tv, besides "the five," best tv in the world starts sunday. 25th anniversary of "shark week" on discovery. we have a little clip. >> a decoy. carrying the data log iris launched and will be towed behind the boat ready to record one of the biggest hits in nature. ♪ ♪ >> the attack was spectacular. the shark, estimated at 3,000 pounds hit the decoy at nearly 25 miles per hour. >> eric: got to watch it. >> kimberly: now you see why controlled water. no, sir. >> greg: i'm beginning to wonder about you. >> kimberly: i have something cute. it's adorable. orphan spotted lamb that was adopted by dalmation dog. this is in australia. the dalmation is named zoe saw the spotted lamb, abandoned by her mom because she had spots on her. she is mothering her now. >> greg: that is cute. >> andrea: a new study out that shows shockingly that waitresses wearing red get higher tips than those who wear other colors. this is probably true. i wore disgusting brow

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. >> eric: leave it there. coming up, mitt romney delivers ultimatum for the senate democrat leader >> harry reid has to put up or shut up. harry, who are your sources? >> eric: he wants proof or harry reid better stop flapping his trap about the taxes going unpaid. our thoughts next on "the five." ♪ ♪ the capital one cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone, but her... likes 50% more cash. but, i have an idea. do you want a princess dress? yes how about some cupcakes? yes lollipop? yes! do you want an etch a sketch? yes! do you want 50% more cash? no you got talent. [ male announcer ] the capital one cash rewards card. with a 50% annual cash bonus it's the card for people who like more cash. what's in your wallet? i usually say that. morning because my back hurt so bad. the sleep number bed conforms to you. i wake up in the morning with no back pain. do you toss and turn? wake up with back pain? if so, call us now. you'll learn how the sleep number bed helps relieve back pain by allowin

>> eric: you look like a fish. >> dana: so one thing that the international olympic committee -- >> eric: it was your idea to start with the olympics. let's go. >> dana: the person with the previous record of the medals, that phelps beat, she wanted to present the medal to phelps. cool thing. but the ioc said way. >> eric: the oec is smart. -- ioc is smart. they keep very much -- no, they keep a lot of control on the clips that you can run. where you advertise. these are going to be advertising banks. they'll make so much money and generate so much cash. ioc says you are not allowed to tweet or sell yourself before the olympics or after. that is smart. >> bob: i wonder where they found a band to play 200 anthems. >> dana: that is a great question. >> bob: i was making a joke. it was prerecorded. >> dana: i have had to work every night. let me ask you something we talked about earlier. has anybody else noticed the negative ads during the olympics? it seems like a discordant note when they run. >> kimberly: what a great word. i love it. >> dana: discordant. >> kimberly: it's out of place a

when she is called out on tv -- >> kimberly: eric, eric. loose relationship with the truth. >> eric: bill burton worked in white house. raised money -- >> dana: she actually never heard of him. then you have other problems. >> kimberly: that is like bob with the spice girls. >> bob: i know the spice girls. it is a mistake to say that. she tried to walk it back. better to just try to say yeah. i didn't, i was wrong about that. but the fact is this is not going to cost anybody three votes. is it a big deal? where does that -- >> andrea: the credibility of the democrats. head of the democratic national committee, bob. if she is comfortable, comfortable lying on the air about what is clearly an obama supported super-pac, what else is she comfortable lying about? >> bob: ryan capable to lie on the air. >> dana: remember when obama changed the line and sid we can raise money for the super-pac? she is the head of the dnc. hard for me to imagine as the chief fundraiser for the party, she doesn't know they're affiliated. >> bob: fairest in here repu

>> eric: you look like a fish. >> dana: so one thing that the international olympic committee -- >> eric: it was your idea to start with the olympics. let's go. >> dana: the person with the previous record of the medals, that phelps beat, she wanted to present the medal to phelps. cool thing. but the ioc said no way. >> eric: the oec is smart. -- ioc is smart. they keep very much -- no, they keep a lot of control on the clips that you can run. where you advertise. these are going to be advertising banks. they'll make so much money and generate so much cash. ioc says you are not allowed to tweet or sell yourself before the olympics or after. that is smart. >> bob: i wonder where they found a band to play 200 anthems. >> dana: that is a great question. >> bob: i was making a joke. it was prerecorded. >> dana: i have had to work every night. let me ask you something we talked about earlier. has anybody else noticed the negative ads during the olympics? it seems like a discordant note when they run. >> kimberly: what a great word. i love it. >> dana: discordant. >> kimberly: it's out of plac

>> eric: hello, everyone. i'm eric bolling with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, andrea tantaros, and greg gutfeld. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: for two weeks every other year, america put ace side politics, forget about the climbing gas prices, the job report and focuses the attention on the men and women representing this fine country. the olympics, a breath of fresh air in tough times. a moment to just enjoy good old-fashioned american pride. proud we are, where scott parsons, kayaker who lives in a friend's basement to survive or any of the 17 military men and women representing like wrestler and army sergeant byers. we're proud. how about cancer survivors, swimmer eric shanto and beach volleyball. and swimmer missy franklin who represents a great american city living under a dark cloud right now. she comes from aurora, colorado. we're proud of these and the rest of the 500 plus americans representing red, white, blue. plenty of time for partisanship and spinning but for

>> eric: hello. i'm eric bolling, with andrea tantaros, juan williams, dana perino, greg gutfeld. 5:00 in new york city. in just four days until we're in tampa live at the rnc. "the five" starts right now. ♪ ♪ mr. president, we all know you love hoops. it notice you spent last night playing hoops with the n.b.a. stars michael jordan, patrick ewing, george clooney and toby mcguire from hollywood. it's mind-numbing you could play ball hours after the cbo declared 2012 the fourth year in a row the national deficit will exceed $1 trillion. making you, sir, a perfect four for four. grand total, $5.2 trillion. think about that, mr. president for a second. wile you shoot hoops. your layups, your foul shots, the threes with n.b.a. and hollywood stars. america is drowning in a sea of debt that you approved. record 42 million americans are living below the poverty line. let's not forget our jobs, our homes and our savings imploded under your watch. play on. take the open shot. call clooney for travelling.

they have people -- >> eric: i'm not sure you can. >> bob: at cross roads you can. >> eric: you can't. if you use karl rove or anyone at crossroads, mitt romney didn't, they didn't work together. romney does work for bush. >> bob: the largest group working on behalf of romney is the independent committee has shares, the guys who runs the thing, used to work on the romney campaign. there is a connection. we are naive if they're not coordinated at some level. >> dana: but they said they didn't know anything. if you were in a court of law and prosecuting a case, evidence today, what would you have done? >> kimberly: rest your case. what more proof do you need? not a egg on their face. it's an omelette. this is no credible. i get this is how politics are, we know. that but why would you deny it? that's so rookie and dumb when you know you have a call with a recording on there that may come out. >> eric: they have to deny it. coordination of the -- >> bob: i didn't get a chance to finish what i was going to say. can i continue? >> kimberly: leave it alone. don't tell another lie. >> bob: t

eric bolling senior or eric bolling -- >> eric: what is important about the study not whether the kids have it better or worse than the parents. parents are polled are your kids better off than you are? it's a statement about how they feel about themselves right now. people are struggling right now. they feel terrible and the economy is bad. they will be better off. >> bob: we are not trying to -- the perception is. there hasn't been a good economy since ronald reagan. >> andrea: that is such crap. >> bob: i'm trying to think where it is. >> andrea: on that note, dana perino. for you maybe. for the young people of america. coming up, 19 is a magic number for olympic swimmer michael phelps. did he break the record? he had a chance to today. we know the answer. back in a moment. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> bob: well, today, swimmer michael phelps has the chance become the most decorated olympian of all time. with 19 medals. we know the answer. should we tell you? i have been thinking about this, the producers tell me not to, which is a big mistake when they tell me not to do something. i'm not go

eric? >> eric: president obama and punc bloggers at media matters have no problem taking shot at the heros who put their lives on the line so obama can have his expense accounts and fly on air force one. punc bloggers at media matters can have laptop and spread hate. these people risk their lives. they should respect them more. if you don't like the message, don't shoot the messenger. >> dana: obama made a mistake not saying i heard about it. i am not commenting on it. instead of saying i don't take them seriously. that's inside voice. you don't have to say that. it's terrible he said you have another tea party candidate. they are trying to connect some craziness with somebody from the tea party. rise above it. >> greg: somebody from the tea party is perceived as more harmful as somebody in white house leaking information that could get you killed. that the s the take-home message. the administration is full of leaks but the only holes obama want to fill is on the golf course. >> kimberly:

. >> eric: hello, everybody. i'm eric bolling with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, andrea tantaros, greg gutfeld. we have a huge show for you today, so please stay with us for the whole hour because we have our hands on rare footal of the greatest moments in olympic history. we'll have one story each day this week. today, feature jesse owens, an exceptional american. it's 5:00 in new york city. this is "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: senate majority harry reid yelled "fire" in a crowded room with this speculation. >> so, the word is out he hasn't paid any taxes for ten years. let him prove that he has paid taxes, because he hasn't. >> eric: word is out, senator, is it or it that you are making stuff up to divert etension from the 42 months in a row of above 8% unemployment under president obama? whatever. mitt romney wasn't taking the claim lying down, suggesting reid put up or shut up, but it was the rnc chairman reince priebus who got really fired up. >> i am not going to respond a dirty liar who hasn't filed a si

eric? >> eric: people make mistakes. people say things and clearly in my opinion it looked like he was trying to be cute and funny. like the way joe does quite often. he made three kind of gaffes in that same speech. but it's always the cover up. it's always what happens in the wake of the mistake that is interesting. what the obama campaign -- here is the obama campaign and the obama white house. what the white house and the campaign are playing ball for each other. the campaign has said no, the white house is fine. joe biden is fine. perfectly fine with what he said. joe biden -- i said this earlier, man up and say i made a mistake. it should haven't used that reference. bad reference. i didn't mean it. clearly i didn't mean it. it would be better. we wouldn't talk about it. but instead, stephanie cutter goes on the talk shows. they're full of it. >> andrea: stephanie cutter says they're full of it and biden tried to explain himself and he made it worse. he said i meant to say unshackled which implies that african-amer

>> eric: i love the trampoline! it's amazing. >> greg: you put a tramline in your backyard, property values drop. democrat's not true. >> bob: the cost of putting the olympic athletes, training and the coach, prohibitively expenses. they get some help from the american olympic committee but most is born by the families. >> andrea: by the families. so when you watch the families, it's like the family is competing in the event. they wake them up, drive to practice, making their food. gabby isn't the only one. bill lockyer, hibilllock -- ryae underwater in their mortgage. they owe $100,000 on their mortgage. he won the gold. so a chance for the kids to replay their families which is really cool. >> bob: the the u.s. committee pay for the kid's training? >> kimberly: i'd like to see the country sponsor them so they don't have a hardship trying to struggle. the family goes in debt. it affects the family unit with athletes like this -- guest but that is what -- >> greg: that separates from people who want to do it than th

eric? >> eric: presidentbama and punc bloggers at media matters have no problem taking shot at the heros who put their lives on the line so obama can have his expense accounts and fly on air force one. punc bloggers at media matters can have laptop and spread hate. these people risk their lives. they should respect them more. if you don't like the message, don't shoot the messenger. >> dana: obama made a mistake not saying i heard about it. i am not commenting on it. instead of saying i don't take them seriously. that's inside voice. you don't have to say that. it's terrible he said you have another tea party candidate. they are trying to connect some craziness with somebody from the tea party. rise above it. >> greg: somebody from the tea party is perceived as more harmful as somebody in white house leaking information that could get you killed. that the s the take-home message. the administration is full of leaks but the only holes obama want to fill is on the golf course. >> kimberly: ni

>>eric: thank you. from government taxes to government waste, if you think all of those who talk to you were throwing conference money out the window, a new outrange tonight at 8:00 p.m. eastern. .