our question. that's it for "the willis report," don't forget to dvr the show if you can't watch us live. "making money" with charles neil: welcome everybody i'm neil cavuto, and i don't know if you plan to see a movie this weekend, but the message from some on the left is you better not make it "american sniper." better to show your guts and download "the interview," a not at all realized story about killing a foreign leader that is now made out to seam heroic. is it just me, or has hollywood officially lost its mind? stars saying it's patriotic to release "the interview" but idiotic to see "american sniper" because it offends sensibilities. it's okay to stick it to kim jong un as long as we don't

stick up for navy sharpshooter chris kyle. one is a genuine north korean quack, the other a genuine american hero. but kyle is vile because he killed a lot of bad guys even though the iraqi insurgents killed a whole lot of american lives. kyle was a hate-filled killer who enjoyed doing what he was doing, not a word about isis, savages executing teenage boys and decapitating western hostages who clearly relish what they're doing. no no, no, they get a pass. the hero who protected this idiot's right to say this kind of crap does not. but "the new york post" notes: it is a tough sell for these leftist loons even among fellow loons, because "american sniper" has already received six oscar nominations, including best picture. promising signs that not all on the left are sitting on a ledge. some recognize the difference

between a farce and a force. and if you are going to stand up for folks' right to see the farce, would with it kill you to defend the honor of a guy who was such a clear and undeniable force? media analyst stan -- [inaudible] and national review's katherine ti measuring m. katherine, it is hypocritical is it not? >> of course it is. their opinions are all over the place, if you look at seth rogen, he tweeted that "american sniper" reminded him of the movie playing in the third act of inglorious bastards. then he said i would never compare it to that i said it reminded me because they both had snipers in it. no, you didn't. he also said compare isn't the same thing, it's a big difference between that and reminded me. no, there isn't. you don't know what words mean or you think that we don't. it's just all so -- neil: he was trying to dial that back, but the irony in his case

was he defending the right to go ahead and see a movie that the north koreans didn't want you to see, and we're told even contemplating terror if you did see it so wouldn't the better part of valor have been to just shut up in his case? >> oh, absolutely. you're not out of your mind. there's cognitive dissonance in hollywood. freedom of expression for us but not when it comes to films we don't like. and a lot of them haven't seen this movie because it's not a pro-war movie at all. it's clint eastwood's best work, and what it does with clear eyes is show the reality of war and the effects on a family, chris kyle's family and the ultimate effect after four tours of duty this great valor-filled american melted down as many do in the military showing the great sacrifice that they all have for all of us and we should be eternally grateful. neil: but it was a mixed bag for the movie, right in clint eastwood did not get a nomination as best director but maybe there's still some

hangover from his support of mitt romney. i don't know katherine, i'm not here to politicize this. i am here, though, to step back and say, obviously, not everyone in hollywood bought some of the far-left view of this flick, that it was just glorifying something horrible. they felt it was good enough solid enough persuasive enough, powerful enough to warrant attention, right? >> of course. like jane fonda said she loved it. but if you look at someone like lindy west, i don't know if her problem was it was too pro-war she said oh, he knew what he was doing, and he loved what he was doing. really? does she know him personally? neil: well i think she goes back to the book in which he laments he wasn't able to get more of these guys -- >> terrorists. yeah, i think it's okay to love killing terrorists. she just loves to hate men also. that's got a lot to do with it. neil: james i'm wondering if mixed messages some on the left when they say things like that,

really just a comedy and a farce, and a goofball movie. a funny movie. but to equate that and say that takes a certain amount of bravery and this doesn't even warrant, you know, going out to see it period, it just, it sounds so over-the-top weird, right? >> i mean, it is weird. look, the left embraces this academic secularism that looks at edginess as some sort of value when it's devoid of moral force, and the fact is that clint eastwood's vision shows clearly, a hero -- chris kyle -- and villains as the iraqi insurgents. that happens to be reality. and, you know, what really caught their attention is the fact that it did twice the box office anyone expected, got the six academy awards -- neil: yeah, it's drawing attention. >> a score of a+ which means it has legs it'll be one of the top films of the year. neil: hope springs eternal that hollywood isn't always on the same page here because it did get all these nominations that

the extreme left arguments notwithstanding. any wane to -- anyway, what sets an "american sniper" apart from these other military movies. "safing private ryan" didn't get half this grief. what do you make of it? >> i think they look at that as a historical thing the and, you know, a lot of hollywood eliteses, they don't put that into the same category as they put into this modern fight -- neil: world war ii the greatest generation, very different. this a far more, well-regarded war, right? >> sure. but war is war. and, you know that's the thing that i think a lot of these people in hollywood just don't get. and i hate categorizing a group of people, you know? there's certain people that are the loudest in hollywood, you know? alec baldwin who i have great regard for as actually a comedian and an actor needs to learn to just throttle back a little bit shut that mouth when -- neil: what do you mean not all of hollywood? this movie would not have gotten

the nominations it did. >> exactly. and i think clint eastwood holds a lot of weight in this. the fact that he chose this, he didn't just make a movie that pro-war, he didn't just make a war movie, he made a movie about the struggles of a warrior and their family. and i think, you know, hollywood needs to really look at that. here's the main thing though you know honor exists in all of us and we are at battle with honor. when you do honorable things you're humbled inside. but when you battle against honor and disrespect people who uphold good things, when your head hits the pillow at night, you know that. and so these types of people tend to have more chatter in everything that they do because they're trying to hide the fact that they're not honorable people. michael moore, seth rogen, you know, seth rogen goes out and makes a movie about killing a world leader and then turns around when the entire country is rallying around him and defiles the thing that actually wins his freedom. i think these people -- neil: yeah. kyle provided the opportunity to

do whatever whatever these guys want to say and do. >> and if they knew the love that these people like kyle, like myself, the people that serve -- and i'm talking about everybody. anybody that swears an oath to uphold the constitution if they knew the love and honor that existed in them maybe they would take a step back and look at it a different way. neil: let me ask you the navy seals and, obviously, i don't want to give anything away in the movie kyle was wrestling with, you know, should i i kill this woman and her child because she might be having something that could harm u.s. marines, you guys have to wrestle with that all the time. >> and that scene that played out to audiences abroad, muslims abroad. neil: in these dangerous parts of the world does that, you know, reignite the anti-americanism that's probably already out there? >> it shouldn't because the world needs the wake up and realize that these are the combatants now. these are the people that these bad people are going to use to do this. and i'll tell you this, you

know, myself and i know my brothers in the sale -- seal teams and chris kyle when they do the job, this is a movie, and you have to realize that. it was a good movie but it's not real. it's not reality. when chris kyle was doing that job, if he saw the threat, there was no second thought in it. he did -- he does a professional job just like a cop when he sees that somebody is guilty of a crime, they put the cuffs on 'em. when chris kyle saw there was a threat, he eliminated that threat, and then he went on about his day. we worry about these things afterwards, but when we're in the heat of what we do and we do our job we do it just like your crewmen on the set just like yourself just like law enforcement or firemen, it's a professional job. neil: well jonathan you're being very kind, but there's a big difference between you putting things on the line and me putting a period at the end of the prompter. thank you, my friend, for your service. >> thank you. neil: in the meantime, you think it's cold outside now, well, you have not seen anything yet.

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♪ ♪ neil: brace yourselves, that winter storm that just hit texas is making its way up the northeast this weekend. this storm is going to be one of the sloppier ones we've seen and maybe a preview of coming attractions. spell it all out for us, joseph. or. >> well, this is coming out of the gulf of mexico in a classic fashion. the air maas over the eastern part of the united states not cold enough to sustain all snow in the big cities of new york and philadelphia so it's sloppy; it snows, it rains, goes back and forth. northern and western suburbs get a few inches of snow, but the problem is this is the beginning. we have another system coming right on its tail probably going to wallop chicago on

sunday, make it to the eastern seaboard on monday brutally cold arctic air behind that, and then it really starts opening up. we have set up for a phenomenal february cold 1st-5th and i think, neil, this is going to run the entire gauntlet right through march, a below-normal weather pattern. we've noticed it this winter and something we've been saying it starts, it stops, we had the big november, came up for december, we had the cold three weeks, it's been milder for a week, now this is going to hit and hold, and we may see some february cold especially over northeast. i've been describing it epic proportions -- neil: what is epic proportions? >> well, it could hit 0 a few nights in new york city. we're talking last time i was on the other cavuto show, we targeted the period of january 26th-february 10th, and i think that's going to be right with gangbusters. you folks in the plains you enjoy another four, five days of mild weather but the cold will

be pushing into the east and start working its way back in the means in a week to ten days, and the entire country by the time we get to february 1st-5th will be brutal from the central plains all the way to the east coast and centered in the northeast. and the snow is starting the fly now. we're starting to see that. neil: yeah. we're seeing more cold than snow though. is that because it is so cold? what's the deal? >> i think they're going to go hand in hand. usually likes a white carpet and puts a snow down first, that's the way the weather works a lot of times. if the snow -- the storms represent the clash that is taking place in the overall general pattern, so the atmosphere's cooling down, so you see storminess and then the cold hits. i'll tell you what, i'm even looking at the period next weekend into early the following week for another storm coming up out of the gulf of mention eco, so i think this pattern is loaded. i think a lot of people just like the past two winters, remember, two years ago it went right into spring.

last year it got started early, kept going. this year i think we're going to see coldest february we've seen at least since 2007 in the eastern part of the united states, i think this is going to roll on into march and perhaps april. neil: jeez. aren't you the bearer of good news. joe, good seeing you. >> thanks for having me. neil: the same week democrats forced republicans to vote on whether climate change is real. apparently 99 of them said it was. democrats should be put on record about the debt problem and admit that it is very real. i think that's a brilliant idea. i don't know if they'll jump at that chance though, what do you think? >> i don't think so. but i think they should take a few more chances and get them to admit some things that they've been doing. maybe, for example a free college education isn't actually free that we do have a debt problem. we're spending more than we take in, and now our debt is up around $18 trillion, and the national debt per capita currently is about $58,000 per person and rising. so i think it's fair to say if

you know, we're going to admit there's climate change -- and i think you should admit we have a spending problem, we have a debt problem. maybe also that we're at war with radical islam, you know? neil: yeah. you could start a series. i heard from some republicans who said the reason they voted yes on the climate change thing is they took it literally. do you think climate is changing? yes, they voted for it. >> right. neil: now, some of them were being snide here but what is to stop congress from saying, all right, well, the debt is the problem, but leave it at that? that they're not going to do squat about it? >> well that's the thing, you know? if we want to have a congress which is truly bipartisan which i believe the president called for multiple times in his state of the union address, then i think we should also play the same game and get them to admit things that are actually true right now. how about the fact that you know jonathan gruber made a mistake how about obamacare isn't actually helping young americans like we were told it would? you know, there are so many things that you can play this game with, and while i thought the vote was kind of, you know,

dumb to say the least, there are bigger problems to be worrying about in our country, you know at the same time if it's going to get people on record to admit things, then i -- neil: no i think it's a brilliant idea. if you're going to put that on the table, you want climate -- >> you may as well keep going,. neil: you have a lot more wisdom in your young years young lady, than all these fogies. ashley, thank you very much. >> thank you neil. neil: well the king is dead. long live the chaos? how the death of an ally could mean we've just lost the world is filled with air. but for people with copd sometimes breathing air can be difficult. if you have copd, ask your doctor about once-daily anoro ellipta. it helps people with copd breathe better

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worried because moderates are dying or losing in the middle east and we're losing allies fast? jim phillips says t tat not have come at a worse time. what's really going on is you get this sense, jim, and i've heard others express it, that the middle east is shifting toward the crazies here with the potential of the crazies taking over and getting in charge. is that a legitimate concern? >> i think you're certainly right, neil. this is a very precarious time not only for saudi arabia but for the u.s. and other allies. just yesterday we saw the fall of a key ally against al-qaeda in the arabian peninsula down in yemen, president hadu, who was an -- hadu, who was a strong ally of the saudis was yo thrown and that'll -- overthrown and that'll open up space for al-qaeda in yemen and that's the back door the saudi arabia. even worse, he was overthrown by

rebels who were aligned with iran, saudi arabia's archrival. neil: yeah. and, you know, everyone's breathing a sigh of relief when that died down in yemen, but the fact of the matter was the president of the country was taken and then released. it had nothing to do with the authorities at the scene doing it it just had to do with the captors saying, all right, we're going to wander here. that's hardly reassuring and especially when we're looking at these gitmo detainees most of the remaining ones are from yemen. so sum it all up. this region and this world, and we get the bad guys returning to power or getting more powerful in this region, what do we have to look forward to? >> well, we're seeing a growing shadow of iranian power in the persian gulf, we're seeing the rise of isis in iraq and syria more radical groups in libya, groups in the sinai, they're starting to attack egypt, they could threaten the suez canal and yemen.

saudis feel increasingly in circles, they're worried about some members of the shiite minority and their oil producing province may be stirred up by iran. so we're looking at very dangerous times, indeed. neil: do you think that it is possible that, you know, the rand pauls and some of these others are right to say there's only so much we can do in this region? now his father, ron paul goes so far as to say the hell with 'em, we'd just be throwing good money after bad it's not worth it. every time we get involved -- for example, in the arab spring uprising we were allied with the wrong guys and we'd already wasted billions doing so. so we can't buy their friendship, so whiewshed we put a down payment on their hatred, just get out. what do you make of that? >> well, we tried that strategy when we turned our backs on afghanistan after the soviet withdrawal, and that allowed the rise of the taliban and al-qaeda. that --

neil: good point. >> that didn't work out too well. the obama administration turned its back on the syrian op suggestion, didn't want to get -- on decision, and that opened the door for al-qaeda and other radical islamic groups to take the lead of the syrian rebellion. so i wouldn't fully agree with that, and i think that just simply withdrawing to our shores is not a good strategy after 9/11. neil: jim phillips, thank you very much. real, crucial defining point here. well have things ever changed, right? think about this, almost 40 years after frost/nixon we have got, well blozo/obama? >> i did i did that. >> i understand. >> to protect him because i'm afraid when he goes outside that somebody might shoot and cull him. and it's not like regular folks, it's you get sick you can't breathe through

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♪ ♪ neil: well, anyone, i mean, anyone looking for answers on the nfl, don't worry, harry reid is on the case. >> i can't believe the national football league with the billions of dollars they make couldn't at least determine how much air should be in a football. i don't see why it should be left up to the teams. neil: tom brady had just knocked the crap out of him -- no, i'm kidding. [laughter] anyway, i don't know why it should be left up to you though, senator. the hill's kevin turley wants to know why harry reid doesn't just focus on what the government is doing, like dropping the ball on so many other issues. [laughter] all good points. kevin, why the need to feel that washington has to weigh in here? >> well, thanks for having me neil. it's not just senator harry reid, by the way it's also senator dean heller a republican from -- neil: oh no, you're right. they're all in on it, you know? >> the pile-on, here we go.

they're pushing for answers. they're not really worrying about economists' deflation forecasts, they're spending more time on tom brady and deflation with this football. so it really is just another example of -- neil: well, exactly. it's a wedge issue and a stupid wedge issue but i'd worry about the other d word like the debt. it's out of control, and neither party, to your point is really addressing it or talking about it. >> well, you know, and on the flip side of that we see this all the time with lawmakers always making these cheap football metaphors. just the other week chris christie was grabbing headlines for saying he's a cowboys' fan. can't we just all agree we don't care what our lawmakers' positions are on sports allegiances and who they're rooting for? neil: he's no more a cowboys' fan than i'm a fan of vegetables but i digress. [laughter] obviously, the government feels a need to intrude just like over the washington redskins and all that. but they're going to force the

nfl to do something maybe the nfl normally wouldn't do or maybe we're making too big a deal out of anyway -- >> you mentioned the washington redskins' name and how we've had folks weigh anything on that, but it's been a really rough year in the nfl. talking about things like terrorism insurance concussions and the rules there as well as of course, the ray rice scandal ask their handling of that. so now this is just another example about the leadership at the nfl. clearly, washington putting pressure on roger goodell as well as other nfl officials. where's the leadership for the nfl? that's really the central question here be that institution -- if that institution continues to provoke controversy not from a football standpoint, but from how the organization is being run. neil: that is very well put. i'm going to steal those lines take them as my own. kevin, thank you very much. have a good weekend. >> thank you neil, you too. neil: well, president obama was hoping for buzz from his post-state of the union round

robin with youtube stars but the buzz from this one well kind of coming back to bite him. >> and i've heard the stories of their families escaping -- >> right. >> -- and some of them didn't even make it to come to the united states for a better life to get away from the castros. >> right. >> okay. i mean, the guy put [bleep] in dictatorship. so i am trying to understand -- >> yeah. neil: and he won't do fox? [laughter] anyway, to the all-stars, liz macdonald, tracy byrnes. tracy, here's where i'm going to differ from a lot of people, i had no qualm with the president republicans could do worse than to look outside the traditional prix try dish of -- petri dish of broadcasters. but this is all he seeks out, something that will help him with the base. it is so accelerately and obviously political -- so accelerately and obviously political -- >> and by the way, he turned down a meeting with president

netanyahu in march but he found time to talk to bethany moto about lipstick and hair spray. neil: that's in march. >> my daughters are huge fans of bethany. they can't vote for another ten years. [laughter] he's cleary admitting, look, i'm done, i can do whatever i want. he said it in his state of the union the other night, i don't have to campaign anymore. he's focusing on, i guess the next step. be a youtube star. neil: but i'm looking at this and i'm thinking republicans better seize -- i'm not saying you have to do this show, this is interesting here, but i am saying -- what was i saying? i am saying that they could do worse than to go outside the meet the presses even the fox news sunday is fine -- though they are -- and just go beyond this image you have. >> absolutely. the republicans should pay attention to this and replicate exactly what the president is doing. to president's credit he is

reaching out to an audience that never hears -- neil: look at huckabee. he goes on "the view." agree or disagree, he is expanding the list of shows you go be on. >> absolutely. and to creep into social media, millennials are hearing a -- neil: he got it early. >> republicans don't do that. >> you know what i love is, you know, he's trying to connect again to millennials which were supposedly big in his first time around, but bethany said so why should i still be interested in politics? six years after the fact, you're not interested -- neil: well, it can come back to bite you. >> yes. but this is all you're right, this is also setting up a youtube video that can get retweeted and using social media which has been his strategy for a while. >> i don't know if -- neil: what was the one between two ferns? that got replayed a gazillion times. >> well, there was a gaffe in there too. >> and millennials signed up for obamacare because of that -- neil: do you know my sons 12 and 13 they watched that and --

>> i must give the president credit. neil: but, again they don't vote. >> with all due respect, i think his time is precious. i could be wrong. maybe we should be talking to the people that count. [laughter] again, with all due respect to bethany moto. a hero in my household. neil: i like her. >> i'm thinking her questions about whether or not what he watches in his free time are not relevant right now. >> and there is this slapstick humor next to the beheadings we've -- neil: by the way he has apparently, a lot of free time because he was quoting a lot of television shows. i don't have that kind of time. >> he's very gray, maybe that's why -- neil: it shows a certain shallowness when people rely on a prompter. [laughter] anyway housing is off its fanny. not so fannie mae, and jamie cold by is -- colby is ready to tear the roof down. her new show debuts this monday on fox business, we're changing television as you know it, so

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♪ ♪ neil: all right. in fits and starts, now people wondering a jump in existing home sales topping off a week of strong housing data, but analysts say home buyers getting as low as 3% down could drag this market down and interrupt a good thing. greg rand says this is the start of a boom. so, jason, you're not as confident. why not? >> we had, after the housing bust we had prices go up way taos neil. -- too fast neil. neil: not in my neighborhood. >> we have deflation in europe i'm not talking about de-flategate i'm talking actually deflation. but you had prices propped up by investors, institutional investors, mom and pop investors, people think they're going to make a lot of money on buying houses and the government was propping it up, and interest rates were at historic lows, which they are

right now. so people were buying houses left and right, and that's not what we have now. so that's where we are. neil: so we're just sputtering. >> correct. neil: greg, you don't buy that? >> no, not at all. i'm in the middle of this for the last several years we're well into a recovery. the last couple of years the home prices popped. that was catching back up. making up for an overcorrection that happened during the bust time. so we're out there buying houses all across the country holding for rentals and every single purchase we do we have to wind up paying 97-99% of asking price because of how competitive it is out will. neil: so you're seeing the housing market gain traction now and things are going to pick up, so what kind of percentage gains are we looking at, do you think? >> in home prices? >> yeah. >> it's right where it should be 3-5% a year maybe 2-5% a year, that's where it belongs. when you see a pop of more than that, there's going to be an explanation -- neil: what do you think of that?

3-5%? >> yeah, but we saw 12% in 2013. >> that was catch-up time. >> so, yes it's getting healthier, but it went up way too fast. neil: a lot of these have been depressed and battered so much obviously, it would seem like a bigger percentage when you look at that. >> i think that's true except i'm still nervous that it went up too fast too quickly, and they have to reset. the prices have to come down. it's not the cost of borrowing it's the price of the home. neil: and it's the aparades -- praisal of that home. >> dodgy appraisers. but the government's been meddling in the housing market -- neil: why is that a bad thing in enter look at the commercial real estate market. there was no intervention and in 2010 it was back to its, you know to its regular level and healthy level. housing is still recovering, and we're -- neil: the less the government does, the better. >> the less the government does the better. neil: greg, to you agree with that? -- do you agree with that? >> yeah. the recovery that we're having has not been because of the

government's meddling. the government meddling is what caused the bubble in the first place, and they've been trying to alleviate some of the pain associated with foreclosures but the truth is all of these things that are happening in the market people talk about rates going up people talk about millennials staying this their parents' basement smoking pot and not getting a real job and buying a house. all these things are storms on the surface potentially, but they do not change the real fundamental driver of housing demands -- >> i but, greg, president obama on state of the union is now talking about 3% down payments again, he's talking about fannie mae and freddie mac-backed loans, fha, reducing the insurance. these are all his policies are tripling down on failed housing policies. he wants to get the first-time home buyer off the sidelines and that's what he thinks is going to stimulate the market. you cannot legislate the housing market. you can't legislate it. you need the free market to work percolate on itself -- >> it is. >> it's not working properly. >> i've been in this business -- it's working fine right now.

i've been in this business 30 years, there's been 3% down mortgages every day of those 30 years. what we can't have them do is what the real damage was last time around which was giving people who could afford a $200,000 loan a $400,000 blank check. the correction after that was simply a correction of in-- neil: bottom line, you're confident things have stabilized, will pick up. you have your doubts. in the meantime be cautious. >> i think the free market needs to work itself out. neil: thank you both. right now, run where you want to run, guys. let's take a live look at our grebe room. the fox -- green room. the fox business all-stars haven't stopped texting since they got back there, but what if i told you they're texting people who aren't even real? the new in thing in these

♪ ♪ neil: in tonight's biz blitz, does mcdonald's itself have a crisis? earnings collapsing 21% in the latest quarter more disappointment expected this year. kaley says that is what happens when you try to shake the menu up too fast, right? >> absolutely. they're trying to compete with the paneras, the chipotles of the world, but you've got to embrace what you are. mcdonald's -- neil: they don't know what they are. they've got too much on the menu. >> it's the place when you want a bad meal. >> you're right. they shook up the menu, a hundred different items over the last year neil. i say go back to the mcrib. >> there's an idea. >> and they've had -- neil: isn't that always a hit? >> it's the best. neil: do you know that's not real bones? >> it's not real anything. it is not real anything. neil: the first time i tasted one, i was trying to nibble around it i was like wait a

minute, there's no bone there. >> i don't even think it's the place you go anymore for a burger, this is their problem. the kids don't go to mcdonald's anymore. they have to figure out -- neil: well, that's interesting. >> the next generation, they go to mo's, five guys, i mean there's a litany of places they choose to go to before -- neil: five guys is phenomenal. >> this is what i'm saying. >> i do have some friends that will take ubers to mcdonald's, but they're not going there for the salad. neil: i so admire you and your friends. [laughter] all right. in the meantime profiting off of desperation for $25 a month a new app lets you create a fake boyfriend or girlfriend. where was this when i was in school? you can make calls and text with them. lizzie, it sounds a little kinky, but apparently it's taking on steam. >> i kind of like this idea. i mean, try to get, you know what is it, a hundred texts or ten voicemails from your boyfriend now just -- neil: exactly.

oh you again? >> it isn't going to be it's like scarlett johansson from "her," on the other end of the line. if it takes off, so what? i think it's funny. neil: it must say something creepy about your generation. >> yeah, it's very creepy. to think who's on the other end of that line? you don't know. apparently, it's a compilation of various people. that's scary to me. neil: is it all ugly people doing it? >> who knows? you don't know. neil: no, i'm thinking ugly people using it. >> this is wrong on so many levels. and the scariest part is it says that you can't send dirty pictures of yourself. so that means someone tried to send dirty pictures of him or herself to a nonexistent person. neil: okay. >> this is -- there's so many levels of -- neil: what's the advantage of doing it, that it makes you look cool or like you have friends? >> if you have a cranky aunt or grandmother saying where's your boyfriend, then you can say -- >> you get to pick a picture,

put a bio in will -- neil: that's a little norman bates'-ish no? >> it's only $25 -- [laughter] neil: all right. on to issue three. caught in the act, espn analyst terry hamilton accidentally tweeting a link to a porn web site. another example of how technology can hurt your career. what happened here? >> in this case i mean, my inclination was he was looking at this web site accidentally tweeted the wrong web site and in doing so exposed the fact that he was looking at porn. that's my inclination. neil: just for future reference how do you avoid that? >> be careful what you say to your clipboard. note to self. you hit copy -- neil: right. >> go to any fcc or federal government twitter feed, you'll see an accidental porn. no, i'm kidding. [laughter] so what? i this i the media's too hard on this guy. i think reporters hiv in glass

glass -- live in glass houses. neil: thank you. that is well, well said. we the a point where almost everyone goes for the govern cha. -- gotcha. you say something they want your job they want you to apologize. they argue that someone must be offended by something you've dope when, in fact, they're having a good layoff. layoff -- laugh. >> yeah, i think you're right. is it embarrassing for him through the weekend? yeah. but you know what? you look in new reporter's background you'll find lousy things -- >> but i think it also goes to the speed at which we are moving and how was we want to -- how fast we want to get something out that we don't take the time the make sure we're sending the right link. we're moving so tremendous netically, and then you screw up -- neil: it's like group e-mails. >> yes exactly. neil: can you believe ms. ms. byrnes, what an overrated -- oh, that went out to her? [laughter]

>> hacking as we saw in the sony case or your own stupidity -- >> who knew there was a web site, porn hub.com? i live under a rock i guess. >> you and me both. [laughter] neil: look at the time. all right. ladies, thank very, very much. meanwhile, i want you to think quickly on this one. the new england patriots and the movie, "frozen." think hard, think long about that. what do you think they have in common? ♪ ♪ when heartburn comes creeping up on you... fight back with lief so smooth... .it's fast. tums smoothies starts dissolving the instant it touches your tongue ...and neutralizes stomach acid at the source. tum, tum tum tum...♪ smoothies! only from tums. welcome back to showdown! i'm jerry

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anything. thank you, guys. bye-bye. neil: well, you could well understand why much of the western world has been stopped in its tracks. [laughter] tonya in new york city: neil you said exactly what i felt really. well, this is what has us all tied up? karen in ohio: neil, they are not going to prove this even automobile tires deflate in the winter. let it go. good theme here. >> could you answer right now is tom brady a cheater? you didn't know that 15% of the air was out of the ball? >> you don't feel like you had an unfair advantage with the colts? >> do you feel you've done anything differently than anybody else in the league? >> i'm glad he dressed up at least for the presser. frank in michigan: neil i'm with you who in the hell care about ball inflation? if the legal issued the balls at the start and each plays with what what was handed them, then who cares about 10 pounds or 20 pounds in or outside the ball?

who, indeed frank? by the way, i have no idea what you were saying. neil, a 15% loss of air from 12.5 psi is a loss of 1.7 psi almost nothing. that means that the balls had a total pressure of 10.63 psi instead of 12.5, it is almost not possible to measure that small of an amount which is exactly what i said bob. more or less. [laughter] who cares? overpaid prima donnas with oversized super egos. and mike in michigan: sure, the patriots cheat, but they could have used cousin inflated footballs, beach balls or jai alaialls and theutco ainsthe col woun't ave ange itis aonise. of ed in connecticut: one rumor is that the patriots inflated the balls with msnbc hot air and

that the balls naturally deflated when exposed to the cold light of day. curious. laura in washington: this is getting fishier all the time. is this how we show good sportsmanship to the world, our children etc. j.g. e-mails: i believe tom brady. he gets the snap, passes it off to the player ten balls fall on it. what about the refs? they touched it after every play. what did they feel? what did they feel, indeed. michael: if you think for one split second that quarterback the damn ball ain't right then you must also think that we are winning in the middle east and that your premiums will be reduced. neil did anyone notice the advertisements behind tom brady's press conference? gillette was advertising flex ball? very observant. then did i sense bitterness from fran tarkenton piling on

brady and that he had to know what was going on? you're sounding bitter. >> i'm not bitter, i'm a great friend of tom brady -- neil: you all but said he lied fran. >> huh? neil: you said he lied. >> i said he has control of the ball, and you decide whether he lied or not if you listen to his press conference, but nobody's going to touch ball in that locker room by tom brady. neil, you were right even if you were joking, i sensed bitterness. calvin writes: i heard you say you qualified as an expert because you once played football yourself. what as left bench? no calvin as right bench. [laughter] neil thanks for adding levity. i'm sure you were under pressure to take these patriot pressers. but your classic snide passive-aggressive style allowed all to know you weren't doing this without pissing all other this. great job, see you on the

unemployment line. don't forget to watch "strange inheritance" 9 p.m. after this show on monday, that is assuming i'm still here on monday. great weekend. muck i. connell: welcome to the fast of the "imus in the morning" in the morning. beginning with cbs news cheryl atkinson and her book "stonewall".