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melissa: thank you bothso much. you can catch me everyday every day at 5:00 p.m. eastern right here on fox business. money with melissa francis is my show. in the meantime, have a greatlv. show. promo code. ♪ >> the core constituency. >> to be of service to our president. the. john: celebrities are eager to promote their candidate. >> it is mind-boggling to me. the things that come out of people's mouths. >> some celebrities say socialism as part of this. in light of those same
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celebrities, whether they do for money? are they hypocrites? why hasn't someone confronting them? tonight we tried. >> is a horrible that they are glamorizing this to . >> i speak for the entire world. >> what makes these people experts? >> another i'm not a doctor, but i play one on tv. >> that is our show tonight. sonoma code. ♪ sonoma code. ♪john: hollywood is undergoing n interesting thing. many want to fix the world. an actor can use his name, why not? it needs and fixing but the world office is more important. actors do public-service commercials. yasser arafat after he died richard gere did that get
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out the vote video that ray and in the west bank or palestine. >> i am ricrd gere and i speak for the entire world. john: the entire world? at seems prettyarrogant. he is a popular actor but what gives him the right to speak for the entire world? because they are portrayed as godlike. >> for centuries peop have nowhere to turn, and tall he arrived to. >> as long as there were people crying for help there were those that would never rest. hercules. john: he is here actually it is the actor kevin sorbo who played "hercules" and pushes back against those in hollywood to say they know how to fix the world. do you have a problem with
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richard gere saying i speak for the entire world? >> he speaks for his own cause them that happens quite a bit. look at the actors that went crazy over bush with the war on iraq and the debut andy and then commercials but none of them speak out about benghazi that is a huge scandal in my book. john: they are dishonest and hypocritical. >> hypocritical rules the day in that town and we can all be guilty he and there but its amazing the people that want to push tir agenda just because they are a so-called super star. john: in hollywood they talk about power. >> but they don't have tolerance for anybody who disagrees also freedom of speech. they will push it until they die but you disagreedid not want to give it to you.
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lookup true independence i voted for reagan and clinton obviously the best person running period but just to say i'm an independent makes me lose work in the city. john: really? >> no question. it has come back to me trust me. i have spent on said i get tired of people's opinions i am not even a agree i ju point out where my viewpoin are dififferent than that is the death to get people turn off they get a green ian devotional. there is no facts only emotion. when i said i voted for reagan i was in canada they said you are such an educated. >> i work with 12,000 kids the best after-school program in the state for inner-city ks 12,000 kids we have a 90 percent graduation rate.
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john: but because you vote a certain way? >> it is the indoctrination but i keep asking socialism? how does it work? >> in hlywood they don't carry abo obamacare does not affect them. john: the biggest cause is saving the earth and climate change. here is a commercial don by harrison ford. >> when rainforest are slashed and burned their releases tons of carbon into the air we breathe. the changes our climate. it hurts. every bit of rain forest cut down over there really hurts us over here. john: what? waxing your chest hair and the of rain forests? it is a gimmick but i would not minind so muc i would not
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mind if they were such a hypocrite but he owns seven airplanes. he admits he once flew the jet to get a cheeseburger. it makes you wish peoe would confront them. but this brings someone did. >> any other plans to get your chest waxed. are you still flying to get a cheeseburger? i guess you drive the honda odyssey. owning seven aircraft is it still seven? hodo you recommend americans keep up with your carbon footprint? author of the best-seller hollywood hypocrites' author jan mattera. hais ford may be a hypocrite but you arere obnoxious you are reared. >> i learned from the best i'velowed your career at
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2020 defending people w were duplicitous. john: crooks and thieves this is just a poor actor. >> who has a lot of sway especially with young people unfortunately like better not younpeople take the cue from celebrities. ing hip and cool means in favor of theconsvationist policies that harrison ford got his chest waxed over but i don't care he owns seven airpnes. i would love to but do not lecture me or the rest of us that we are on the press of this of karmic added while u have a sasquatch sized car ben for prep. that is what i confronted him. >> the press trea actors differently the paparazzi annoy them but reporters to question them. >>. bill: exclusivity the interviews are patty cake
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they will not grow them on substantive policy positions that the actors themselves have taken it is not out of the blue but somebody asked harrison ford iserious question about his own personal car been for a pram. we would have to walk around spraying aerosol cans all y long just to keep up with his carbon footprint. john: you are an independent voting for republicans and democrats but that makes him very unual.@ overwhelmingly days of four liberal democrats and obama certainly and that led to another pledge. >> to be of service to barackbama. >> i pledged to be of service our presidents. >> and all mankind. together became and. john: dunne guess we can campaign. my book is titled "no they
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can't." have a problem they say yes we can meaning individuals but president and obama of the means governmentnd that is a dangerous idea. and you are not allowed to say things like that in hollywood. >> allowed to disagree with hollywood. it is mind-boggling that things tt come out of people's mouths they pushin employs did everything they push for does not have the fact on them. i have called with the big names i say you can afford to be a socialist you ar worth $100 billion. john: you said that? [lghter] to george clooney. >> he says raise taxes. >> to drive a toyota petraeus to the ms -- jemmies but they have a private airplane and i wish i had a private airplane. >> many advocate to rse taxes but well-connected
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celebrities are quick to use your tax dodges. >> owning acres of land in new jerseyut pays only $100 of state property tax because he raises honeybees' he qualifies for the honeybee subsi. bruce springsteen owns hundreds of acres of land worksys little tax because his land his pour nehbors pay more. >> i don't get anybody trying to lower taxes but bonn jovi and springsteen publicly supporting for obama holding rallies but then cry tax cuts for their riches and they robbedf poverty programs and a social contract with america being destroyed the middle-class is harmed but then you rob those anti-poverty programs by calling yourself aormer?
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that is thehypocrisy that is frustting to see why i wrote the book calling of these people on their duplicity. john: one final example some of the activists arare so eager to promote anti- capitalist they glamorize people like bill ears -- bl ayers they killed people and bombed buildings and obama held a fund-raiser in bill ayers living room soobert redford came out with a movie based on the weather underground that the terrorists are on the run. >> we'd never be trade any of us all these years. >> i saw an interview with m about this movie he is behind itanted to% it was the good thing.
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what kind of statement is that somebody that was blowing up buildings and hurting hundreds of people? i don't know. it is so screwed up a and sad to see what is going on it is strange to me. john: he invited me to sundance and he did not talk to me when i was there. [laughter] but he was the. there is a sliver of the open debate. >> just a sliver. john: and made me wish somebody would confront robert redford about this gimmick is a deplorable you glamorized the weather underground asa domestic terrorist? will you make movie abt the boston bomber's next? john: he never responded. no. his entourage surrounded me an would not let me get up close.
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but th goes beyond hycrisy it is a human decency factor. it is one thing to make a movie about the weather underground terrorist but another thing to romanticize it to make gea heartfelt. a bank robbery that resulted in the murder of two police office a and a security guard and now redford will make a movie that is essentially one big tribute? it is remarkably deplorable even by hollywood standards. john:hank you jason and kevin. please go to facebook or twitr to keep the conversation going and use that #hollywood and let people know what you think. more celebrity hy
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>> climate change is causing see levels to rise in it will happen in our lifetime. of lusby demand our readers invest in green technology and green jobs now. now. john: right now because the levels will rise in our lifetime. how do they know?
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many are cluels. leonardo to capriotes told a reporter he was to take a break from acting to fly around the world to being good for the environnt. arnd the world? we just heard about harrison fo seven ailanes don't they get that puts more carbon than 100 light bulbs? it is if they li in a separate stupid world called hollywood nation. that is the title of james hirsen bought. what is going? >> hollywood has embrac enviroentalism as a religion they have a high priest the nobel laureate laureate, of the oscar winner of court you have to accept what he says with a knife faith and without logic. >> but some blindness to the
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fact you mention al gore i was surprised to see build the monster homes while preaching? >> the hypocrisy is monumental the 19,000 square foot mansionn tennessee, a group could g a hold of his utilities was 20 times of the average american also mention at mont to cboe near zero pres house. john are any of the environmental activist not hypocrites? to some live the life? >> ed begley, jr., a darrell hill and that, they actually live a lifestyle consistent with what thhey preach but that is rare. the vast majority of celebrities take opulence to the highest level. john: ptt said tu your lights out but also he has
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big houses. reon to be combined hi video. >> i pledge to turn the lights off i would leave them on but i will turn them off. >> is the unaware of the hypocrisy? >> i just think he goes out on tour d has a carbon footprint of a third-world nation with the idea tat that will make a difference even if you believe in the theory of man caused gbal warming it seems ludicrous. john:eystone pipeline some actors made a short film that makes it seem like the in the deal horror movie the family plays -- buys a new home. >> how beautiful? what is the catch? >> it is near the keystone pipeline.
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we need to leave. it will be okay. it will be okay. john: but this bad science is pushed in video by tanted peoe. >> with you do something in a narrative form or a recognizable actress with a clever theme you have said that looks like a horror movie and it isery effective. the people that flash the environmental agenda have a tremendous resource with celebrities o are willing to do this kind of video. john:mericc's biggest environmental success is tracking for natural gas.
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in a day reduced america's cardinal put many celebrities like john lennon's wife and son trash it is don't frack my mother then the crowd follows. >> they do. powerfully they sway natalie their followers like when george clooney spotted off on global warming says something, it goes global. unke the and on celebrities who cannot get the word out quite as effectively. they are a great power. john: james hirsen. by the way ed by, jr. said he either does conservation from his conservative father it was wrong to waste any resource. we also reached ou to evy actor about the hypocrisy
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john: we are talking about capitalism. the seabird lasik it is a curse the opinion of some local celebrities that hollywood does vilify capitalism and movies it creates killer viruses and they sacrifice people. they spread leukemia. capitalist chop down the last raid for stand poison people and hollywood thrives because of capitalism. they may sneer at profit but
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they chase it and to turn to someone who was interviewed and mocking celebrities for years. kennedy the veejay from mtv what is the contradiction? >> old as turkey and is so annoying. they start to base their lives thugh the box office no industry is me competitive than the film industry and they have to make money so then they can make more money but yet somehow it is sturdy and filthy if you calme a capitalist im okay with that. perfectly acceptable. john: let's play more of that panel with c-span. >> of falls st. and rich thought it was bad they would get rid of it babied large, half the country living in anxiety and fear in the other half over here
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are the ones they will sell their goods to. john: it insane. it makes no sense but the left als argues we have to have more handouts to buy stuff to help the whole economy. >> as long as the of foresees their movies are watchingv or to buy their stuff they are fine. john: russell brand known for flicks like forgetting meet sarah marshall had his own tv show was canceled and now he is developing a new show whichs owned by fox. what are you thinkin, fox? he objects to capitalism solid interview were said what would you replace it with? to make you talk vaguely about revolution what i it? >> the egalitarian system with the heavy taxation of corporations and massive responsibility for the energy company to exploit
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the environment. >> they get a little tiny bit of knowledge did it become so watered down socialist dribble and he is the attention horror like the paris hilton of film. john: he once a socialist egalitarian system. >> appeals to people when they are very young and idealistic and passionate and insane which is you are supposed to be but then we grow up and pay taxes he is not relevant in entertainment so he has to say these things to get injured -- attention. john: whatbout george lucas? he has made billions to help create "star wars" or indiana jones. >> among the people who have known you as a billionaire that is not crazy about capitalism. >> that's true.
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i grew up in the '60s i am a patriot but i am also a lier in democracy not capitalist democracy. i do not believe the rich should by the government and that is the way i feel. >> is that the america you see? >>t has been that way for a long time. john: he does have a point that mitt rich people make contributions. >> it frustrating for a lot of voters but it is also the unions. we live in the system paid for by the highest bidder. contributing thousands and thousands of dollars. but the reason the rich spend all this not because they are evil or change behavior but when government is that dick, people will spend to influence. >> he sold his company for
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over 4 billion. that is a tiny profit as a shrewd space. >> the most money comes from this stuff, the "star wars" paraphernalia that he sells it has cotton rich spendas he was very shrewd with that deal for the action figures because he convinced spock nobodyill buy thection figures boyce told by dolls. that is how he became the multimillionaire. of. >> capitalist who doesn't like capitalism coming up more celebrities pushing for gun control. >> right now. >> right now. >> so many. which ones are hypocrites? which ones are hypocrites? next. so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accounts?
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>> if we h just done something yesterday it is time. >> we can do better. john: after every horrible mass shooting celebrities bush gun-control lots of celebrities and made the anti-gun commercial listings the past shooting. >>, . >> virginia tech. >> aurora. >> newtown. >> newtown. >> newtown. >> newtown. >> how many more? >> how many more will testify? >> it makes me want to say enough's. >> enough's. >> enough. >> the demand gun-control legislation. >> the man they plan now. >> demands stemming thefrom is to believe one
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more plan would take us safer but manare hypocrites from screenwriter michael medved. why? vivid because they could demand something that the pl is to reduce the level gun violence in the movies. but justsince the year 2000 anhas gone up 300%. do somethingbout that. this industry has so many people who testifie involved in the lavish the involved entertainment like the hunger games. john: i thought that was bow and arrows? >> a and everything else. the point is the general levels of violence than specific level of gun violence has never been
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higher in hollywood prit the self righteous hypocrites are testifyg and demanding a plan from the government. you can do a plan in your own life if you don't want to have guns, nobody forces you but they are concerned with what other pele do and take no responsibility for what they do themselves. jo: for the record there is no evidence of violence and film leads to violence in real life there has been more in in films and video games but the real life it is dropping. >> it is true pele contest the idea there is a relationsh between violence on the screen in real life of more evidence of that assoation claus widespread gun ownership. >> after that psa there's someone read edited data commercial.
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[laughter] >> how many more classrooms? okay. >> how many moreie theaters? here is one more video jim carey calls people who make dozens the devils profiteers ♪ ♪ ♪ john: on twitter he said this video is about you heartless mother who will not been for the safety of our kids. >> unbelievab. the biggest difference between the of libertarian
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rights to a d the crazy laughed is for those of us on the right, i do care about aunch of issues so my plan is to pick up litter they care about what other people do. what is necessary as a message regarding gun violences care about yourself and make the difference you can make faith and toompel other people to do what yo want them to do. that desire is at the heart of the project to and i hate it. john: michael medved. thank u. let's play real or fake. we will test your knowledge of celebrity behavior for example of this actor has a compost the ball tennis
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john: is time to play "rl or fake?". sometimes celebrities do things it is so bizarre y
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%-like hrison ford waxingeal his chesto save the rainforest. did you separate theeal celebrity behavior from stuff tt i made up? played their real or fake game with theibertarian battle. matt welch, a kennedy and kmele foster. first question. actor charlie sheen asked president obama to investigate whether 9/11 was instigated by george debut bush. real or fake? yes. a six minute video was made that osama bin audit and they have been working with the cia. bill gates offered one of the thousand dollars to the person to invent a more pleasuble condom fake?
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he did call the next generation condom challenge to promote regular use. [laughter] john: factor is evangeline auctioneddoff 60 edward to raise money for homeless kids. we have a picture. this does not surprise you? >> that is to random not to be real. john: by the cyprus plad strip poker to raise money. [laughte wait for the question to raise money for the children's charity? kennedy got a right. we made that up. it sounded so real. since president obama islam ising gets 8 miles per gallon ed begley, jr.
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started a petition to trade in the limousine for the electric version? >> a gat idea. you are wrong. mary tyleroore tried to pay a restaurant $1,000 to free one of the lobsters. yes. a really happened. a lobster name despite. >> he was delicious by the way. john: and actor who has a and web site about environmentally, costabile tennis shoes. you are right to. the sneakers have seeds imbedded in their tom suggests buried them to watch the flowers bloom.
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what is wrong with that? >> it is areat ideas. >> every betty on the show entourage is known for their intellect. john: alyssa made a sexual tape for the conflict of syria. >> absolutely true. we can play some of it here. >> nobody cares. [laughter] >> our nation is on the brink of another conflict. [laughter] john: and we're thinking of syria for it is time to name the winner we have accountants that say there was a tie. kennedy and kmele foster. matt, you lose. one last question.
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the three if you are aut to have your own television show? on fox business. >> the independence it will be 60 minutes of greatness. john: i am so glad. we need more talk shows it took me 20 years to understand but you are yogu. how do you get it so quickly? matt you are the editor of a libertarian magazine but you went there because. >> but we got to see throughout the 1990's to existed in the shadow of central planning it is uniquely awful to see people liberated from that to create something new -- knew was an experience. >> i had to rad hydrated penn gillette taught me the importance to talk. >> also i have a really
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great college professor who gave me a copy of capitalism and freedom after the introduction alone i was hooked. john: by milton friedman. up next celebrities who do get a right. ♪ [ male announr ] this is the story of the lile room over the pizza place at 315 cnut street. the modest first floor bedroom in talln, tonia and the dusty basemt at 1406 35th street. it is the story of the old dining room table at 25th and hoffman avenue. the southbound bus barreling down i-95. ...and the second floor above the strip mall at roble and el camino. ♪ this magic moment it is the story of where every gre idea begins. ♪ so different and so new where those with endless vision and an equal amount oaudaciousness
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>> i pledged to be of service to barack obama. >> i pledge to be a servant to our president. john: they sure drink the kool-aid. but why do so many loved politicians to push bigger government? they are not all stupid? some a but part of it is ways the tendency to support what their peers suppor and hollywood supports libalism but why did it becomes a leftist? i have some theories. because so many actors are good-looking men -- maybe the became famous through a lucky audition or a lucky break for goodooks so government must intervene to make life more fair. no? how about this. since actors work for others they half to do with those government burdenhan those
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who really innovate like those to build a factory or nt apartment complex or jump through hoops to invent medine. they collect a paycheck the agents handle details. i read an article about love line -- felong democrat rob sceider. he plays idiots in movies. he now has become a republican because he tried to run a busines but california regulation was so bad he moved out of california to changed political parties. trying to start a business will camera. ke m nal bel oneoreeaso why hollywood is a leftist because acting is about nnecting with people and emotionally.
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it is not about studying data from their coz coming entitlement bigger see is a math problem just arithmetic. i can see disaster but the emotional actor says you want to limit the promise to entitlement? you want to killed grand by and do a commercial to detect paul ryan to push her off the clf. they often wind through the emotional appeal spinet they relate to their emotions but scientific explanation but that is all i got. you have got better idea? tell us what you think on facebook or twitter. but end with a sliver of good news for thosee who are libertarian or a conservative like clint eastwood and tom selleck and kevin sorbo. i am told kurt russell and i
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am not sure i met him once in newt gingrich office he is not a libertarian that may be kurt russell is? are you? then the of comedy star vince vaughnn but now he has a radio show and said this. >> i very supporte of ron paul. as you get older you have less trust of the government running anything like that the constitution the real purpose is to protect the individual rights. john: yes. he said too many rules lead to government corruption and otherunintended consequences. he gets it. maybe there are more libertarians in hollywood in the closet. for if you d't march in step with the other liberals you may not get work as
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kevin sorbo said earlier. >> just to say i'm an independent is engh to lose working in the city. john: that is why just well established stars who are willing to speak up and performers like drew carey who now works for reason tv. >>e don't need garett centralized government to tell us what color to paint our house. john: but maybe the entertainers cannot comprehend. let's close that when they say governmenmust act to protect privacy on the web? penn gillette sa this beckett is not the governmentts business to protect your privacy from facebook. if facebook does things that peopleon't like everybody will leave facebook and a lot of business. l you need is free speech and free markets.
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john: free speech to free market that is about al we need. that is our show. see you next week. lou: and massive winter storm bearing down on the northeast corridor at this hour. thousands of flights and trains already cancelled with some regions expecting more than a foot of snow. and temperatures predicted to plunge far below zero. i'm lou dobbs. ♪ good evening, everybody. happy new year. a major winter snowstorm reaching from the midwest and to thnortheast affecting more than 120 million aricans across more than 20 states. the storm expected to reach lizard-like conditions in parts of

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