feedback on twitter about the santa thing. zurlina maxwell says people are sending her hate mail. don't do that. she has a point of view and we are glad she offered it. taking your thoughts now. have a great weekend. it's official. the lie of the years has been announced. find out what it is and who told it during tonight's jam-packed edition of "hannity." here is a sneak peek. >> the man responsible for the controversial times square billboard is here to defend his war on christmas. this former math teacher was convicted of sexually abusing a child. that's not stopping his union from fighting for a $10,000 severance package. >> obamacare is off to a great start. fox news hates it. >> exposed. eddie schultz has been collecting hundreds of thousands

of dollars from big labor. we have an investigation into the latest black eye for nbc news. that plus the stunning news that this fake interpreter who stood steps away from the president of the united states was once charged with murder. "hannity" starts right here, right now. a lot more on those controversial stories over the course of the next hour. first the lie of the year has been unveiled. according to politic fact.com the biggest whopper of 2013 is this -- >> under the reform we are proposing, if you like your doctor, you can keep your doctor. if you like your health care plan, you can keep your health care plan. >> now not only is it the lie of this year. it's one of the most dishonest statements ever huttered by an american president. driving force of the downward spiral gripping the administration which is why a sense of oh panic has set in as

we march closer to the 2014 midterm elections. team obamacare are getting desperate and it's showing. because the president is too unpopular to turn things around himself he needs the help of his friends in hollywood. we learned the sexiest man alive, adam le vine is enlisted toe promote the train wreck and jennifer hudson has thrown her support behind the law. >> we have a bit of a scandal. >> she takes seemingly impossible scandals and makes them go poof. >> this is my son. he's out of college. he doesn't have health insurance. >> i thought you said it was a scandal. under the affordable care act you stay under your parents' plan urn till you are 26. >> thanks, fixer. >> hollywood liberals will do anything for an invite to the white house. sadly the desperation doesn't end there. covered california aims to sicourage young people to enroll

dential imposter rapping. >> if my critics get an attitude, i tell them to stop, if you need that new health care, sign up cause it's hot, commander in chief and i'm two terms strong pause plus i've got this health care which has got it going on. so tell a friend or a random guy i have a game changer that saves lives. >> lame video featuring a lame duck president. we want you to join the conversation. log onto our facebook page. do you think the broken obamacare promise is the lie of the year? plus, it's time to trend at 10:00. use # hannity over the next hour. here we have tom cotton and jason chafitz. >> hi, sean. >> congressman cotton, you're leading in the polls. red state democrat mark pryor. >> yes. even a so-called fact checker

knows the president's promise you can keep your health care plan if you like it was the lie of the oh year. marc pryor said he just learned that but he voted for obamacare and for the very regulation causing people to lose their health insurance. i gesds he didn't know or understand. >> didn't he regurgitate the same talking points as the president is this. >> absolutely. he's been saying for four years it would help you. if you liked your health insurance you could keep it. i guess he didn't know or understand and the people of arkansas realized he's directly responsible for up to 50,000 arkansas getting higher deductibles and co-payses. >> your race is one of the most important to watch in the election year. all that's said and done here but the bottom line is the president just will not budge, won't make significant changes.

one delay after another. a lot of it is lawless. i don't think he can issue edicts and change provisions of the law the way he has. what else is available for those of us who like to see the law eliminated? >> we voted more than 40 times to eliminate, delay it. the sad reality is it's people's health care. they are going to suffer and president obama will be the leading candidate to win this award next year when people get sticker shock and understand they are t not going to be saving on average, as he said, $2500 per family per year. that, too, it will be shocking. we laugh and joke about this because the president puts up this character to perpetuate obamacare and get people to sign up. but it is real people's health care. >> real people, real lives, real

cancellation letters, you can't keep your doctor and real shock in terms of deductibles. a real problem. i was surprised. you voted for the ryan-murray budget. why? >> that's not the way i would have crafted it. doing nothing would have been worse. under sequestration you didn't have cuts to other spending programs. you had cuts in defense spending. look at china now. i voted to cut defense in the past. there comes a point where the only thing this president is willing to cut is defense. we have the to move this country forward. >> more spending in 2014-15 years nine and ten you get a potential savings. we know future congresses won't

be beholden to that. this is just more spending. isn't that what will happen? >> new future federal employees have to contribute more to their requirement. that adds up by the tens of billions. that will continue on in perpetuity. it was the right thing to do. we have to change elections. that's the bottom line here. paul ryan was spot on. we have to win elections. that's the best we could do. >> let's follow this logic. say we take the senate and you have to refer to your colleagues there as senate cotton which i want to happen. say that happens. you get the senate, go to office in 2015. you have the house and the senate but obama as president. what are the republicans going to tell us? we have to win the presidency first. now the earliest we can deal

with record deficits, $25 trillion in debt. $90 trillion in unfunded liabilities is, what, january of 2017? remember the budget is a ceiling. now we get to have the 13 appropriation bills. doesn't mean we have to go up to the budget. we'll offer striking amendments on the floor of the house. i hope we come in under budget. >> when does that happen? >> we never had a budget framework that we could get the democrats to agree to. >> just the way the bureaucracy is working it seems to me the same old, same old. maybe i'm looking for the republican party to offer a plan to balance the budget and be bold and explain to the american people how dire things can be in the future. congressman cotton, you voted against the deal. why? >> well, sean, like you i have skepticism that the long term will ever arrive in washington. we see more short-term spending

for long-term spending reductions but the long term never arrives. i have friends and allies like jason and paul ryan in whom i have enormous respect. jason highlighted some good measures. increased military spending and the contributions from federal civilian employees. overall the increase in short-term spending as well as, in my opinion, the unfair way military retirees were treated versus civilian retirees meant the cost of the package outweighed benefits. the real problem lies in the senate, not the house. that's why i'm running for the senate so we can have bugs that balance that control spending. we can send them to the president and force tough decisions. >> i don't think this president -- there is no evidence in the five years he's been president he has any desire to move away from his rigid

ideology. period. >> look what happened with the insurance consolations. for week it is presidents and his aides called it the wild west, substandard. when political pressure got too intense they did a 180 flip-flop saying you can keep your unregulated wild west substandard policy. don't be surprise fd obamacare continues to ub fold as the if i kas coit is if they continue to back pedal. starting january 2015 when the republicans control the senate they will start to back pedal on claims of increased spending or desires for higher taxes. >> thanks for joining us. merry christmas. >> merry christmas. >> up next the man responsible for the controversial times square bill board. who needs christ during christmas? the president of the american atheists is here. and a math teacher behind bars for sexually abusing a child. that's not stopping his union from fighting for his $10,000

severance package. and we investigate more trouble for nbc news. their host ed schultz is secretly receiving mountains of money from big labor.

welcome back. my next guest is the president of the group that is wanling a war against christmas smack in the middle of times square. the american atheist group created this controversial bill board which tells people to take the religion out of christmas and says who needs christ in christmas. it crosses out christ and lists other reasons to celebrate the christmas season. is this free speech?

does it cross a line? here to explain, the man himself american atheist president david silverman. also joining us is fox news radio todd starnes. >> thank you. >> it seems to me you want to poke people in the eye. >> no. >> you have the right to. you want to make people upset. it's obviously gotten you attention. that's your intention. >> no. we want to raise awareness that christmas is better without religion. year after year -- >> stop. christmas isn't christmas without religion. >> it absolutely is. >> no. >> no, it is not. >> folks, let me answer -- >> christ -- >> let me answer the question. yes, they named the holiday after they moved it to the winter solstice and took over the pagan triladitions, christm trees, gift giving. going to church is not fun. >> i like church. >> i love it. >> i get a lot out of it.

>> the point is -- >> somebody greater than me in the world. >> sean, the point we are trying to make is there are a bunch of people for whom religion is the worst part of christmas but they go to church. we are telling them they can have a merry christmas. >> you think you they need you to tell them. you think too much of yourself. >> if you take christ out of christmas you have a tree. we have a holiday for that called arbor day. this is a an attack on christianity. where are the banners that say take muhammed out of ramadan? where are those? >> you know it's a myth. you have a choice. >> what did you put on the bill board? >> you know it's a myth. you have a choice, in arabic. >> that's not as offensive as criss-crossing the word christ. would you say take muhammed out of ramadan and cross out muhammed's name? >> i'm not afraid to do that but

it's not a nationalle holiday. >> same thing. >> i would be happy to but it's not the point of the bill board. ramadan without muhammed isn't ramadan. >> radical islamists may take issue. >> i don't care. >> you are trying to -- >> we are telling people to have a great christmas. >> jesus is the reason for the season. >> the winter solstice is the reason for the season. >> roll this tape. >> each christmas, thousands in our community send messages of hope to sick and injured children who may not be able to come home for the holidays. we celebrate the birth of jesus and the season of giving, bringing hope to the many children, parents and families we serve. our patients are filled with hope as they receive a message each day from the pretreasure chest.

help us reveal god's healing presence this christmas. send your message of hope. >> they originally passed on the ad because of the references to dp god and the birth of christ. you're willing to pay the money. >> it's up to espn. this is not separation of church and state. espn can make decisions. it is hypocritical the to allow christian ads and not atheist ads. do you have a problem with that? >> your bill board, because i get you. >> a tv commercial. >> no. i make my living with freedom of speech. >> so do i. >> i understand where you are coming from so it doesn't bother me. >> let's be clear. espn said jesus and god violate their community standards. what next? blot out the john 3:16 signs at football games? >> might happen. >> a little bit of a reach there. >> last week the recommendation

to remove a nativity scene. it says a display came from the pentagon leaders who feared the plastic baby jesus could give the appearance that the military is endorsing religion. it was put back in front of the base's chapel. >> i broke this story in our weekly column at fox news.com. apparently the soldiers at the base or maremen were so traumatized by the sight of this plastic jewish family they alerted mikey weinstein's group, called the pentagon. two hours and 15 minutes later the baby jesus was removed. >> what you didn't mention was that 41 people, 41 air force people objected to that. >> 41 people objected and 39 of them were ethical christians protesting against unethical -- >> let me tell you this. according to the public affairs office at shaw air force base, not one complaint was registered on the military base. not one.

>> it wasn't a complaint. it went through mrsf and now with 35,000 -- >> he said not complaint. not one. >> they didn't go through the base. >> if i say merry christmas to you, are you offended? >> am i offended because you know i don't celebrate christmas. if i say happy ramadan to you -- >> does this really offend you that much? >> i would really like to answer the nativity question. 39 christians complained to mrsf. >> you said it 40 times. now i will ask you my question. >> my point is this is not an attack on christianity. >> i get it. you're an atheist. as far as i'm concerned an atheist has to believe something comes from nothing and the universe within universe -- >> not magical at all. >> seems you have a lot of people that this is their faith and religion. are you really that offended?

does it bother you if somebody says merry christmas? do you feel you have to cross out christ just to needle people? >> it's about spreading the word that religion isn't necessary and is a negative force. >> you're not even honest with yourself. >> i'm asking does it offend you if someone says merry christmas or puts up a picture of the baby jesus on christmas? >> not at all. >> then why are you spending money in times square? >> because of government funding -- >> not government funding in times square. >> i'm allowed to express myself. >> does it offend you of a nativity scene -- >> on public or private property. >> public. >> public property. >> you're offended. >> i am. it's favoritism from the government. >> you need to lighten up and get perspective. >> eggnog. >> i like eggnog. >> spike it. >> christians have to obey the law and stop complaining when they are forced to. >> you poor innocent victim. the poor atheist all beaten up on by society.

>> against their laws, their rights. >> liberals love tolerance. but you're intolerant of a majority view that's christian in the country. >> the majority has nothing to do with it. >> you don't care. >> i don't care if it is 99-1. we all have equal rights. >> we do, but you faeign outrag. i think you are trying to raise money by appealing to your base and going after christian groups. that's what i think. >> nice to meet you, kettle. you're talking about raising funds with a fake war on oh christmas. we are putting up -- >> i don't raise t funds. how many people have donated since you put the sign up. >> check mate. coming up, a michigan teachers' union is fighting for this massive severance package. he'll spend 30 days in jail. that organization is refusing to allow this honest hardworking kindergarten teacher to leave

the union. that's up next. speaking of the unions, why are groups like the aflcio secretly funding hundreds of thousands to an nbc host -- ed schultz. brent bozell has the details tonight.

welcome back. there is outrage in michigan after the largest teachers

union, the michigan education association announced its intention to give a $10,000 severance package to a former teacher and convicted child molester. neil erickson was found guilty of sexually abusing a 14-year-old boy over three years and was sentenced to 15 to 30 years in prison. unbelievable. we reached out to the m.e.a. and they defended their actions saying they are legally obligated to enforce the a contract for all employees. while the union fights to pay this criminal $10,000 in severance it is bullying several hard-working respectable teach rs including my next guest by refusing to let them opt out of the disgraceful organization. the union says the teachers missed the period they call the august window to terminate their membership and are still trying to collect their dues. joining me now, kindergarten teacher miriam chansky and her attorney patrick wright.

so you didn't want to be in the union. so tell us what happened. >> that's correct. i chose to opt out for the 2013-14 school year. i made it evident on my e-dues form in may. turned it in at the beginning of june. came back to school in september and found out i was still a member. >> you had records of what you sent them in may? >> right. i have recordses of what i sent them, correct. >> all right. so why are they saying you missed the august opt-out period? >> we were never told about the august window. so i sent my form in too early. i gave it the to my president of my local union in june. apparently she turned it in too early. so they are not honoring my request the to opt out. >> what grade do you teach and why do you want to opt out? >> i teach in kindergarten. i love my job. the reason i am here is my right

wasn't honored to opt out. it's not necessarily about the reasons behind it but rather they won't honor my decision. >> it's what you want. all right. >> yes. >> you heard the story of this convicted child molester. the union is protecting them and trying to go after the $10,000 severance. what's your reaction? >> it's a horrendous act that was done. it's surprising that the m.e.a. is standing behind this teacher and defending him to the point of getting money where they won't support a teacher who went along the legal means and opted out of the and they won't let me out but they will stand behind him. >> from a legal standpoint the m.e.a. is claiming they are contractually obligated to fight for the convicted child molester. do you buy that? >> i haven't checked their contract. i do find it odd if they are

claiming a fiduciary duty that they don't claim a right or duty to tell the truth to the members. there are many people like miriam that were misled about this august window. clearly this person, the criminal has done horrendous act and the m.e.a. is bending over backwards to fight for them. yet they have members who they hid relevant information from so the m.e.a. could enrich itself. >> same thing with these unions. they are rank and file that don't want to be members. your client went through all the proper procedures, even got this request in early. do they deny she sent this in in may? >> right to work is, of course, new in michigan. they announced after the law passed they would do everything to fight it including not accepting any applications to resign from the union that were,

quote, too early or too late. >> the application was sent in too early. you can't make this up. >> that's what they said. that was from steve cooke, mea president. >> what's the next step? >> we have it before a labor board in the state of michigan. we are trying to fight it out on behalf of miriam and others like her including ray arthur, a 34-year teaching veteran in pests pest s -- petoskey, michigan. he thought he should be given the right information at the right time. instead you have a union choosing power over principle, memb must be money over members. >> they go to the ends of the earth for the convicted child molester. have you been bullied? have people mistreated you because of your public position on this?

>> i have had several e-mails and notes sent to me on the other side of the matter. that's to be expected. i'm thankful to say at school if teachers don't agree they don't bring it up. >> one of the other important things is her credit rating has been threatened. the m.e.a. is threatening to go after her and send teachers that don't pay the dubious dues claim to credit reporting agencies thereby trying to force them to give them money they don't deserve. >> they do that you have a stronger case. best of luck to you. merry christmas and happy holidays to you and your class. kindergarten was my favorite year. i had a lot of fun. >> i agree. my favorite. >> thank you. up next, a "hannity" special media mash investigation. shocking conflict of crist at nbc after it was revealed -- see

that nbc host? he collected hundreds of thousands from big labor unions. and he was allowed to stoond steps away from the president of the united states. now we learn this fake sign language interpreter once faced murder charges. we always want to hear from you. log onto hannitylive.foxnews.com. share your thoughts on the show and more. hannitylive.foxnews.com and on twitter @sean hannity.

welcome back. time for media mash, our round up of the way the main stream media puts a spin on the news. joining me, none other than the president of the media research center, brother brent bozell. >> brother hannity, how are we tonight? >> all right. by the way, i have radio advertisers separate from television and so on.

i don't care that ed schultz got the money. i don't have unions paying me $252,000 in 2012-13. nbc news says they sell advertising to a variety of clients, union and nonunion. blah, blah, blah. this seems an odd -- i'm not getting the union part of this. are you? >> well, i am in a sense. look, i don't have a problem with reporters taking honorariums. >> neither do i. >> as long as they are covers the issue when they refuse themselv -- recuse themselveses from covering the issue. >> he's a liberal talk show host -- and a hack. >>le they want him to do their bidding so he shouldn't take

their money without admitting he's doing the bidding of the unions. >> let's stay on nbc. you have another host comparing obamacare, using the word obamacare to moral equivalent of the n-word. >> it's a word that's been with us for years. like it or not it is printed in the pages of american history. a word that was ornlally intended as are a derogatory term meant to shame, divide and demean. the word was conceived of by a group of wealthy white men who needed to put themselves above a black man to render him inferior and unequal and diminish his accomplishments. y'all know the word i'm talking about -- banl. obamacare. >> that's the dumbest analysis ever. even for nbc. this is nuts. what about hillary care?

>> the first time it was mentioned was in march 2007. it was in a journal called health care financial management. it was coined by a woman, jean schultz-scott who talked about obamacare , hillary care, mccain care. >> romney care. >> that was the origination. number two, barack obama has used this. does this make barack obama a wealthy white man? he said in the debate he was proud of the word. do you know who else used it? this same reporter. she said it as recently as november. she was using the term in her reports. suddenly it's racist. i don't know what got into tu lane university to hire this woman. >> there are reports about the president flirting with with a woman at mandela's memorial service. taking a selfie picture, et cetera. nbc is claiming that the

reporting on this is also racist. you have to be with kidding me. watch. >> this is a tempest in a teapot. it's racist and sexist stereotypes as if michelle is an angry black woman and president obama is an oversexed black man. >> is that taking it too far as racist anything the right wing will do to paint a negative picture? >> it's not taking it too far when you are in the context within which the right wing attacked the first lady since before she was the first lady. they have tried to couch her in a stereo typical racist and sexist narrative of the angry black come woman. >> all right. it seemed inappropriate to me for a memorial service. seems to be having a good time with this lady, laughing his head off, taking selfies at a

memorial service. michelle didn't look happy about it. i won't interpret what's going on there. but racist? stereotype of an angry black this and that. where does it come from? >> i don't care who the president is. it is inappropriate to do this at a memorial service. it is also inappropriate period for a president of the united states to be doing selfies in the public sphere. insofar as this woman is concerned making this outrageous statement, she's a reporter. not an analyst. she's a rt reporter from msnbc. it is a ridiculous ugs is. there is nothing racist. >> we have to roll. >> if anything people have been defending michelle obama at the way her husband was behaving. >> up next, by ewe'll talk aboue interpreter at the memorial

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welcome back to "hannity." joining us tonight in studio democratic strategist rick unger from concerned vets for america pete hegseth and former miss america -- and we put her on the panel with unger. >> you know i'll be helpless and hopeless. >> it started as funny we find out the interpreter guy at nelson mandela's memorial. not really saying anything. now we find out the guy was brought up on murder charges. there he is next to the president of the united states. >> and rape. >> and rape. what the -- listen. i don't like the president's policy. we have to protect our president. this is madness. >> it was. >> this is a dangerous situation for obama right there.

>> it is. >> it is a colossal failure of security. i talked to the wife of a secret service agent. they outsourced the vetting of the guys to the south african security force because it was a short time. >> they have to because of jurisdiction. >> forget jurisdiction. not when it comes to the president of the united states of america. we decide if he goes in -- >> we can't do the vetting. what's interesting is i spoke to a secret serviceman about it. he said something fascinating. when we knew reagan would pass away secret service had a plan in effect for a year. the south africans knew this was coming. they didn't have a security plan. >> kirsten, there was a report today that it was a 95,000-seat stadium. nobody went through metal detectors going into this place. that's nuts. >> somebody clearly dropped the ball in this situation. thankfully, we are not paying for it right now. what's interesting is you look

at the charges he faced in 1994 and 95 and in 2003. the charges were dropped. he was deemed mentally unfit to face trial because -- >> there he is standing up -- >> he said he went into a schizophrenic episode. >> even the south africans don't know. >> he was seeing angels. >> better than demons. >> could have been seeing rick unger's face. >> absolutely. >> probably a dog behind him giving him instructions. >> son of sam. >> pay attention here. i want to keep our president safe and secure. >> i noticed. >> jimmy kimmel had a sign language interpreter to decode the guy. watch this. >> let's watch this guy. tell us what he seems to be signing, if anything at all. >> sure. >> i'll be quiet. roll it. >> i support basic salutations

here salutations. inside joining in this week cigarette inside to prove and >> is he attempting to make sense? >> it's gibberish. if it wasn't so serious, it's funny. >> the guy just rolled with it. he doesn't know what he's doing. >> new york could be the third state to legalize pot. you're for it. i'm sure you're against it? >> weather you know you've had me on the show before. i told you i don't agree with smoking pot, i think there are advantages to legalization. one of which is stemming drug run that comes from mexico. also, you know with teens you take

them away tell them they can't do it? they want to do it more. i think that in the same path we've followed with alcohol and cigarettes, we can find a path with pot as well i don't like it i am against it >> i know i'm old fashioned. it's not the worst thing in the world i don't agree with profiteering off it. >> how about taxing it? >> tired of taxing anything.. >> i understand economic arguments >> i think of it, you cross that line go to the next line. >> it's a gateway drug? >> for you? >> no. >> you drink manhattans. what do you know about beer? >> you manhattans. >> you're giving away too much. >> okay. >> did you hear about the 6-year-old kisses a little girl? >> oh, yeah. >> we're going to find out when

unger had a first kiss. more coming up right after the break. stay with us.

continuing with our great american panel. a 6-year-old kid kisses a girl in school. brought up on sexual harassment charges. they've since dropped i that kid couldn't sexually harass anyone. how old were you when you kissed a girl? 12 >> what was her name? >> shelly goldberg. or gelbalm. i'm still in touch with her. >> if the kid, a kiss, kiss? . >> i real kiss? >> 15. >> just, i am the only female females don't kiss and tell. >> guys are like, what good is it if you don't tell anybody?

>> exactly. girls share with girlfriends. >> jennifer in 6th grade she was 5th grade can you imagine bringing a kid up on charges? how insane. >> it's run amuck. schools unwilling to look at common sense. >> i mean he kissed her on the hand. >> on the hand. >> insane. >> i would have gone for it on the lips. >> i was embarrassed for the 6-year-old and taught he'd do better. >> a judge ordered a baker to submit a cake for a same-sex couple or face jail. >> you can define that as discrimination but we have freedom of religion. i assume this is based on private beliefs. this is a private bakery. >> not state run. >> it's probably coming in a couple years. >> it's not a simple as you

might think. there is actually, courts established tests to figure that out. if you have, you have to look this way. i kind of understand the point. if he has a problem why should be be forced to do it? you can take that extremes have you a religion that doesn't like black people, i get to pick my own religion. so, many would target -- >> this was absurd. >> you know i have to read more about the exact situation. you know? but i think there should be a right to refuse a customer based on your religious beliefs and personal convictions not going against your conscious. we have that with the military. you're right. >> it's a tough question. >> it's tricky. >> very tricky. >> fcc weighing in on flight calls where you can be up in the air, making phone calls i do not want talk to a yappity

yappity rick unger. >> we need a quiet section. >> do liberals talk on the plane? they don't should shut up.. >> i don't want to listen to a conversation. >> i think now no one has an excuse to put their device away. and i think gosh. what is wrong? we can't get away for ten minutes? >> no. no. i want my device i don't want -- >> they've got the right answer. put internet on every flight. you can stay connected. >> wouldn't there be value if you just have a break? no. no. >> not trying to make a law against it. i think everyone would benefit, especially people perfect disconnecting every once in a while.. >> i prefer to decide what i benefit from. >> nanny state. >> no. i don't think there should be a law bit.

>> i hope you goat sit back to someone who won't shut up. >> i don't mind it. >> that is all the time we v it's a fun panel. thank you for being with us have a great weekend we'll see you back here on monday.