i am bill o'reilly. and please always remember that the spin stops right here because we are definitely looking out for you. >> bill: a special edition of the o'reilly factor is on, tonight. >> special edition of the great american news quiz. >> i'm from iowa i would know that. >> fascinating. >> show off. >> steve doocy, martha maccallum and you compete for bragging rights. >> the last one. kwame quadruple or nothing. >> factor style. >> bill: you pick? >> teddy bears because i like teddy bears. >> hi. >> can we replace doocy y.? is it too late? i guess it is. caution, you where to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching this special edition of the factor, the great american news quiz spectacular. in the next hour, you will get to test your knowledge and play along with us so let's begin. first topic, legendary actor john wayne. >> all right. here is question number one. movie fans all over the world idolize john wayne for no nonsense attitu

right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. what the heck is president obama doing? that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. the w rs thing that could happen to the u.s.a. is is for a sitting president to pretty much ignore the best interest of the folks. president obama is doing something very strange right now. very strange and you should know about it. he only won the election by 3.5 million votes out of more than 120 million cast. he knows we're a divided nation answered also knows millions of americans don't believe is he looking out for them. he also knows that we have a budget situation that could send the country into bankruptcy. so it is on the president to solve the problem. this week, treasury secretary tim geithner offered the president's plan. it would raise taxes for high earning americans by $1.6 trillion over the next decade. that's on income, capital gains and dividends. also limit deductions for those folks. also return the estate tax to a whopping 45% for weal

bill g to have you with us. >> caller: thank you, bill. >> bill: >> bill: let me ask you: have you taken a look at new york city pension plans and any direct connection with gun manufacturers? >> absolutely, bill. i think you see this in any public pension fund in the country. we had 18 million in investments, in guns and ammunition industries. and i have to tell you the response has been amazing. i said a few days ago, that i am going to initiate a divestment action for all new york city pension funds. we have 115 billion in assets. so we are a big player in the pension world. i am going to be reaching out to pension funds all over the country and ask them to do the same. this is one of these moments in history. you have been powerful on this point. you know we change now or we will never have the opportunity to make the change we have to. >> bill: i know that the california teachers association, for example, they called seberus, the big venture capital fund and we see we have a lot of money in your fund and you are investing in this freedom group that made the bushmaster rifle used in

." >> i love being a "friend of bill." >> bill: an fob. >> nice to be back. >> bill: i know. good to have you back. i haven't seen you since the election. i want to get your take on why obama won and why romney lost and all of that kind of good stuff. you just came back from madrid. >> i was in madrid. post-election conference. tough duty. >> bill: just like one of those congressional boondoggles. >> i wish, i wish. i used my frequent flier miles. >> bill: oh, is that it? you know a lot of interest around the world in what's going on. >> sure is. they had a big crowd there. a lot of questions. how does it apply to us. they're going through an awl lot in spain. it is a terrible economic situation. 50% unemployment for young people. 25% unemployment in the country. >> bill: wow. >> we think we got it bad. tricky stuff. >> bill: oh, boy. thanks for coming back from madrid just for -- >> just for the show. >> bill: for the "full court press" this morning. yesterday, we lost a real hero. a legendary united states senator in dan inouye died yesterday at the age of 88. he was known

hellman's tragedy. >> bill: solving these kinds of problems. >> absolutely. >> bill: bill o'reilly.com poll question in play do you believe president obama and the republicans will reach a budget deal before automatic tax increases are triggered? yes or no and we will give you the results on monday. next on the run down, ms. laura ingraham has some thoughts about the bob costas interview last night. later, we will read your mail on that. and then, is there a growing anti-christian bias in america? i think so. what do the culture warriors believe? those reports after these messages. >> announcer: 'tis the season of more-- more shopping, more dining out... and along with it, more identity theft. by the time this holiday season is over, an estimated 1.2 million identities may be stolen. every time you pull out your wallet, shop online or hit the road, you give thieves a chance to ruin your holiday. by the time you're done watching this, as many as 40 more identities may be stolen. you can't be on the lookout 24/7, but lifelock can. they're relentless about protecting your identity every m

two more funerals tomorrow, bill. >> bill: all right. and we're going to do some follow-up reporting on the children who survived and there are going to be grief counselorrers there and the state of connecticut and the governor doing a great job. they're all going to mobilize to help everybody. we appreciate t. thank you very much. plenty more ahead as "the factor" moves along. we'll update you on the former marine incarcerated in the filthy mexican prison for absolutely to reason. you can see him chained. putting pressure on our government to get him released. then bernie goldberg on some far left pundits exploiting the awful situation in connecticut. we hope you stay tuned to those reports. i always wait until the last minute. can i still ship a gift in time r christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. ♪ but the fire is so delightful ♪ nothing melts away the cold like a hot, delicious bowl of chick

is the bill press show. >> >> bill: twelve minutes before the top of the hour. congress woman barbara lee joining us in the next hour of the "full-court press," this wednesday morning, december 19th. well, i think some people are calling us the book ends around current tv. i guess the first crack at the news -- i get the first crack at the news of the day and let you know kind of what's starting to break and then eliot spitzer wraps it up to tell you what's happened in the news of the day on viewpoint at 8:00 p.m. here on current tv and on wednesday morning, the book ends get together. hey, eliot. how are you? >> glad to be a book end with you. it is a little early. >> bill: two big stories you and i both have been talking about, the whole discussion about moving forward on some comments on gun control after sandy hook elementary school and also about the latest on the fiscal cliff. let's start with the guns. there was some movement yesterday, eliot. i was there at the briefing room in the white house. for the first time, jay carney saying there are three specif

. >> bill: why? know, afghans talking aboukit afghans, you know what i mean the afghan national army didn't like the afghan national police. >> bill: what's the problem there? >> where i was at up north they were always setting up posts and checkpoints. corrupt. they seemed to be more corrupt than the afghan national army was. >> y what do you mean corrupt? taking money shaking down people? >> shaking down peopleou around. flip flopping. i was told you can't buy afghan but you can rent one. >> you think it's pervasive from what you saw. >> i'm speaking on what i seen. >> in the bookde you describe and we want people to read your book into the fire. the fire fight and how intense it was. i'm going to leave the details because i know you don't like to talk about yourself but you are a hero, medal of honor winner. was it worth it for you though as a an american soldier? what did you in afghanistan, was that worth it? >> you know, was it worth it? >> you saw a lot of your friends get killed andfr hurt. >

. >> bill: coming up. comedians leary and love vits unleash. >> i believe in strong military and helping those below you. >> bill: later, ted koppel and guy head to head over the topic of the popularity of the fox news channel. coming right back. glsm the impacted segment tonight. kevin spacey big night performance become outspoken in the world of politics. we sat down recently with them. >> you say hollywood is a one party town. is there a reason for that? >> i think that and i don't know what it says. it's not meant to be a judgment. but it seems to me like creative people end up being democrats and i think it's been that way forever. >> bill: is that because they feel sorry for the down trodden? i consider myself a creative person. i'm kind of a more traditional guy than liberal guy. >> let's face it, i think that democrats are very long on empathy, artists have to be long on elm empathy. republicans are long on logic in my view. >> theta moob a little oversimplifying. >> i was trying to simplify. >> i

bill: oh, boy. michigan's new laws to opt out of union fees, the right toe work effort, is it gaining steam across the country? where will the supporters go next we ask? alisyn: a few weeks before you could see a much smaller paycheck. americans are speaking out. what they're saying to congress. a top lawmaker tells us about a effort to reach a deal. >> i was born with a half glass full. i remain the most optimistic person in this town but we've got some serious differences. to the best vacation spot on earth. (all) the gulf! it doesn't matter which of our great states folks visit. mississippi, alabam louisiana or florida, they're gonna love it. shaul, your alabama hospitality is incredible. thanks, karen. love your mississippi outdoors. i vote for your florida beaches, dawn. bill, this louisiana seafood is delicious. we're having such a great year on the gulf, we've decided to put aside our rivalry. now is the perfect time to visit anyone of our states. the beaches and waters couldn't be more beaut

bill gety and i. >> bill: he's a very troubled person. >> "the view" has made you famous. >> bill: you made me famous? i'm not on his fascinating list. look at christie. look how he's looking at you. he doesn't like you! he doesn't like you. >> he didn't like me in part because i asked him about his weight. but also asked him about his praising obama. >> bill: got him elected. >> yeah. he says he -- when you see the piece, that he did more campaigning than anybody else besides mitt romney. you know what happened to mitt romney. and he didn't want to run now, but he talks about 2016. >> bill: is he running? >> he didn't have the fire in his belly now. but i would be willing to bet in 2016. >> bill: no, kristy, i don't think he wants it. would you like to see christie versus hillary? that would be fun. all right. barak obama, he's the president. he doesn't make the fascinating list, though. he's not fascinating? >> we've had both the president and the first lady on. >> bill: let's be honest, when it comes down between barak obama and honey boo boo, you got to go with boo boo. you got to

bill gety and i. >> bill: he's a very troubled person. >> "the view" has made you famous. >> bill: you made me famous? i'm not on his fascinating list. look atow he's looking at you. he doesn't like you! he doesn't like you. >> he didn't like me in part because i asked him about his weight. but also asked him about his praising obama. >> bill: got him elected. >> yeah. he says he -- when you see the piece, that he did more campaigning than anybody else besides mitt romney. you know what happened to mitt romney. and he didn't want to run now, but he talks about 2016. >> bill: is he running? >> he didn't have the fire in his belly now. but i would be willing to bet in 2016. >> bill: no, kristy, i don't think he wants it. would you like to see christie versus hillary? that would be fun. all right. barak obama, he's the president. he doesn't make the fascinating list, though. he's not fascinating? >> we've had both the president and the first lady on. >> bill: let's be honest, when it comes down between barak obama and honey boo boo, you got to go with boo boo. you got to go with her. appr

right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. what the heck is president obama doing? that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. the w rs thing that could happen to the u.s.a. is is for a sitting president to pretty much ignore the best interest of the folks. president obama is doing something very strange right now. very strange and you should know about it. he only won the election by 3.5 million votes out of more than 120 million cast. he knows we're a divided nation answered also knows millions of americans don't believe is he looking out for them. he also knows that we have a budget situation that could send the country into bankruptcy. so it is on the solve the problem. this week, treasury secretary tim geithner offered the president's plan. it would raise taxes for high earning americans by $1.6 trillion over the next decade. that's on income, capital gains and dividends. also limit deductions for those folks. also return the estate tax to a whopping 45% for wealthy families.

this is the bill press show >> bill: eleven minutes before the top of the hour. in studio, for politico politico.com, of course, no better site for knowing what's going on here in our nation's capitol, both on the hill and at the whitehouse. reed epstein was in the briefing room for the briefing on friday and then for president obama's extraordinary appearance there to make a statement about the mass murder at newtown, sandy hook elementary school and then was with the president last night flying up on air force one to newtown, connecticut. so reed, we have the brady campaign, john lowie who is the director of their legal action project who was talking about -- let's go back to the president and what his agenda might be. their focus is on background checks. you know, yeah, we have to get rid of the assault weapons ban. they support bringing back the ban but just to get background check on every gun purchased. they point out that 40% of the purchases today, there are no background checks at all because they are either, one, person to person, or online or at gun sh

authorization bill. this bill does two things. it increases monitoring and evaluation of our foreign aid programs and also increases transparency of foreign aid. our foreign aid can do some good to other countries, but there are problems with american foreign aid. unfortunately, we don't keep track of what we're spending and we don't ask for real results. since the passage of the foreign assistance act of 1961, foreign aid programs spread across 12 departments, 25 agencies and almost 60 federal offices. there are so many federal government programs that they don't know what each other is doing and many federal government programs don't even keep track of what they're doing. according to an independent study commissioned by u.s. aid in 2009 they don't assess the impact on foreign countries. is our money helping people become more self-sufficient or more reliant on u.s. dollars and does it leave people better off? we don't know the answer. this bill requires the president to set up tough monitoring and eva

bill. >> bill: i know it does. have you been doing good work. you and congressman down there in miami. excellent work. when jay carney says to our guy ed henry we don't nolg know anything about. this don't you think that president obama, with all the power that he has, could come out and say we're trying to get him released. you don't have to -- jo expect him to threaten mexico. i don't expect him to diminish the new president or lodge any charges. that's my job. i will do that but certainly the president can say we are very concerned woe would like mexico mexico to do the humanitarian thing and release him. what would be wrong with that senator? >> i hope that that happens by december 25th. >> bill: why hasn't it happened since august? it's now december. come on. why hasn't it happened? >> well, bill, you and i know that the president has got so much to attend to. that's why i cited abraham lincoln. greatness is defined and you know this, senator. >> let's get him out. let's get him out. first of all, here's where the breakdown is. and by the w

were alec bills. bills to make it harder for unions to do their work were alec bills. bills to basically block climate change agreements, those were alec bills. when i looked at them, i was really shocked. i didn't know how incredibly extensive and deep and far-reaching this effort to rework our laws was. >> she and her team began to plow through alec documents, as well as public sources, to compile a list of the organizations and people who were or had been alec members. they found hundreds of corporations, from coca-cola and koch industries to exxon mobil, pfizer, and wal-mart, dozens of right-wing think tanks and foundations, two dozen corporate law firms and lobbying firms, and some thousand state legislators, a few of them democrats, the majority of them republican. >> alec is a corporate dating service for lonely legislators and corporate special interests that eventually the relationship culminates with some special interest legislation and hopefully that lives happily ever after as the alec mo

this bill reflects that. again thanks to the ranking member and the staff and members on both sides of this committee. thanks to the -- senator feinstein and senator saxby chambliss for their help in putting this bill together. i hope we'll get a large show of support for the men and women who are serving in our intelligence posts all around the world today, with a strong vote of bipartisanship, send this to the president so we can go about the business of keeping america safe and maybe even look at some other details that the speaker may have interest in dealing with today. with that i yield back the balance of my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman yields back the balance of his time. the question is will the house suspend the rules and pass senate 3454, those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, 2/3 of those voting having responded in the affirmative, the gentleman from michigan. mr. rogers: madam speaker, i object to the vote on the grounds that a quorum is not presen

> bill: all right. i got it. all right. i didn't understand that it was a section toy -- a sex toy >> peter: you haven't had a mcrib. it's a sexual experience, only if you are eating it right. >> bill: how long do i have to wait to get one? >> december 17th. keep your pants on. >> barbara walters leaked the first name of this year's most fascinating people show. >> bill: ruined it for me. i can't wait to hear. for 12 months. >> peter: you are not about to say what i think -- it's honey booboo. it will be part of the december 12th abc special. no word of who else is on the list but honey booboo. >> that's like the pope tweeting. who the... cares. >> in all honesty if there was any credibility left to this barbara walters special. >> she hasn't had credibility since she dated -- john -- for get his name. warner. zero credibility sense. >> why would she do that? what's the best t.v. sitcom ever? a new vanity fair 60 minute poll finds that it is seinfeld the former nbc comedy that aired for eight years. 82%

bill. bill: alisyn. alisyn: ambassador rice is expected to meet with the president privately today. the president has been vocal for her and blasting republican critics for what he calls unfair and misleading attacks on rice. bill: more americans want to see senator john kerry nominated as the next secretary of state more than ambassador rice even before she took her name out of public contention. the latest fox polling showing 23% supporting senator kerry, 19% went for ambassador rice. 37% said they want to see someone else in that job. 18% saying not so sure. alisyn: interesting to see what everyone says during these two hours. there are now conflicting reports whether secretary of state hillary clinton will actually testify to a house committee on the libyan attacks. we reported to you that clinton was expected to face the house foreign affairs committee next week. now the state department is saying not so fast. in just a couple minutes we'll speak to congressman ed royce from the foreig

these bills are not a plan. they're a ploy. they are bills to nowhere. they undermine trust so essential for agreement. we've just heard it. the republicans claim that letting the tax rate go up from 35% to 39.6% on income over $1 million is not a tax hike because it would happen on its own. but then they say that if the tax cut would go up on income below $1 million by happening on its own, it would be the biggest tax increase in history. that is patently that is inconsistent. the far worse than hypocrisy is the way they deseen their tax provision. for those with incomes over one million, they provide a tax cut of at least $50,000. they raise only 1/3 of the revenue contained in the speaker's discussions with the white house and far less than proposed by the president. talk about undermining trust. it would raise taxes on 11 million middle class taxpayers. 11 million. through their failure to continue the education credit. and it hurts millions of other middle class families with their failure to keep the improvements to the child tax credit and the ear

bill:. martha: talk to me about both those numbers. >> that 7.7% rate first announced that was a surprise. it had not been expected to go down. then you dig within the numbers you come up with that very important number, 350,000. that is by how many people the labor force shrank, contracted. when you take out 350,000 from the total workforce, then you do get the unemployment rate coming down. so that number, 350,000. that is very significant and that explains, that's a large part of the explanation for the decline in the rate, martha. martha: there's another interesting number that reflects that. that is the labor participation number. i want to pull that up now. because, for 11 straight months the labor participation rate, the people who are if the job market, and working or actively wanting to look for work, that number is below 64% for 11 straight months. that is the weakest number we've seen since the early 1980s. what is the significance of that, stuart? >> for the past generation more

i'm. >> caller: bill: i'm bill hemmer. many define the military orders staying camped out overnight. the violence comes as president morsi talks to leaders about to stabilize the country. martha: david miller joins us from our mideast bureau. it seems like the violence is really reaching a new level right now, david lee. >> reporter: you're right, martha. for the first time here we are really witnessing egyptian against egyptian in the streets of cairo. the latest clashes taking place outside of the presidential palace. on one side as you mentioned the supporters of president mohammed morsi, on the other side secular groups oppose morsi and the islamists, it's sewing they can't agree with. each side through rocks and bottles, there were gunfire. 600 have been injured. the commander of the republican guard tried to assure egyptians that it is not going to take sides. the republican guard are tasked primarily with protect being the president in the presidential compound. in the last few hours the guard ordered protestors to

>> bill: in 2010. he gets 174,000 salary which but he is in a club of millionaires and he is a pauper. he will be making half a million dollars a year as the head of the heritage foundation. don't give me this crap about, i need to go and test out my new ideas. >> gimme gimme action gimme. >> this is a good thing not u.s. senate get rid of this whacko. the people he has tried to bring to the senate, you can credit jim deminute for christine o'donnell with delaware for sharon engel from nevada. both lost. this guy stood by todd aiken gave money to todd aiken after the rape comments sfood by richard murdoch. this is the guy who buckedtood by richard murdoch. this is the guy who bucked mitch mcconnell and supported tea partyer rand paul for senate and rand paul is now in the senate. in fact, a lot of republicans blame jim demint because he supported these walkinghacko primary candidates who ended up becoming the nominees of their parties and lost at blame him for not taking control of the u.s. senate when

and a contentious bill to ban u.s. parents from adopting russian children is making its way to vladimir putin's desk how does this bill compare to regulations in place in the usa and why are so many american parents why do they pick russian kids in the first place. and while many now feel its users are watching their favorite shows perhaps they should be asking themselves who's watching that we'll tell you about the latest u.s. bill and what it means for your online privacy in just a moment. it's wednesday december twenty sixth two thousand and twelve it's four pm here in washington d.c. i'm liz wahl in you're watching our t.v. . oh looks like massachusetts democrat john kerry will succeed us secretary of state hillary clinton the former presidential candidate got a reputation as a flip flopper during his presidential run constantly changing his political stances on how we can add something else to the list of so-called flip flops and this one could be particularly troublesome for someone poised to be america's top dip

i move the bill. the presiding officer: is there objection? the senator from texas. mr. cornyn: reserving the right to object. the problem with the senator's proposal is that this piece of legislation he has referred to has not passed out of committee in the senate. it has not passed the house. this bill, the stem act, has passed the house. it has a two-year sunset provision. this is permanent legislation. it has no family unification provision that will allow the family members, the immediate family members of the green card holder to wait the time when they will become eligible for a green card here in the united states as opposed to back in their country of origin, and it does nothing to promote merit-based immigration reform. we ought to be looking at immigration reform from the standpoint not just how does it help the immigrant but how does it help america create jobs and entrepreneurship, and for that reason, i would object. mr. president, at this time i would yield the floor to the distinguishe

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. >> bill: on? >> somebody just had a statement about false equivalencies so whoever -- your good listener, i'm agreeing with bill press. >> bill: i can't keep up with all of this traffic here. >> yes. >> bill: you just attended this forum up in cambridge where leaders of both campaigns were together. what did you learn and did they -- was the romney campaign admitting that they blew it, basically? made any mistakes, serious mistakes? what came out of that? >> this is a form of harvard institute of politics. all of the top honchos from all of the top campaigns. we did learn some things. >> bill: for obama, you had david axelrod. >> jim messina the campaign manager. stephanie cutter. david who is not as well-known but he was in charge of the opinion research. jim marg ole is who made a lot of the commercials and jeremy byrd the director of organizing and teddy goff, the director of digital. >> bill: from the romney campaign? >> from the romney campaign, stuart stevens who was the top strategist. matt

caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly, thanks for watching us tonight. power, that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. if you are fortunate enough to acquire money in this life, you will also get power. money in america can buy you protection education, doctors accountants make you more money and lawyers if anything goes wrong. money is power. if you don't have much money, life is much harder because you can't protect yourself as well as a wealthy person. that is why what is happening in america right now effects every single person who lives here. president obama and the democrats want to take power from the people and give it to the federal government. every time you pay taxes, you make the government stronger and your own situation weaker. so a tax increase empowers the government at the expense, pardon the pun, of the taxpayer. of course, taxes are needed for the military, transportation, safety nets and other things that strengthen our freedoms. but what's happening now is a bunch of other

is the "bill press show." >> bill: okay. happy thursday. december 13. the "full court press" here coming to you live from our nation's capital. bob cusack is managing editor of "the hill." thehill.com if you want to know what's going on in washington. at the capitol. both ends of pennsylvania avenue on the hill, at the congress and at the white house no better source than "the hill." bob, always good to you have with us. >> good to be here. >> bill: peter ogborn has his eye on the social media world. >> bpshow at twitter. comments all over the board. don boyle saying on the fiscal cliff, politics is the art of the compromise. war is a zero-sum game. dems are playing politics. g.o.p. is playing war games. rum and coke party u.s.a. -- i don't make the names up, i just read them, and an tonin scalia. judge judy hooked on crystal meth would still have more credibility than justice scalia. you talked earlier about former governor of michigan and current teammate on current tv, jennifer granholm. kealy says we need jennifer on a n

she's objecting to the clothing, bill. >> bill: i haven't been o in ths thing at all. weren't feminists at one time angry about women being objectified? now she wants them to be? >> i guess. we had discussions about how the national organization of women wouldn't let me in because i was a former miss america even though i went to stanford and oxford? they probably wouldn't because i was in a beauty pageant. >> bill: now they want younger women to be morn e flashy and not getting any of this. >> i didn't get it, either. >> she doesn't want them to be modest, and she doesn't want them to be the bland, cultivated, middle class airless ghetto, she calls it, girls, and she doesn't make -- she doesn't have a real conclusion. it's not -- this is my premise, ergo. >> bill: you know what she really wants? publicity. >> money. >> she wants publicity. >> bill: she's been out of then. limelight a long time. she gets the hollywood reporter which is now some kind of left wing thing to run this piece. people start to talk about her. that's what she wants. doesn't make any sense at al

. >> bill: all right. so they have the father and the brother who are obviously trying to explain to authorities the condition of the dead murderer. when you cover a story like this, there is a lot of chaos and there is a lot of misreporting, as you just mentioned, the kid ryan, we just saw, the brother, was initially tied in to the crime, but now he's been totally exonerated, right? there is just one shooter. they believe it's one man who did these horrible things. is that correct? >> correct. yeah. bill, you can understand, in the aftermath of a major incident like this, there is a lot of confusion. in this case, if the shooter was carrying an identification, then that would lead investigators to previous that was him. apparently it was his brother. his older brother. this kid is 20. his brother is 24. he may have had his i.d. on him for purposes of who knows? alcohol. who knows? >> bill: i want to be clear. the shooter who is now dead, was carrying his brother's i.d that's the i.d. they found on him. an

>> well, listen, bill. i do all my research with men and women who are active in the diplomatic community, in the intelligence community and if i try to turn this story in to my editor. i would be thrown out of her office. there are too many holes in this story and it starts right with of all the days for an american to be traveling in an islamic country why was chris stevens in benghazi of all places on 9/11? that's where the story starts and it doesn't make sense. this is a guy who, by all accounts is, a very very bright man. yet, he chooses to go to benghazi on 9/11. that same day he sends the state department a cable complaining about the level of security he is not getting over there? why was he in benghazi? that's a really important question we're not getting here. >> bill: all right. so you start with the motivation of the ambassador to travel to a dangerous area on 9/11, a provocative day and we haven't had an answer to that question. what other questions have troubled you about this situation? >> w

we should fix that in this bill. there have been some agriculture areas that have been very hard hit. we should fix that in this bill. americans that pay taxes and expect when they have catastrophic disasters for to us step up, i think that's a good expectation and i think it's a very fair expectation. mr. president, when this country went to war over a decade ago, we didn't pay for the $1.4 billion that it took to secure this nation from an outside threat. sometimes threats come right to our front door. and we've got to be willing to step up and give a small, compared to the $1.4 trillion we spent in iraq and afghanistan that was not offset, we should be willing to spend a very small portion, $60 billion in this case, over $100 billion for katrina and rita and a few billion here and there, it's not an insignificant amount of money, a billion dollars is a lot of money, it sounds like a lot to anyone listening but relative to the cost of the war, it is a very small investment in our own country, helping americans that

the bill before us is a comprehensive bill. it gives us -- we have heard testimony after testimony from business owners give us certainty. the democrat alternative is not even comprehensive. does not include the state tax. we will be right back here again december next year. this gives us certainty and employers certainty. job greater certainty. americans certainty they will not ever pay the tax again. this is the right medicine for 99.8% of americans to prevent them from seeing their taxes go up on january 1 and it gives us an opportunity in the next session of congress to provide comprehensive tax reform to simplify our tax code to give us more certainty and more competitiveness so the middle class can grow and prosper and we can improve our economy. i knew that my time. >> the gentle lady. >> i am delighted to yield three minutes from the gentleman in tennessee. >> 3 minutes. >> thank you. i appreciate the time and opportunity to speak on this measure. i am concerned about the fiscal cliff. it is important. president obama h

bill o'reilley >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight -- >> the assault weapon is developed for military purposes to kill in close combat. >> bill: as we predicted, semiautomatic weapons are now under fire. pardon the pun. will congress ban them? charles krauthammer and i will discuss it. >> he is not a gun runner and you know. he should be released immediately. >> bill: with seven days until christmas, will the mexican government release marine corporal jon hammer from prison? this is a terrible miscarriage of justice. and president obama should get involved. we'll have the latest from the corporal's parents. >> i know what you're thinking. did he fire six shots or only five? ask yourself one question, do i feel lucky? >> bill: do you recall tradition violent movies and video games incite psychopaths to commit crimes. quentin terrentino and jamie fox are under pressure. we'll tell you what's going on. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. "the factor" begins right now. >> bill: hi. i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watch

when bill gates comes and talks to me about the farm bill, you know this farm bill is more than just about some farmers in minnesota. it is about feeding our country. it is about feeding the world. it is about the research that we need to do to make sure that we have the most efficient crops, that we are developing crops and that we are developing livestock and varieties of crops and farm products that can feed the world. this farm bill works to eliminate fraud and waste through the farm bill to ensure that these programs are efficient and targeted. passing this farm bill is important, and that is why 235 agricultural conservation research and energy organizations signed a letter this november to leadership in the house urging that they pass a farm bill before the end of the year. our farmers and agricultural communities understand that tough budgetary choices need to be made. that's why the senate agriculture committee actually came forward and said okay, we're going to find a way to do this very differently. we're going to eliminate direct payments and we're going to strengthen our

. >> bill: you're welcome. fair share. you're a rich guy now. fair share in taxes. i think your state is up to about 14% state income tax. president obama wants to raise it up to about 40% federal. that's 54%. if he knocks out the deduction for state income taxes which he wants to do, you'd be paying 54. what's fair? >> well, first off, we should stop saying tax the rich and say tax the successful because i'm not rich. i'm successful. rich is easy to tax because that's just a guy who inherited daddy's money, whose dad was the monopoly man and he lives on the hill. i'm successful and you're successful because we worked our tails off. it's harder t to to take money away from people who work the hard. it really should be tax the successful. >> bill: miller says that, too. miller is mad. he's angry about it. he's saying look. i'm getting targeted, me, dennis miller, because i have achieved something, so it's really taxing the successful, but it's also taxing achievement. >> yes. >> bill: to some extent rewarding no

the gentlelady cited bill after bill after bill that i have been proud to support to try to rip the president's health care bill out by its roots. we have worked hard on that the senate hasn't cooperated with us, the president hasn't cooperated with us, so we weren't able to get that done. this bill says let's move beyond the controversial topics, let's move beyond the topics we know we could jam through. there's a republican majority, we could yam through any piece of legislation we wanted to jam through. but this rule says this is not the way to finish out this year. this rule says we need to grab each piece of legislation that has bipartisan support, grab each piece of legislation that folks have been laboring on for two years, they've brought together a consensus around and let's pass those things. i think that's fantastic. i think that's fantastic that every single bill members have been investing their energy in, they've been able to -- they'll now have a chance to move to the floor. my frustration is, what about the bills we've already worked on here in a bipartisan way that have yet to

two more funerals tomorrow, bill. >> bill: all right. and we're going to do some follow-up reporting on the children who survived and there are going to be grief counselorrers there and the state of connecticut and the governor doing a great job. they're all going to mobilize to help everybody. we appreciate t. thank you very much. plenty more ahead as "the factor" moves along. we'll update you on the former marine incarcerated in the filthy mexican prison for absolutely to reason. you can see him chained. putting pressure on our government to get him released. then bernie goldberg on some far left pundits exploiting the awful situation in connecticut. we hope you stay tuned to those reports >> bill: factor follow-up. jon hammer proudly served in iraq and afghanistan remains incarcerated in mexico tonight. his mother sent us this picture today showing corporal hammar chained to his prison bed, just across the borrowed prosecutor brownsville, texas. as we reported last week, he is being held on a bogus gun charge. last august he registere

bill: watchable, though. martha: you're a big fan, aren't you bill. bill: car crash. martha: all right. back to the serious news of the morning, because there are growing concerns that egypt's military n now has the power to arrest civilians without charge. is that key middle east country slipping back into dictatorship? bill: say hello to my little friend. martha: hello little friend. bill: a wayward monkey found roaming around a parking lot but why he is wearing a coat? and who buttoned it? martha: really, right. bill: a lot of questions. martha: i love that picture. martha: a potentially explosive situation is now unfolding on the ground in egypt. the country's military giving sweeping new powers to arrest civilians who are protesting against the president's hard-line constitution. conor powell is following this live from our middle east bureau. connor, is this marshal law that we are essentially seeing now. >> reporter: make no doubt about it, martha. this is definitely march that law. president morsi says it is needed to insure the vote on a draft constitution on