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back in contract with the folks. delivers own plan to fix the economy. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >> hi, i'm eric bolling in for bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us end to. let's get straight to our top story. the most power-packed power-lunch in the country at the white house today. the president met with top congressional leaders over the midday meal. chowing down on bib lettuce and herb crusted sea bass. both parties say they want to break the partisan gridlock plaguing capitol hill and pledging to find common ground is this all the same empty calorie rhetoric we have heard before? joining me now with reaction from washington republican strategist mercedes and along with radio talk show host and democratic

strategist richard fowler. let me start with you, richard. you saw the thrumping, the thrashing that went down on tuesday night. the president brings bipartisan leaders to the white house. and says, what? he said it's time to compromise. now, if you are republican, put your republican hat on for a second why in the world would you compromise after you have the big win? >> hey, listen, i have got to tell you we got thumpedment we will own that we will take our defeat and wear our badge. this is the truth here. for michigan mcconnell and john boehner they have one thing on their mind. their one thing on the mind is get back the white house and maintain control of the united states senate in 2016. mitch mcconnell will have 20 seats up -- 22 seats that he is going to have to defend. that means they have got to get something done for the american people so they canç go home and sell it. >> fair enough. richard, i remember obamacare when president obama had both chambers in the house and the senate and we got obamacare and most people didn't really want it. i remember hundreds of thousands of illegal children coming across our southern border and president obama saying it's my way or the highway.

both chambers are held by the republicans and they're supposed to come pro-mize? >> it's split government on their side of pennsylvania avenue they have got to get something done, eric. case in point. in the state of arkansas, while they voted for tom cotton, the state of arkansas also voted to raise the minute mum wage which means the american people, the constituents are calling for solution driven washington. we have to give it to them whether democrat or republican. >> the american people are wanting to stop obama that. that is their goal and what they voted for on tuesday. that's why we seat marv change in congress. >> let me ask you this then. let me put the other hat on and ask you this: the american people spoke and they voted out a a lot of the people that they thought -- we all thought were going to be incumbents and continue on. the republicans came with younger, came with more females, came with more minorities. maybe they are saying it's time for change, not business as usual in d.c. >> well, i got to tell you the republicans really put forth incredible candidates.

like joany ernst, like cory gardner. i mean, these people ran on important issues that where affecting the voters. think for republicans. >> mercedes, i hate to interrupt you -- >> -- no, no, no. so don't interrupt me because for republicans for the most part, here it is that the voters

keystone pipeline in exchange for raising the minimum wage. that's something we can all agree on. tom cotton has to vote to raise the minimum wage anyway because the state has agreed of the. raise the minimum wage for working class families. something we can both agree on let's get it done. >> let me throw another one to you, mercedes, what about immigration? president obama has vowed he is going to somehow, some

way get more four or five million illegals through the end ever the year. he would have a tough time now getting this through congress. >> sure. he is in a very difficult position. several months ago he leaked this out that he was going to take executive action on immigration, which of course, you know, created all this hope for the latino community. then he took it a step back. he pulled the rug away from them and basically then because of the democratic candidates in these swing states that basically said plea please don't do that he is pretty much in a position that he needs to do something because he made that promise. if he does take that action. eric, i really belief that it's going to start off in -- with a hostile environment in congress. especially when the relationship between mcdonald, boehner and the president, it's so delicate that to really start off going on on immigration by the end of the year, i think could have a negative impact for the beginning of next year. >> mercedes, here is the thing on immigration. listen, for republicans to win the white house, every pollster, democrat or

republican will tell you 40% of latinos, for that to happen, republicans have to move on immigration reform marco rubio knew it, let me also be very clear. in the president's press conference he said i will pass executive order but -- there was a but there. the but was any law passed by congress will supersede my executive order. >> whoa err, whoa. no, no. he said any law -- it is best that he approved of. so he would have the final say. >> of course he approve any bill. bill. >> well,. >> that's the job of the president. >> no, no, no. he can veto and if he didn't like at the could likely veto it. >> veto or sign it. >> keeping his executive order in place. superseding what congress puts on his ask themselves.

kind of interesting that the g.d.p. has grown 3% in the last quarter. but, the voters weren't feeling it so they are giving the g.o.p. a chance to lead. >> all right. we are going to leave -- speaking of that we have to leave it right there. richard and mercedes, thank you very much. republicans prepare for battle after president obama renews threat to take executive action on immigration. both sides will join us when the factor comes right back.

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president obama has vowed go around congress and take executive action and republicans aren't amused. >> i believe that the president continues to act on his own. is he going to poison the well. when you play with matches he is going to burn himself if he continues to go down this path. republican threats don't seem to be phasing the white house us in the very least. >> is the in the going to use the authority he has under the law and the constitution to take some spheps good for the american people? and the simple answer is yes, that is what he is going to do and do it before the end of the year. >> joining me to analyze director of research for the center for immigration studies and for tampa, democratic strategist jessica you are lick. let me start with you,

stephan. president obama has vowed now to use his pen to give, the way it looks like, amnesty for up to 4 or 5 million people just because he wants to. >> right, there is a fundamental constitutional question here. putting aside it's probably bad for taxpayers and workers to do this. the constitution says he is supposed to execute the laws, not announce in advance that he is not going to be enforcing the laws on millions of people and then charge a fee for that and, also, confer a benefit. social security numbers, work authorization, this isn't just a cop saying we he have to procedure advertise enforcement. this is him making up law on his own. it's fundamentally unconstitutional. >> jessica, where do you think president has the authority to do this. you just heard josh ernst say yeah, it doesn't matter if boehner doesn't like it or mcconnell doesn't like it yeah we are still going to do it. >> yeah, he has the ability to execute an executive order. that is part of the role of the president of the united states.

and it can come up for judicial review down the line. that can happen. in the meantime it is a tool he can use to force congress for the first time. this argument has been going on since 1986 to actually do something about immigration which we know is a pressing issue. we have all of these people now in the country and we have to deal with them. >> let me throw something at you, jessica. why not legal immigration. why not reform legal immigration. close the border and add, right now we allow about a million new immigrants per year into america. make it 2 or 3 or 4 million. but make it legal and make them go through the documentation, the process and all the people who are here illegally have to get in the same line as everyone else. >> i think that would be a great idea if we could get congress to pass a bill and send that legislation to the president to get everyone on board. that actually deals with all of that. do a comprehensive bill. they won't do a comprehensive bill. they won't do a border security bill. they won't do a bill addressing all the people here we know in detention

centers the children that are here. they won't talk about the visas that we need to get people with higher education here for tech companies and industries. >> steve, a lot of the reason why they can't get that bill through the house and senate is because they haven't secured the border yet. >> look, everyone knows that we are not enforcing our laws, right? each year the number of deportations goes down. we don't even deport the people that are actually arrested in jails. we have got local jails that won't cooperate. we have got a border that's unsecure. >> okay so. there are about 66,000 hispanics that become -- turn 18 years old. every single month in america. you don't want to alienate voting group. what do you do as republicans to say we are for you. we are in to having you come here and enjoy the fruits of america without alienating a huge voting block that's only getting bigger? >> what you have to do is what is best for america. hispanics are americans. what would be best for america? enforce the law, restore the confidence that we should have in our government to actually enforce the law.

if some illegal immigrants go home, that's great. then we free up more jobs for measures. we save taxpayers money. that's good for all americans and for hispanics. now, once we have shown that we're serious about enforcing the law, then we can have a debate if we want amnesty. the public generally doesn't want it. you would have to push it down their throat. if that's what you want to do then that's the reason congress hasn't acted. there is not support for this. >> simply enforcing the law, would the hispanic community be okay with that? would they say the republicans are -- you know, i'm interested in voting for them. by the way, hispanic community would like to vote republican. they have a lot of the similar values that the republican party brings to the table. family values, religion, et cetera. >> yeah. and you made a very good point. these people are are not american yet. they want to be american citizens. they want to contribute to this country. they are contributing to this country. they want to have the american dream. if you deny that to them, then you are not only hurting the future of this country. you are making a mistake because they will not forget

that. move forward in future elections and your own stubbornness. >> to both of you guys jessica, first. what do you with the 12 or 13 or 15 million illegals that who are here now. do you spend them back or okay provide amnesty? two sides though this coin. go ahead, jess. >> not in favor of 100% amnesty. but there are people here who have been here and educated and so many different levels of this issue. it's not just send everyone home. and it's almost impossible to do when we are talking about a number of people like that. but we do need to put them through the immigration process, which is incredibly difficult and arcane. it needs to be reformed. it needs to be stream lined and needs to be focused. and that's what needs to happen. >> steve, what do you do with the 12 or 13 or 15 million here illegally. >> first of all you start by enforcing the law. you actually control the border. you actually go after the employers who hire illegals. then, after that, you can decide if you want to have some kind of amnesty for people who have been here a long time and then with legal immigration you bring those. >> no. we have talked about all

those other things. >> go after all of the farmers and people hiring illegals? >> 12 million illegals. >> we need wage growth in america. we don't have the jobs. share of less educated americans compete with. down. >> we ran out of time. we have got to go. thank you very much. up next, geraldo rivera makes very provocative comments about race and midterm elections. he will be here to defend those. new twist in the ferguson, missouri situation. michael brown's mother is being investigated in connection with armed robbery. back in a moment.

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in the fridays with geraldo segment tonight, two hot topics, michael brown's mother under investigation in connection with armed robbery. but, first, some provocative comments from our pal, geraldo rivera, in the aftermath of the democrats'

drubbing. didsettered by latinos, blacks and feckless lazy supporters president o got his blank kicked by millions of angry old white folk. fox news senior correspondent geraldo rivera. wow, geraldo, wow. >> you are angry old white man. >> why do you do that? i come on for bill once in a while. loot of times it's friday. we have these geraldo friday segments, my head starts to explode. you play the race card? >> eric,. >> polls were closing, old white folk? is it my turn now. >> yeah. >> i was speaking demographically. item, in 2012, voters 30 and under were 19% of the electorate. in 2014, they were 12%. lazy, feckless, millennials. voted at a rate 10% higher

than this time. latinos voted at a rate 20% higher than this time. what happened? they stayed home. it wasn't so much policy. it wasn't voter suppression. it was will he thatlet they lethargy. >> angry old. >> in 2012 the electorate was 72% white. this time it was 75%. >> where is the angry white. >> angry at president obama's policies. they were angry. do you deny that? >> well, no, i don't deny that as long as you say president obama's policies but you infer race here. and you infer they are angry at president obama possibly because is black. >> definitely racial component to the way americans vote. would have to get over and mature. >> i don't know me a love won resoundedly in utah in predominantly white district. >> and tim scott in south carolina. and the naacp refused to

recognize the achievement of either of them. >> on the naacp, the tweet that you put up. >> okay. >> regarding that. it says why don't you read it it's your tweet it. >> naacp refuses to embrace the success of republican senator tim scott and representative elect me a love because though black they are not victims. >> so are you saying the naacp onlyied black victims? >> think i that the naacp's basic boilerplate approach to life is whoa is us, we are victims. and i think black activists or politicians who don't subscribe to that 1960s creed doe are people not embraced by the naacp. i'm a lifetime member of the naacp. and i say they have become ineffective. they have become irrelevant because they can't get over the fact that the problem assailing the minority community today are not that we're being oppressed by the man. it is that we -- there is a

failure of family responsibility. a a family -- a failure of personal responsibility but pick yourself up by your boot straps. i think the world has changed and the naacp has not. >> very good. let's move on to topic two, ferguson. michael brown's mother is now under, at least police investigation, i don't think she has been arrested yet. for potentially armed robbery. what happened was she came across a stand where they were selling michael brown t-shirts. she left. she brought back a group, a group of thugs who beat up some people, stole their t-shirts and their money, somewhere around $1,500 worth of stuff. what say you? there is no way you can condone that. >> it's not a question of condoning. mike brown comes from a socioeconomic subset. his mom obviously from the same subset. why are we surprised? when you hear armed robbery you think she stuck up a bank. she didn't go to a bank. she went to her former mother-in-law with a whole bunch of her pals and the mother-in-law, the former

mother-in-law selling the t-shirts without authorization. i am not condoning it. >> someone was beat up there were several people beat up. people were hit with pipes. >> key can sue. >> property was stolen. money was stolen or the victims of tragedy. these parents aren't -- they didn't come on the the world as preachers or quality unlike people, related to someone who was involved in the tragic situation. she ♪ a hero to me. >> treat her differently because of that. >> i don't think so. that's why all this attention. she will be in trouble. she is in trouble. >> you are okay jncht as she should be in trouble. >> you can't imagine if we went outside and there is geraldo t-shirts for sale. >> i might look them up too. i would take my just deserts. >> let me ask you this one. the day after president or the democrats took a thumping, took a beating on midterm elections on tuesday. the next day, president obama, did he meet mitch mcconnell? no. did he meet john boehner? no. didn't they meet today? >> yeah. but the day after.

do you know who he met first? the reverend al sharp torn. >> right. >> your thoughts? >> i think that president obama has lost his way let me just say parenthetically to really infuriate you. i think al sharpton is the premier civil rights lird in america today such as he is for all his failings or. >> he is the premier -- >> -- name another? name another. >> you know who should be, senator tim scott. that's who should being. because he is the guy who african-americans in america can say look at this guy. he started from humble means. he worked his way all the way up to senator as opposed to al sharpton who can throw the race card in every single instance if he can make a buck doing it. >> exactly my point when i criticized -- exactly my point when i credit eyes the naacp for not embracing senator scott. but you have to remember one thing. civil right leader can a notes that you have a flock. that you have a following.

>> is that it though? if he has a following, that you are a leader? what if is he a bad leader? i'm sure hitler had a flock. >> i think that whoa is on the african-american and largely the latino community because many of our leaders are the whoa is us. we are victims, kind of leaders. >> should al sharpton. >> so 1960. >> should al sharpton been the first guest in the white house after that implies the white house is diverting to al sharpton on a lot of these issues. you have got to go quick though. >> i think the president has been tone deaf throughout. if he wants to invite al sharpton or play golf with michael jordan. >> leave it there, geraldo. thank you. tomorrow, be sure to catch my show cashing in 11:30 a.m. eastern on the fox news channel. we will be talking much more about how racial politics impacted the midterm election results. plenty ahead as the factor moves right along this evening. president obama sends a secret letter to iran's supreme leader underscoring a shared need to destroy isis. but will the strategy back

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in the factor follow up segment tonight, dealing with iran, a stunning report by the "wall street journal" reveals that president obama secretly sent a letter to iran's supreme leader last month. in it the president reportedly highlighted both country's mutual interest in destroying isis, the administration has repeatedly denied there

would be any military coordination with iran in the campaign against isis and today, went on the defensive. >> with respect to potential presidential correspondents, i think you know that i'm not going to comment on any private communication between the president and any world leader. first of all as i have said repeated lid in public and others have too, we are in no way engaged in any coordination, military coordination with iran on countering isil. >> writes about foreign policy and former united nations political affairs officer ashley jackson. let me started with you, ashley. you say it's okay for the president to write this letter? because i'm wondering, really, with iran. one of our greatest whoas, one of our biggest threats to american safety, security, sovereignty, write them a secret letter? >> well, apparently what the letter said was basically the u.s. and iran have a shared interest in fighting isis. supporting the iraqi

government just like iran to defeat isis. didn't say anything new it dangle a carrot ahead of these nuclear talks. >> why do it? >> because we have a shared interest with iran. >> say it again. you just said something important in your comment. dangle the comment? >> ahead of this deadline on november 24th. >> talk about that. >> for a nuclear deal with iran. and this is really -- this is what this is about. this is a really important thing. the administration and others have been working for a long time to get this. >> i'm glad you said that. when you listen to susan rice and you hear josh ernst earlier saying now this is all about making sure we have a shared interest in defeating isis. >> yeah. >> kerry, the problem is that i agree with ashley that this is all about a nuclear deal with iran. of which many americans don't want. >> well, it's both. it's taking the teeth out of the nuclear deal. this letter went around the back of our allies. israel is pissed off. they were not informed of this letter that it's going

to take the teeth out of the nuclear deal. the other thing is, the supreme leader who this letter was addressed to, less than a month ago, publicly accused america of deliberately creating isis in order to justify our presence in the region. so you can imagine that sort of person who would publicly accuse us of that to turn around and try to work with us? >> i can't imagine even being at the table with iran regarding nuclear let alone writing them a letter saying we have a common interest. >> it's not that simple. while the supreme leader didn't, of course, make that very provocative statement that isis was a -- the president was supportive of u.s. military action really unheard of. iran's government is not who he image news. we need to work with more progressive parts of that government. >> iranian's puppet. he makes the west feel good about themselves. the real leader is the real leader in ayatollah. this is a joke. >> mahmoud ahmadinejad was never the leader of iran

it's always been the supreme leader. >> third letter sent by the obama administration by this leader. guess what, he ignored the other two letters. why would they think this would be any different. >> they want this to get this done. >> conditions being negotiated and incredibly fragile. we don't know what is going to happen. there will be a backlash in iran and u.s. >> what do would get out of this deal? >> global security. we get a step glawrd global security? we are arming a nuclear iran that's global security? i would call that global i object security. >> absolutely. this is the administration is dealing with a regime that is islamist and violent rather than dealing with the people of iran. in 2008 there was iranian revolution and obama administration backed down and did not support the people and prefer to deal with the regime. >> realistically though, again, this is isis, content of these letters, we have no allies willing to step up in the fight. >> you just said it wasn't about isis.

you just said it was about the nuclear deal. >> no one else. that is bart of it. it is also about getting. >> what about peshmerga. >> look what kobani is showing us? >> i have literally 20 seconds. 10 seconds each. president obama today authorized up to 1500 more troops this smells like, looks like mission creep. >> it's doubling the number of advisors. how long before we are spending $60 billion next year in iraq. >> absolutely. obama is realizing you can make empty promises on the campaign trail to pull the troops out. that doesn't work. >> ladies, thank you very much. a quick reminder veterans day is next week and as bill mentioned killing patton makes a great gift to those who served our country. be sure to check tha on bill o'reilly.com. remember, all the money gets -- he gets from the web site goes to charity. on deck, lou dobbs with a look at how to fix the economy to help the folks. his plan last night.

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thanks for staying with us tonight. i'm eric bolling in for bill o'reilly. in the unresolved problem seeing want tonight, fixing the economy for the folks. factor viewers know that take home pay for the average american has fallen since president obama took office and not much has been done about it so last night bill laid out his plan to get the economy back on track. as republicans get ready to assume more power in d.c. >> republicans need to lower corporate income tax. to about 2 o0% or so. that will give companies more money to expand, thus creating jobs. when there are more jobs, there is more competition for workers and salaries go up. number two, there should be a six month tax amnesty on corporate money being held

overseas. let the companies bring it back, provided they evan vested in america. not keep it sitting over there in luxenberg. third, raise the minimum wage. that will encourage young people to get into the marketplace and other folks to get off the doll. 10 bucks an hour. not going to break anyone. and, with the corporate income tax cut, the minimum wage rise will not affect profits. >> all right. joining me now with reaction, lou dobbs, host tonight 7 p.m. eastern on our sister network fox business. lou, thanks, you saw it three ideas, cut the corporate tax rate. let's go through them. corporate tax rate, minimum wage. what's wrong with cutting the corporate tax rate to 2 oo%. >> there is nothing wrong with it if we make a few fine adjustments. and i would like those justments to first cut can the individual marginal tax

rate queer taxing labor. we are making all sorts of screwball priorities out of our tax system and we have got to come to grips with it you want to cut individual taxes i want them first and i want labor respected. i want. >> in what way? i don't like seeing the capital gains tax rate lower than taxes on labor. it makes no sense. we should be prizing working people, show them that we support the family, the working man and woman. the middle class in this country and by god, tax them less than we would capital appreciation. >> you don't't disagree with bill. you want to add additional tax cuts which i think a lot of people watching you would agree with you. let's talk about that profits sitting overseas taxed in those various countries. bill point out bring them

back but make sure the companies bringing them back you actually use that money to hire people or buy capital equipment in america. >> in that detail, there is a great deal of devilment. imirnsz. as you know repatrioted capitol put it on radar. those companies cut $20,000. principle beneficiaries, largest beneficiaries of that tax holiday if you will on that overseas banked money. we have got to come to terms with the fact there is a cause and effect relationship with what is happening with labor and capitol in this country and the management decisions that are being taken. so public policy has got this thing so screwed up we have to take a pause and think about what we are doing. >> let me take o'reilly's side. i have been talking about this the better part of nine years since i have been at fox. the problem is that there were no restrictions put on the companies when they brought the money back.

they charged them 5%. first of all they could have charged them nothing. they have charged them nothing. >> has the same effect. require them. this is a very simple fix. bring the money back, put in the irs escrow. you want to use that money, it's your money, go ahead and use it make sure you are hiring american labor and you are buying american capitol equipment. >> terrific. what's wrong with that, $2 trillion stimulus package for freenchts there is nothing wrong with those requirements. if you are a conservative. and you are laying out an edict as to what is going to be be done with capitol. you are in great conflict with your own philosophy. we have got to have a far more intelligent study of policy than saying republicans are in charge. >> you are ceo of lou dobbs. a billion dollars overseas. i say you have got to bring that back hire american workers. you are not going to say no to that. >> i'm not going to. not at all a. i am going to make the decision that is in the best interest of the corporation. and if i know that i can also bring in illegal labor,

if i know that i can also use h 1 visa program to hire people for at least 2 o% less than american workers, i will probably be. >> you think there are a lot more to add to o'reilly's ideas. we ran out time. we didn't get to talk about minimum wage. you are against raising the minimum wage. >> i don't think it matters much. it's something that the margin has very little effect. >> minimum wage? >> conservative. and i many a free enterprise. >> free enterprise conservative say let the states figure out the minimum wage. >> that exactly what is going on. what would be the position of a conservative? you would say let the states make that decision. that's what's happening. by the way, just for the record, no empirical evidence that the minimum wage either raised or lowered has an effect on labor. >> got to leave it right there. lou dobbs. you can can catch lowe on the fox business network. if you are not sure where to find it in your area just log on to fox business.com

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turn this around as a win? how? >> i'm trying to wrap my head around this. i mean, this was a huge depressing, traumatic gut wrenching defeat traumatic, gut wrenching defeat for democrats, hillary, as you say, bill, campaigning. some saying this is going to help her. wow, i didn't know her spin machine was that good. >> what could it be? could it be they're saying now she will not look like the obama, she's the anti-obama coming in riding on the horse saying we tried that for a while, now try a clinton instead of obama. >> well, there's a valid point in some taking this tact. it will be easier for hillary clinton to run against a republican senate and house rather than having to dance around harry reid if the democrats had somehow retained control. but what's left out of this equation, eric, is that she is now inextricably tied to an obama administration that was just repudiated at the polls. she may try to distance herself.

the president may not be calling it a shellacking, but that's what happened. >> in a leading up to that election, howie, i think you mentioned, we were talking about how the mainstream media was ignoring midterm elections because they looked like they were lining up so bad for president obama and the democrats. now in the aftermath you're not hearing about hillary clinton campaigning for democrats who lost. are they just completely in the liberal camp carrying water for the liberal sns. >> well, i've heard some about hillary clinton campaigning. i'll let you in on a little secret. we in the media, no matter who involve, not necessarily hillary, tend this hype went in for so and so and if candidate g wins, sh e gets credits. i think that you have the spin on both sides. so if for example this "new york times" piece wants to call it loyalist by saying she can run as a pragmatical, i think you

have to include people like rand paul saying this was in his own partisan spin a repudiation of hillary clinton as well as barack obama because she was out there campaigning. you know, tell both sides to portray this as good news for the clintons, i think, takes twisting yourself into a pretzel just a little bit. >> well, yeah. but if you do, i think rand paul was very astute. i mean, clearly he's looking towards 2016. he's her major challenger. why not? why wouldn't you highlight the fact she was out there campaigning for democrats if not most of them took a beating. >> took an absolute thrashing, yes. i guess my feeling is if you're going to get into the spin game, give us the spin from both sides. >> he's a politician.

>> my point is -- >> looking ahead a couple years. >> i just meant the extent rand paul is saying this and senator, we ought to quote that as well as saying things look a little different from team hillary. i tell you something, she's not even running yet and that spin machine seems to be a well oiled one. >> we'll leave it there. when "the factor" returns, two extraordinary interviews you can't miss. we'll be right back. great gear at incredible savings. check out our flannel fest with great deals throughout the store, like our men's ultimate flannel shirt starting under $20. and save $130 on a masterbuilt elite smoker. ♪ fifty omaha set hut ♪ nothing beats that new car smell ♪ ♪ nationwide is on your side ♪ mmm mmm mmm mm mmm mm mmmmmm come from all walks of life. if you have high blood sugar, ask your doctor about farxiga.

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joining the marine corps it was tough. it was tough and it was amazing. you got to become this, you know, war dog, you know? is how i thought. >> when you were in the prison was the fact -- in the first place, the first prison we were talking about, the fact you were a marine did that in any way make you a target? did anyone say anything to you about that? >> i felt like a target. i was just sleeping, thinking, just laying there thinking what's going to happen next. and i just lost all these awesome things in life. i know there's like some messed up people in this world. and like that's the prison's a good place to find them. i was handcuffed to a bed, four-point restraints, two arms like this, two legs like this

for about a month. >> why? >> why? because i wasn't behaving. i wasn't a behaved prisoner. i was lashing out. and not lashing out like being disrespectful. i never wanted to come off as disrespectful. but i just couldn't take it all. i was just, you know, snapping back into the worries and the paranoia. and i took the lightbulb off and i broke it and i ended up stabbing myself in the neck with it. lost quite a bit of blood and passed out. the guards thankfully heard the lightbulb being broken, came in and saw me there, i guess, on the ground there in my blood.

and took me to the doctor there at the prison. i think if we take the lesson from this and that is that we need to look after each other. we all need to look after each other. we all should care for each other. and take the time to care. >> a lot of americans, especially the vets, you got people like montel, a marine, they really want to help you. and they really appreciate the fact -- they appreciate what you did for your country. >> i know. i know. >> and they want to make sure you're okay. >> yeah. i'm okay. i'm going to be okay. >> oh, i know. >> i'm going to be, everyone. i'll be just fine. i will get over this. we'll all get over this. >> and if you missed the interview, you have two more chances to catch it this weekend. the on the record special marine freed sergeant tahmooressi's story airs saturday and sunday

nights. programming note, on thursday o'reilly will have the very first onset interview with the former navy s.e.a.l. who shot osama bin laden. since coming forward a lot of things are being said about the former s.e.a.l. rob o neiln. now for the first time o'neill will set the story straight. in the first part of a two-part special, the man who killed osama bin laden. special two-night event, the man ho killed osama bin laden. >> don't miss the man who killed osama bin laden next tuesday and wednesday nights at 10:00 p.m. thanks for watching tonight.

of course please remember the spin stops here because we're looking out for you. good evening everyone. i'm martha mckalum in for megyn kelly. president obama stepped to the white house with a bombshell, if the new congress did not deliver a new immigration bill in the next six to seven weeks, he would act on his own. >> in terms of immigration, i have consistently said that it is my profound preference and interest to see congress act on a comprehensive immigration reform bill. if they want to get a bill done, whether it's during the lame duck or next year, i'm eager to se