about 70% say we are in a nanny state now. brush your teeth and watch "hannity," next. and they're off. >> who will stand with our allies against radical islamic terrorists. >> now is the time for both conservative colors -- >> as we inch closer to 2016, top republican leaders are starting to sound pretty presidential. governor scott walker and sarah palin are here tonight. >> the army has decided that they want to pursue bergdahl. >> new reports that the army will charge bowe bergdahl with desertion. >> these could be connected to climate change. >> and the liberal mainstream media uses winter storm juneau to tout their global warming agenda. how wrong they are.

it's almost super bowl sunday. but the deflategate is looming over the patriots -- heads. >> i would expect and hope that the league would apologize to our entire team. >> plus the big question of the day, straight ahead. the road to 2016 is heating up. prominent members of the republican party are starting to sound a bit presidential. many of the names gathered at the iowa freedom summit. among them, wisconsin governor scott walker. he got the crowd fired up with a pretty passionate speech. >> we need leaders in america who understand, who ultimately understand the measure of success in government is not how many people are dependent on the government. the measure of success in government is how many people are no longer dependent on the government. [ cheers and applause ]

>> earlier today, scott walker took the very first steps toward the presidential run establishing a committee. the man himself, the governor from the great state of wisconsin. scott walker, you sound like a presidential candidate. are you going to run? >> well i'm very interested for very much the same reason that some five years ago tonnette and i sat down and ultimately prayed about the race for governor. back then we were afraid our sons were growing up in a state that wasn't as great as the one we grew up in. i'm proud to tell you many years later now because of our reforms, our state is better for them. i have the same worries about this country for my son that i had for my state years ago. we need new bold leadership from outside washington proven to take on the challenges we face in this country right now. >> in a blue state wisconsin you won three elections in four years. now you're maybe about to get ready to run again. which is very impressive. i know you have a record that's impressive as well. the question is, what's it going

to take for you to make that decision? where do you make the leap? how do you make the -- what's the obstacle right now? >> well, part of it right now is this early stage, we got out and started -- i think as a state leader, we have to do things. not just in wisconsin. we see it in iowa and south carolina. we see it in michigan and ohio and other places where you've got republican leadership for the last few years. the ideas that are going to transform america aren't coming from people in washington, they're coming from our state leaders. we need to get out and talk about that. i think there's a sense out there, which i heard on saturday, that people want not just dynamic speakers they want people who have a proven record, who have actually done something, not just talked about it, who are from outside of washington. and i think they want fresh leaders. we'll take hillary clinton on. one from the future, not one from the past. >> the only criticism i've heard about you potentially being a national candidate is that you don't have the fire in the

belly, the passion, the inspiration. i mean, i don't think you want to become obama hope and change and greek columns. do you feel you can connect with the american people, a broad base, and with fire and passion? is that in you? do you feel that burning desire to do that? >> absolutely. look at wisconsin. i had almost universal support amongst republicans. higher than any governor in the country in the 2014 election. yet in wisconsin you can't win with just republican votes. we took double-digit among self-identified independent voters in our state and even a few discerning drcts inging democrats because i believe what they wanted in my state is what they want in this country, is leadership. they want to know that they've got the courage and capacity to actually get it done. i think over the last four years we've been tested. >> i'm looking for a conservative leader with a bold inspiring agenda that will solve

problems for the country. that deficit i want to be energy independent ent. what agenda are you going to run on? >> i think very much what i've done at the state. not just taking unions on, we passed statewide school choice, we'll expand that even more. we lowered taxes, we pushed economic growth, we pushed energy independence. i think in this country, what we need going forward is a pro-growth agenda that talks about how you help everyone live their piece of the american dream, not pit one group of americans against another group, doesn't put favorites in washington or anywhere else out there. and takes the power out of washington, puts it not only back into the states, but most importantly back in the hands of the hard working taxpayers. everyone in this country wants to live their piece of the american dream. we need leaders who understand that. the best way to do that is get it out to the people. >> what's your timeline for

running, governor? >> oh i think by midsummer, any realistic candidate has to be in by this summer. my budget will come out next tuesday, for the fifth and sixth year in a row i'll lower property taxes. i want a few months to get that job done. i'll be in new hampshire and south carolina and iowa, and we'll be talking about these issues for the next several months. we're excited where we can take this country. >> who are the odds of you running? >> oh, i don't think it's ever been good to bet against me. certainly in the last three elections for governor in the past four years i wouldn't be betting against me in a race like this either. >> scott walker, thanks for being with us. >> thank you, sean. also at the iowa freedom summit this weekend, governor sarah palin of alaska. >> things must change for this government. look at it. it isn't too big to fail. it's too big to succeed. man, the middle class, americans

are getting taken for a ride. that's status quo. gop leaders, by the way, you know, the man can only ride you when your back is bent. so strengthen it. >> reaction governor, good to see you. welcome back. >> thank you. >> so prior to this while you were there on the ground you were asked if you're considering running for president. your answer? >> i was asked by a testy reporter while i was promoting my sportsman channel show, i was asked if i were to be interested at all in running for office, maybe presidency. it was not newsbothy for me to answer. next question? i think anyone who has been blessed with an opportunity to serve the american public in different capacities and within their own state, to not be interested would be not standing

up to what's right and doing what's right. >> are you considering for 2016 a run for the presidency? are you thinking about it? >> i along with so many others on a deep bench no doubt are thinking about it. but it's much too early to say whether i, and i'm sure others would answer the same way, they would be throwing their hat in the ring. >> we do expect i mean come march, april, a lot of people are on the ground in iowa, you're in iowa for the speech. they're putting together campaign teams hiring people on the ground. are you talking to people about that? i mean, walk us through the thought process for you. in terms of what -- >> well, my thought process personally, and, you know you're near and dear to my heart heart -- you know, receiving the blessing from my family to go forth as first and foremost. of course, being a christian putting my life in god's hands, seeking guidance and inspiration

divinely whether to run or not, that's top of the list. as for the practice logistical steps you take, yes, i have a small team. and that would expand if any decision were to be made to move forward. in the meantime, i'm going to continue to do what i'm doing, and that's helping find other candidates in other positions to get out there and do what's right for their cities, their states, for our country. because the middle class, as i said in that iowa speech, really is getting the shaft with policies coming down from in a lot of cases the state levels certainly the federal level, that are hurting working class americans. and the gop had better find competitors who understand how -- not just relate to and speak to the working class, but to implement policies that work and that they have a track record. a lot 6 conservative governors have that track record showing what those policies are, how they have implemented them proving their mettle. >> you also got criticized in the speech by a lot of people even in the crowd that tend to be supporters of yours, and then

there was the teleprompter goes down? did you have trouble with the copy? was there any moment in the speech you had any difficulty? because people have been so critical? >> well, you know i don't read the praise and i don't read the criticism because i know how you guys -- or i know how the media in general works. >> i'm not you guys. >> remember at the gop acceptance speech the teleprompter broke there, too. i kept on going. so, no i don't know i received a standing ovation throughout, and at the end of the speech. so i don't know, i think a lot of the herd mentality of some reporters would -- that kind of exacerbates some of the criticism. but i don't know that it really would, when you talk about the meat, the content of the speech and when i talk about courage and integrity and a track record of any candidate that is needed in order to be able to sincerely serve the people of america who

deserve real hope and real change. and not more of the same. not more of the status quo, this old energy if you will. but we need new energy, new ideas. and as i say, very very important that we have a track record proving what works. but what i also made a point of in that speech, sean, and this is important is knowing what the media is going to do throughout 2016 and my prediction, hillary will be running, and she will be the knighted candidate on the left and with the media, knowing what the media is going to do, it's going to take more than a village to beat hillary. there needs to be unity, understanding that we have that -- conservatives have that strike right off the bat. even there on fox kind of a quasi, or consumed conservative outlet. we have listened in to the tease of bill o'reilly, talking about the commentary on his show

tonight. and that would be, all these gop contenders thinking about running for president, like donald trump sarah palin, and he named them off. he said, what a reality show that would be yuck yuck. the left doesn't do that. they take this seriously. because this is war. and hopefully the media, even the quasi right side of the media, won't be looking at this as some kind of reality show, a joke. because maybe they have theirs. they're taking care of it. the people of america deserve the best and competition through a gop primary, whether a bill o'reilly or someone else who assumes it's a reality show or not, they deserve that competition to surface the competitor to take on hillary or whoever it may be and win this country. >> when people ask me when i'm looking for in the next president, i believe conservativism works. we have nearly 50 million americans in poverty, nearly 50 million americans on food

stamps, record debt and deficits. i'm looking for the most conservative candidate with an inspiring agenda that can win. because i think it would be good for the country and good for those people who are suffering needlessly. >> don't forget that person needs a trackç record to have proven what it is -- >> no, i agree. no doubt. >> taking on corruption. something to match the rhetoric you'll hear from every candidate. >> my question to you is, if you decided to run what would be the -- what are the things that you would tell people? i'm looking for somebody that's going to say i'm going to do this, this and this i'm going to get people out of poverty balance the budget secure the borders, what -- >> go check check, check, absolutely. we'll drill, baby, drill. we'll become energy independent ent, not scoot on over to the saudis and ask for them to prohibit any kind of adverse effect of some future energy crisis. we're going to do it ourselves. we're going to slash the

corporate income tax. we're going to put chasing jobs off our shores onto land. we know a country without borders is not a country. there's no hope for sovereignty without borders. we're going to make sure we have an education system that is in the hands locally not a big federal level one size fits all type of education curriculum. but locally putting the teachers and the students first, not bureaucracy. we're going to take on crony capitalists who have utterly destroyed the middle class, because they've been the ones being able to receive these loopholes and build more loopholes in tax formulas, and favoriteism from a federal budget, because they can afford the lobbyists and lawyers that laws are written in their favor. we'll take on that corruption and put america on the right track. america deserves the best. we are exceptional. we're losing that today. and we certainly need candidates

who are willing to be competitors, fighters for this. >> odds you're running? >> i'm not going to give any odds. i still say it's too early. it's too early. and yes sounds cliche you'll hear the answer from everybody else i'm sure. but it really is too early. >> governor thanks for being with us appreciate it. next up here on "hannity." >> sergeant bergdahl will be charged with desertion. >> today the army flat-out denied reports that bowe bergdahl is being charged with desertion. but retired u.s. army lieutenant colonel tony shaffer is standing by his sources. we'll check in with lieutenant colonel ralph peters. and the patriots, new england, they touched down in phoenix ahead of the highly anticipated super bowl. but deflategate hanging over their heads. we'll explain why the owner of the patriots is now saying the league owes them an apology, or may owe them an apology, coming up. they're deliciou and an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. mmmm. these are good! the tasty side of fiber.

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ld i've been confirmed by two other sources that his attorney was given what we call a charge sheet. a charge sheet essentially is the result of an investigation listing out the articles of military justice which have been violated. the key violation is desertion. >> that was retired lieutenant colonel tony shaffer last night saying according to his sources, bowe bergdahl, who abandoned his post in afghanistan back in june of 2009 was captured by the taliban, will soon be charged with desertion. now nbc news also reported today that bergdahl in fact will be charged. army officials are flat-out denying a decision has been made and saying that the reporting is patently false. author of the book 88 days to kandahar station chief in islamabad, and colonel ralph peters.

let me first play for all of you guys i had his platoon members on this show. let's listen to them. this is what they said. >> the army needs to do what's right here and abide by the army values. and he needs to face consequences for his actions. not only is it a slap in the face to all the men and women who have served honorably, who upheld their oath, and it's also a bad precedence to set toward future service members. >> to say that bo is honorable, it's a spit in everybody's faces. it is frustrating. >> he needs to go through all the proper channels that any deserter goes through. if it's court-martial, yes. he is a deserter and he needs to be held 100% accountable for his actions. >> robert, we're told the money may have exchanged hands as well. you've got all of these guys that with him said he deserted.

as many as six people died looking for him. many others injured. what should be the right thing to happen here? >> well, it's hard for us to say looking at it from the outside. with all the information that's come out, there are a lot of details that we're not privy to. but yeah from everything that we've seen it's hard to put a positive gloss on this. again, from everything that we know, this man clearly did desert his post. he did an incredibly stupid thing for which he suffered and a number of his colleagues apparently suffered even more greatly. a number of his colleagues apparently died as an indirect result of what he did. at the end of the day should he be accountable? absolutely. he has to be accountable. what is an appropriate punishment given all that he has suffered up to now? i think that's somebody else's call. >> colonel peters, let me ask you this. according to reports, they actually heard from locals over the radio that there's an american soldier out looking for the taliban. all right. is there any possibility this

could be some version of the stockholm syndrome, some version of ptsd? is there a need for an understanding about his mental state? >> that's absolute bull. this guy -- >> i'm just asking a question. >> no, come on. sean -- >> the stockholm syndrome and ptsd are real. >> yes but he -- but that's after the fact. >> that's bull all right. >> he didn't have stockholm syndrome in his unit for god's sakes. what we have here is very very clear, damnedably clear, that the white house doesn't understand why this is a big deal, he just deserted right? wouldn't anybody do that? and they just want to protect the president. they are pressuring the army pressuring the army to whitewash this. and they don't understand that for the military, those who went before retirees like me those on active duty this is a powerful matter, as you heard from the young soldier, of

precedent and principle. if you let bergdahl walk -- it's not about this pathetic little creep, it's about the principle. if you let him walk with full pay and benefits and promotion despite overwhelming evidence that he deserted his post in wartime, you make it virtually impossible to prosecute future deserters. now, in the army, i'm sure -- the army's not perfect. you've got some people craving enough and ambitious to cater to the white house you've got some generals showing backbone and saying, no for the good of the army, for the good of the military, he has to go into article 32 and court-martial. the white house doesn't give a damn about our military, they just care about this pus and boots president. >> i met many of these members of his platoon they're angry. they feel like he walked away. and that other people were injured and died.

now, with that said i'm going to ask you the same question colonel peters has written me a new one for and said bull do we have to factor in multiple deployments, the stress of combat any chance he might have snapped? >> this does not sound like an american soldier to me that he goes out searching for the taliban. ask that question. >> sean, i think there are maybe some other things that ought to be factored in here. i think that the people who are charged with making these decisions really ought to take these into consideration. it seems to me there's an aspect to this that i haven't heard mentioned up until now, and it seems to me somewhere along the line there was a failure of leadership. from everything that's come out right now, whatever else you want to say about sergeant bergdahl, he was not a warrior. he probably thought he was joining an armed wing of the peace corps. >> that's a good point. >> he quickly became severely

disillusioned. apparently he made no secret of it. somebody in the chain of command ought to have recognized that this guy was a disaster waiting to happen, and for his good and the good of everyone around him, gotten him out of there. he shouldn't been on a forward operating base in afghanistan. rr(t&háhp &hc% >> that's not true. the army is not a day care center. for god's sakes. it wasn't multiple deployments it was one deployment. he wasn't that far into it. the evidence is he deserted his post in combat. simple simple, cut and dried. i don't want to hear about ptsd, oh how sad it all is he shouldn't have been there. he vol up tiered to join the army. he wanted to be a big macho tough guy. and he deserted his post in wartime. let's have justice. let the military process go through. let it go through the article 32, let it go to court-martial. >> colonel, i'm not disagreeing with you nor am i taking the position, it is just so out of character for any american soldier to ever act this way. and that's why i'm raising

questions that others have raised. >> look at his family. like father, like son. >> yeah. all right. guys, good to see you. i'm enjoying your book, by the way, robert. appreciate it. colonel peters, always good to see you. coming up next tonight on this busy news night on "hannity." >> i would expect and hope that the league would apologize to our entire team, and in particular, coach belichick and tom brady. >> so the patriots are they the ones owed the apology? that's what the team owner is suggesting. and later, i guess "american sniper" success is getting under michael moore's skin. he's doubling down on his stupidity and attacks. his latest rant, coming up later. i had these very burning needle-like sensations. i knew i needed to see a doctor. my doctor said, "let's try lyrica." lyrica has helped relieve my pain. it's known that diabetes damages nerves

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robert kraft addressed the controversy looming over his team. >> if the wells investigation is not able to di fin tifl determine that our organization tampered with the air pressure in the footballs, i would expect and hope that the league would apologize to our entire team, and in particular coach belichick and tom brady, for what they have had to endure this past week. >> now, robert kraft may be calling on the nfl to apologize, but the league's investigation is now focusing in on a patriots locker room attendant who may have been responsible for the deflated football. here was the analysis champion and seat geek ambassador with us. brian, thanks for being with us. >> thank you very much. >> all right. is it possible that a locker room attendant would take the balls on their own and deflate them without permission of somebody else? possible? >> no, not -- well i imagine

it's possible. but it's highly improbable. obviously it has to be at the behest of tom brady. whether it was overtly, look, i want it below the league standards, as opposed to just tom brady saying, no look this is too firm i want a little air taken out of this, or whether the individu that tom brady liked. that has to be determined. but it's impossible that this could happen, without tom brady being aware of it. >> would we have known about it before before? this couldn't have been the first time. >> likely. that's what the league has to determine. the fact that the balls were deflated, does it have a tangible effect on the game no. i'll be honest with you for the ten years i was a head coach of the baltimore ravens i didn't know there was a range. i'm not even sure back then there was a deflation range you had to fall in. they're constantly playing with the balls, scuffing it up. was this an overt act of, look i know it's illegal but i want this, or just a casual one of

omission? that's what the league has to figure out. >> it's amazing how quarterbacks, some like it firmer firmer, it's pretty interesting. but the rules are pretty clear 2 hours and 15 minutes before the game, the officials look at the balls, the only question i have is, why don't they take control of the balls from that point forward? and i assume going forward they'll do that. >> i think they will. it's just a lapse in the policy that hasn't come up before. and i can't imagine going forward. this league is very reactive with that. going forward that will not be a standard practice. >> in baseball we have teams that try and steal other teams' signals, this this. is it a bunt a steal hit-and-run. when the patriots taped an opposing team, i think it was 2007, it became spygate. so now the patriots are in deflategate. do you think some of this is warranted? or is this just part of the gamesmanship? in other words, are they really cheating to get an advantage

like a player that might use steroids, or is this minor stuff that people are making a big deal about? >> you're exactly right in making that analogy, because a player in the league rules, if he's a habitual offender, obviously if you're a first-time offender there's a certain amount of sanctions that come with it. if you're habitual offender, the price of poker goes up, so to speak. obviously because of the things that have transpardd with the spygate and all that transpired before new england in this regard has to kind of take their medicine saying, if people are skeptical of our response right now, it's because of our past history. >> all right. so if a pitcher scuffs up a ball, puts vaseline on a ball tar on a ball, gets caught cheating, penalty. penalty here $25,000. loss of a potential draft pick. what do you say it should be? >> well, i think it has to be in conjunction with what went before. it was a half million dollar

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savages in the back? sunday school number three. answer, jesus wouldn't put any soldiers' lives in harm's way in the first place because they wouldn't have sent them to iraq. jason redman shawn parnell and author of the reaper nick irving is with us. how are you? >> pretty good. >> how do you respond to that? the way he diminishes what you do that saves lives. we all know he's a disgusting slob. but now he just wants to rub salt in a wound. >> when he starts to bring religion into it i'm a religious guy, and i believe that thou shalt not kill me first. jesus wouldn't send us there, read the old testament. i don't think i'm over there to just murder people. >> indiscriminately. >> i'm there to protect lives. i'm making sure that my mom does not get a phone call at 3:00 a.m. saying that your son won't be home.

>> the fact you know shawn that he wants to politicize this and get more attention, it seems he wants this battle. to relit gate the iraq war. >> he's certainly doubling down on his comments. it just looks like he's saying this stuff to get headlines now. every time i hear these statements from michael moore, it's just affirming his own power as unprofessionalism, and entrenches the trauma our veterans have to deal with on a day-to-day basis. having said that the classless comments and they're deeply insensitive to chris' family taya and her kids are still grieving the loss of their father and husband. him making these types of comments isn't making it any easier on the family. if you don't have anything nice to say, just don't say it. hate the war fine. but don't hate the soldiers who sacrifice so much to fight them.

>> jay, have you spoken to any of the family? have you spoken to the family anybody? what's their reaction? i know they've given out statements they're overwhelmed at the success of the movie. michael moore has the right to say what he wants. i would love to see him say this in a muslim country a radical islamist country we wouldn't say there, or else there would be consequences, right, jay? >> you're absolutely right. the reality is, we're beating a dead horse. michael moore and bill maher, they make their living making inflammatory comments getting people incited. the service member that fought and enabled you to achieve the american dream. the collective net worth of michael moore, bill maher and seth rogen is $102 million. i stand against the war to save troops' lives. today, we're losing 22 veterans a day.

my nonprofit we support wounded warriors through pride power and piece. we set a budget of $1 million to fight against these veteran suicides. so i have a challenge to you guys. i'm trying to raise # million to save troops' lives. put your money where your mouth is. help me save troops' lives. show the american people you believe in the sacrifice that enabled your american dream and go to wounded warrior.org and make that donation. >> good point. nick, one of the things the poignant point in the movie is when bradley cooper playing chris kyle, you know, says i'm going to count for every shot i took. you did this. this is your -- this is what you were trained to do. >> mm-hmm. >> do you ever think about it from the moral aspect that you have to do this to save other people's lives, and protect our freedoms? >> that's all i think about. i don't think about the target. i'm thinking about the guys that -- who's on the ground getting shot and needs that. >> you see the big picture. the guy that's about to kill the people that you're there to protect. >> yes.

>> so you have to make a decision, either i kill him, or those people are going to die. >> exactly. i would rather put a round in that enemy target than watching one of my brothers die. i've seen that happen. and i don't want to see that again. >> guys, thank you so much for being with us. appreciate it. coming up next tonight here on "hannity" -- >> up to two feet of snow is now expected in the new york city metro area. there's little doubt severe weather events are becoming more frequent in the united states. many scientists think that there's a direct link between severe weather and climate change. >> oh, boy. the snow's climate change the ice age is coming, global warming, hysteria. as people are preparing for last night's winter storm which never really came, some on the left used the situation to try and push their radical global warming agenda. we're going to separate fact from fiction coming up next.

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welcome back to "hannity." new york city got off easy while people across the northeast were preparing for the worst, some in the mainstream media and on the left were using the looming storm to try to push an agenda, a global warming agenda. watch this. >> the very strong winds that

will be associated with this storm in the next couple days, these could be connected to climate change. >> there's little doubt severe weather events are becoming more frequent in the united states. many scientists think there is a direct link between severe weather and climate change. >> you've been fighting the good fight on climate change. we can see crazy climate here. >> al sharpton fighting the good fight on climate change? here's reaction. chief meteorologist from weather bell.com former congressman and fox news contributor, joe kucinich joe you're a weather geek. you know every storm that has ever taken place. i grew up on long island. this is like every storm i remember as a kid. is this related to any type of climate change, global warming, global cooling, or is this hysteria? >> absolutely not, it's part of a package. in fact how long before this

storm occurred was i e-mailing you about it privately? the week before letting you know. the fact of the matter is this was a predictable system overall. the end game of it got real tough around new york city 50 miles further west and it would have blasted new york city. but it was a pretty easy storm to see coming. i might as well tell you, the next couple of weeks across the united states, get ready, winter is just hitting its stride now. you can see it by linking patterns of the past. and you can see it in the path. >> in the 19 v 1970s, time magazine said the next ice age is coming. then, became global warming. now, climate change so snow, this global warming. if it doesn't, there is climate change. if there is a hurricane, not a hurricane. is this reality? are we responsible?

>> it's the climate change that occur occurs and the increase of one mol yiecule of c 02 is going to offset the events of sun, and ocean. if you believe that if you can look at it camera and say i do believe that, then we need to talk. >> dennis? >> well, first of all, there is no dispute that human activity has adverse affect on the climate over a long period of time we have to look at what's happening here. it's warmer. we understand that there is global warming we know that warmer atmosphere holds more moisture. then it cools and water vapor is converted into more snow.

>> did you tell me the last 15 years have been warmer or colder? >> we have turned colder. and adjust the data and actually shows a the specific what it's like in 2007, like it did in the 1950s that temperatures are starting to drift down. >> no. let me just say -- >> dennis? go ahead >> yes. first of all 2014 was the highest year on record. >> it's not true. >> ten warmest years have been since 97. third, heavy storms increased by 70% in six years. it's national climate assessment. here is a map. >> that is false.

>> throughout the century, 31% increase in the northwest. >> you might be a great weatherman but not a climate scientist i >> i use climb tolling as a foundation for weather. you come from ohio . what happened january 26, 1978 in your state? >> like i remember because i was mayor? >> okay. you were mayor. right? >> i remember well. >> do you know how that storm right there -- >> look. there is a lake-effect. and the lake-effect >> look. that is -- that is not the -- >> that is not the -- >> we're going to have to leave it there. >> that is nonsense the storm came out of the gulf of mexico. >> you don't know what you're talking about. >> lake-effect snow. >> yeah. you asked dick goddard about that storm.

that is the most-absurd thing i've ever heard. >> coming up good news and tonight's question of the day. and this. >> here is the president meeting with the -- >> republicans, grinchs launching fists full of coal. >> another rendition of sharpton versuses a teleprompter as we continue, straight ahead.

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>> harsh winter weather churns we'll want to see something that might just cheer you up. enjoy the fourth installment of al sharpton verses the teleprompter. >> i've had my share of prompter issues. >> republicans grinchs, launching fists full of coal. >> priceless. for the question of the day, do you think politicians are using storms like the one yesterday to

push a global warming agenda? of course they are. what do you think? that is all the time we have tonight. thanks for joining us we'll see you back here tomorrow night. od night from washington. see you tomorrow. "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight. >> i can go in cognito. i'm going to jump into this race. incognito for me mean nos makeup. >> it can't be met because met ran and failed. he failed. >> the presidential race off to a very early and flamboyant start. tonight we'll analyze the contenders, and charles krauthammer will make a prediction. michael moore now bringing jesus into the "american sniper" debate. very disturbing. we'll tell you what's going on. also ahead, is it legal for a minnesota school district spending thousands of