the nfl can't pay taxes. that has al sharpton written all over it. that's my "off the record" comment tonight. thanks for breaking tonight, a big gun in intel com breaking tonight. a big intel turns on his boss. declaring, quote, you cannot defeat an enemy you do not admit exists. good evening and welcome to "the kelly file." michael flynn is the head of the defense intelligence agency. the dia. he is a brother to the cia. he was just retired and now sounding off. "the daily beast" is detailing how he told a washington conference that this administration is unwilling to admit the scope of islamic extremism and calling the approach well intentioned but paralyzing for the people trying to help win this fight. he did not hold back. and flynn is not the only one sounding the alarm.

as two four-star generals retired and one of whom designed the surge strategy to de teat al-qaeda in iraq. he took to the floor of the u.s. congress today with a dire and frabbing assessment.estion i believe, is political islamic in our best interest. violent jihadist terrorists cannot be permitted to take refuge behind false religious garb and unwilling to define this threat with the clarity it deserves. >> radical islam as much as nazism and communism ideologically driven with a major security challenges of the 20th century radical islam is the major security challenge of our generation. u.s. policymakers refuse to accurately name the movement as radical islam. we choose further not to define it nor explain its ideology. most critical, we have no comprehensive strategy to stop it or defeat it.

>> joining me chairman of the institute of study of war. chief of staff for the army. general, good to see you tonight. i read your entire testimony. it was a devastating assessment of how we got to the place we are now. you put on the map the spread of radical islam. under this president in various regions, talk about iran its growth to power, isis and its birth and expansion, and al qaeda, and its expansion under this president, and at the end you a tribute this to a failed straj and an unwillingness, to blame, identify and be real about the enemy we face, which is -- >> radical islam, absolutely. you know, the harsh reality is is that the -- this administration, it was happening in the middle east with the strategic surprise of the arab

spring, and as opposed to engaging that, because the people wanted political reform, saw justice and economic opportunity, nobody was demonstrating for a jihad or radical islam, they disengaged to that. but the radical islamists, they used meghan the arab spring as an accelerant g=z take advantage of the political upheaval and social chaos, so they could advantage themselves and gain influence and control in these areas. and that's why that map looks like that in northern africa and western africa, and middle east and spreads all the way to south asia as well. radical islam has increased four-fold in five years. isis ten times since 2011 when it only numbered 3,000. and iran has influence in the capital, or control of beirut lebanon, baghdad, iraq and now yemen. and now gaza in israel.

>> you went through in your testimony the number of either missed opportunities or just general reticence to get involved when we could have made a real difference in stifling this growing cancer. you talk about iran. you talked about obviously iraq and isis and told a very interesting anecdote, because you helped a lot in iraq. you were the man who designed the surge strategy. i know you're very humble about this, but you did it, that won that conflict. and you talked about how in 2008, you were made privy to communications from the enemy from al qaeda, in iraq about where they stood then before president obama decided to pull all the troops out. tell us what you told the lawmakers today. >> i did many assessments for general petraeus in iraq for the surge period in '07 and '08 and a little in '09 as well. the intercepts we got on al qaeda, talking to each other

and al qaeda in iraq, communicating to al qaeda central in pakistan don't send any more brothers. this war is over. we have lost. and they said it multiple times in different phrases, over three or four message intercepts that we had. they had admitted that defeat. that they were done. we pulled the troops out, totally in 2011. a week after the last troops left, general kaslan told me, he was the commander in charge then in december, the week after that the first bombs began to go off in downtown baghdad, and they continued ever since. obviously they moved into syria and back into iraq. the other opportunity meghan is in libya. we opposed gadhafi. we had a moderate regime friendly to the united states. they wanted one thing from us help us produce an effective security force so we can deal with the armed militants. we refused. as a result of that, they tried

to kill the uk ambassador they killed our ambassador they burned our consulate to the ground. now they are dominating libya in its entirety. the radical islamist movement. we refuse to assist them. imagine that. we did the same thing with the free syrian army. meghan, our viewers may forget, when the moderate rebels were in the streets against assad like people were doing in egypt assad came down heavy on them, but the rebels had so many, they gained the momentum. >> there was a chance to help sort of the doctor/lawyer rebels, when they were pushing against assad and we blew it. we set red lines we let them cross. you laid it out. but we missed opportunities to stifle, as i say, this cancer of radical islamic jihadists. and the question is why? one of the things that flynn said today is that the belief

now of some of the administration is, passivity is less likely to provoke. doesn't that get to the very heart of it? >> that's part of it. i have my own expression. i say to this administration it's been paralyzed by the fear of adverse consequences in the middle east. driven by the realities by the war in iraq and afghanistan. so they're totally handcuffed in terms of establishing a strategy, a vision, and a desire to solve the problems that are put on the table in front of them. the good thing that's happening now, meghan, and i think the catalyst of the tragedy in paris, france, there are a lot of people who are looking at this now as a result of the beheadings that took place, that isis did with the americans and others, and people are questioning this. the testimony today before the senate armed services committee, it was quite stunning in this fact. there was bipartisan support, i don't want to speak for everybody, but i think admiral

fallon would agree with me, there was bipartisan support that we don't have a strategy to deal with this menace that's growing in front of us and we better put something together to deal with it. >> general keene i read your entire testimony. you said to those today about all the generals testifying before them, we are very direct, we are very straightforward, and we sure as hell are opinionated. and we sure thank you for your service and frank assessment. great to see you, general. >> always good to see you meghan. >> i'll post that sellingment on our facebook page before the show is over. the white house is also coming under fire over its decision to give a get out of jail early card to an admitted al qaeda member, purportedly for good behavior while in jail. now a report of a prisoner swap. our next guest is demanding answers from the administration. congressman duncan hunter is a member of the house armed services committee. congressman, i had ken on the

show last night, and i asked her, do we let this bad guy, almari, out of prison early for good behavior in the jail as part of a swap because qatar has some americans we want. and here's what she said. >> there was no proposal on the table. that's not something we would consider. this was not a case where there was a prisoner swap considered, discussed, as a part of any of these deals. >> no proposal on the table. does that answer it for you? >> no absolutely not. you know this isn't just america frozen, this is a sign that the release of almari a logistics operator, an al qaeda logistics operator that when an fbi buddy of ours heard about this, let's put it this way, you can't say what he said on television. this is the guy that provides the bad guys with all the weapons they need, with the support that they need with the money that they need. he's one of the most dangerous kinds of al qaeda terrorists

because he supplies all the other 18-year-old islamic terrorists with what they need to wage war. this is america in retreat. this isn't just as you and general keene just said america frozen. this is what you do when you're in retreat. when you retreat back within your walls, and you try to pacify our enemies they'll never be pacified. but you try to pacify them by giving back their enemy combatants and say please just leave us alone. what we've done, we just put this guy back on the battlefield where all the fbi analysts, all the cia operatives, all of the military personnel, all the people that have military over in iraq or afghanistan right now fighting for this country we just said, we're going to put this guy back on the battlefield so he can aid and abet islamic terrorists and try to kill your son, your brother your sister. that's what we just did. >> he behaved well in prison, though. >> yeah, it's funny. it's ludicrous we would treat him like he just robbed a

mcdonald's and turned to jesus christ in jail and we're letting him off for good behavior. that's not what happened. he probably turned a lot more people to rad cam islam while? jail. >> how concerned are you that he may not be the last? >> oh no, say that again? >> how many more are there like almari who are in u.s. prisons? >> i don't know of any of them. >> at least have them serve out the full sentence that was already arguably a slap on the wrist. >> i don't know of any more like him. i think he might have been the only one from what we've heard. who knows what the administration does. we don't know. they haven't been open about this. we didn't even know he was released until the administration released them and then announced his release so we couldn't condemn it or stop it. we're talking about it after he's already in qatar. this was a hostage exchange. connect dots here. >> i know. the state department they wouldn't be too explicit but they said it wasn't technically

a prisoner swap. i'm out of time so we have to leave it at that. thank you, congressman for being here. growing tension between the obama white house and benjamin netanyahu. political allies now actually helping the israelis who want to defeat mr. netanyahu at the polls. i thought they didn't want to interfere in the elections. three presidential candidates took on the biggest issue of the threat to america this weekend. dana perino is here to show us how that turned out. lieutenant dan goes after dean after he insulted americans who went to see american sniper. wait until you see what mr. dean is saying tonight. >> i'm ready.

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new reports a top operative

who helped president obama win election is now involved in israel's campaign trying to oust benjamin netanyahu. the obama campaign strategist who could break the israeli elections wide open. the strategist in question is jeremy bird, a man dubbed the obama campaign field gem who helped build the nationwide army of staffers and volunteers for president obama. the kelly file confirmed he has teamed up working on the side of those would want to, quote change the status quo there. bring change to the government. mark is a former chief speechwriter for president bush, and a fox news contributor. mark this group is clearly pushing to get rid of benjamin netanyahu and his government. and that's just not long after they -- this guy worked to secure barack obama's

reelection. coincidence? >> absolutely. it's a week after. president obama officials said benjamin netanyahu said he would pay a price going directly to congress on sanctions. this is a guy who ran their entire get out the vote effort in the 2012 election, is working in israel to oust prime minister benjamin netanyahu from office. maybe that's a coincidence. it's true the campaign operate i was go to foreign countries in off-seasons. but it works in the context of first these threats, all these anonymous threats going out there from people -- the state department just recently, a source close to secretary kerry said he might lose his enthusiasm for defending israel because of what netanyahu is doing. it turns out the group that has hired this guy to oust netanyahu to change the status quo, as they call it has received funding from the state department. they list the state department as one of their partners.

>> but basically this group has taxpayer money, and now they're working with other group to try to get rid of netanyahu. the question is whether this is a big coincidence, or whether it puts the lie to as the critics would say, the obama administration's current claims that we don't want to interfere in the israeli elections. i asked jen again about that claim last night, about why you don't want to interfere, not going to meet with benjamin netanyahu when he comes to america? he's kind of an important man that he's worried about, something we're also worried about, iran. and here's a little bit about that exchange. >> the reason they're not meeting with president netanyahu is it's close to the election and we feel it comes too close to the border of intervening in the election. how can we suspend our discussions with prime minister netanyahu just because they're going to have an election in israel soon. >> we're not suspending our conversations. we have ongoing dialogue with

israeli officials, including the prime minister. every day. having a meeting in the white house, in the oval office is a big difference. >> why can't secretary kerry meet with him? at state? why does it have to be in the oval office? >> we made a decision it wasn't appropriate. how close it is. >> it's not like the state department is sending this guy over. the only connection to the state department is they funded a group that is funding a group that's trying to oust netanyahu. >> sure. but josh earnest this is what he said. the administration goes to great lengths we don't even give the appearance of interfering or attempting influence the outcome of a democratically held election in other countries. does having a obama field operative go out there and run the campaign does netanyahu give the appearance of interfering? would he be doing this if he thought it was going against the interests of barack obama? he knows that barack obama hates netanyahu. and would be very happy to see

his government replaced. but the interesting about this meghan, is all of this stuff all these anonymous threats, sending their operatives out to defeat netanyahu, it back fires on them. because the fact is barack obama's popular in israel is plummeting. recent poll shows only 33% approval of obama and 22% trust him on iran. so when the obama administration has all these anonymous quotes saying they're going to get netanyahu and make a big deal about coming to congress and snub him all of this helps netanyahu netanyahu. he's standing up to the guy who doesn't want to protect israel against a nuclear iran. i don't see how this helps their cause. >> he's in a tight race out there. so we'll continue to follow that, too. mark, good to see you. >> thanks, meghan. obamacare is already an issue for 2016. tonight we'll speak with the man explosive new book on the law. did you see the "60 minutes" piece featuring steven bril.

he's here with an eye opening report. after entire cities were shut down the big blizzard fizzled for a big part of the east coast. but don't blame the forecastsers for the drama. do you think!@olitical leaders went too far in shutting down a city its transit system go to facebook.com/the kelly file or go to twitter, follow me at meghan kelly, take the poll and stay tuned for our next guest who feels the nanny state is getting a little out of control.

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breaking tonight extreme weather alert still in effect for parts of new england as the snow is still coming down there. we're getting reports that a big concern now is coastal flooding.

wind gusts in eastern massachusetts topping 70 miles an hour, flooding roads and homes. but most of new york city new jersey and connecticut escaped the brunt of the storm. now local and state leaders are facing a blizzard of criticism for closing roads parking trains, and so on. >> everything we know so far makes clear, you can't underestimate this storm. >> the bottom line is we got lucky. >> this is not a storm to take lightly. >> it wasn't as bad as had been predicted or had been projected. >> joining me now, john editor of commentary magazine "new york post" columnist and contributing editor of the weekly standard. good to see you. you wrote a column saying this is a nanny state. what are you talking about? huge storm our leaders have a responsibility to keep us safe. >> look, new york, snow falls every year. new york city is a city in the

northern part of the united states. snow's been falling -- i grew up here, there were huge snowstorms every three or four years. the subways ran -- >> for 100 years. >>'' 101 years, 111 years, the subways have been running without being shut down. last night they were shut down for no good reason. so the governor andrew cuomo, could show he was taking charge he was going to do something. he wasn't going to let this storm, you know, hurt anybody. and that's crazy. this is snow. >> somebody tweeted out last night, it's called winter. >> it is winter. >> but you think he did it for ulterior motives? he's not just randomly trying to assert his leadership skills? he's in crisis right now? >> he is in crisis. the second ranking democrat in new york state sheldon silver the lead figure in the assembly, has been arrested and charged on corruption charges. >> right.

>> an investigation started by governor andrew cuomo, and then ended by andrew cuomo in the middle of the last year. >> in the middle of the investigation. >> in the middle of the investigation. he killed it. the u.s. attorney picked it up charged silver, and now the entire democratic party in new york state is in terrible danger. >> these politicians are getting sort of more bullish in their -- in the nanny state's approach. >> i like to call it the hall monitor state, like the guys in high school, your classmates and would say, you're not allowed to walk on this side of the corridor. >> you are not the boss of me. >> they are not the boss -- this is a self-governing society. if you want to go outside when it's snowy and slippery that's fine. mayor de blasio of new york city spent a minute warning people not to go outside to go to the corner store to buy some eggs because they might slip and fall. we're his boss. he is not our boss. i don't need to hear from my

mayor that i'm not supposed to go outside when it's snowing. >> first responders if you did slip and fall he said that would endanger them. >> there are 8 million people in new york city. they shut down the subway. the entire city is basically shut down today. that's hundreds of millions of dollars of lost revenue. this is the most important city in the world economically. basically, it was shut down on the orders of two politicians. that is not -- >> power trip. >> on a power trip. >> john i read your column all the time. your last name is tough to say. follow him on twitter. very funny. great to see you. >> thanks. >> we want to know what you think. do you think the political leaders went too far? facebook.com/the kelly file or follow me on twitter. take the poll and let us know what you think. about 40% right now say hindsight is 20/20. breaking tonight joan rivers' daughter, melissa, has filed a lawsuit over her

mother's death. wait until you see what she alleges the doctors were doing when her mother was dying. brand-new details. plus three potential presidential candidates took on the issue of the biggest threat to america this weekend. dana perino is here next to show you how that turned out. >> look the castros are brutal dictators. the human rights there, a totalitarian regime. >> we tried for 50 years and it hadn

we're allowing iran to continue building centrifuges and enriching uranium. they've been negotiating for two years. this is the worst negotiation in the history of mankind. >> at this pace in five years we're going to build a bomb for them. that's the direction this is going. >> are you ready to send ground

troops into iran? are you ready to bomb them? >> interesting right? ted cruz, marco rub yoio and rand paul talking there. co-host of "the five," she's with me now. this tended to focus more on foreign policy because that's where they differed more. let's start with rand paul. he differs a lot from the other gop hopefuls and many believe that will sink him in getting the nomination. >> so interesting in that relaxed setting they're able to talk like they were talking in a living room. it didn't feel very presidential. this is a time you start to define yourself, sort of loosely. when it comes to rand paul, i think that there are some people in the republican primary world that would say, his foreign policy is too cold. ted cruz, maybe too hot.

the question is could rubio actually be just right. that's what they were trying to decide. this is an interesting group. it's not grass roots. they're strict libertarians, the koch brothers. it was a serious conference. and foreign policy really is the only place that you can get some differences on economic policy domestic policy. so far there's not a lot of change. when it comes to foreign policy if you're a republican you're looking at where do i sit with these different approaches? >> i realize that the republican party is getting a stronger libertarian strain than it has before. is it so strong now that somebody like rand paul could convince conservatives about the world to vote for ted cruz? >> i do not think so. i think that is quite untested. people are sort of testing the waters with that. once you get closer to what would that look in the real world, then you get a difference. i think americans are looking for, not just republicans, but everyone we grew up believing

america is a force for good in the world. america is exceptional. and america has to be on offense in order to protect ourselves and other freedom-loving people around the world. that, i think, makes the difference when it comes to the primary voters. i don't think an isolationist view would fit that. >> i have one more question for you. you worked for george w. bush. you admire him greatly. and you can give a hundred examples of why we should admire him as well. who do you think is most like george w. bush in this race, and if it's jeb bush, give me -- >> am i trying to help or hurt this person? i'm not sure. i don't know. because i think when people look at george w. bush in 2000 when he's running for president, one of the things he said was that was very persuasive to people for is, i'm not for nation building. you get into the office, all of a sudden he's 9/11. he writes in his book, my world

view changed. >> do you think the younger brother has the same character as the older brother? >> i think they're cut from the same cloth, but i think they're two very different people. they know jeb is going to have to explain how he is different. just like hillary clinton would say, i'm different from my husband. but i think the conventional wisdom right now is this race is really up for grabs on the republican side. >> fascinating to hear charles krauthammer put most of his money on marco rubio. >> it's all wide open. >> so exciting. dana, great to see you. >> thank you. a similar political event in iowa this weekend. several other potential republican candidates were discussing the challenges facing this country, including obamacare. >> i don't believe in taking the most important thing a person has, which is their health, and their health care, and putting it in the hands of the government. everything about obamacare was a lie. it was a filthy lie.

>> when will they listen to conservatives, that we the people, instead of listening in on our phone calls. and how will they ax obamacare? >> we get the senseless obstacles of washington out of the way. we need to repeal every word of obamacare! >> our next guest has a new book out, and he says obamacare did not do a thing to help make health care more affordable to drive down the costs. author of america's bitter pill, money, politics back room deals and the fight to fix our health care system. i don't have time to go through all of his credentials, but they're impressive. "60 minutes" did a long piece using you as their primary expert. the back room deals were ultimately bad for the

taxpayers. what about the claims by the administration that this law has driven the cost of health care down. >> they haven't even claimed that. what they've claimed is slowered the increase -- >> not rising as quickly as it otherwise would have. >> and all the stats they've used are for the year before obamacare went into effect, before the exchange was started. it's not really relevant. more important, if you read the law, as you used to do in your prior life, if you read the statute, except for a few paragraphs at the edges there's nothing in the law that is intended to kit cut the costs. >> and it doesn't you talk about in the book because there were too many people who had money at stake who had a lot of influence over the players in washington, big pharma. >> this is sort of the ultimate in crony capitalism. the pharmaceutical industry made its deals. the medical device makers made their deals. the so-called nonprofit hospitals, which as i point out in the book are usually

profitable, they made their deal. >> because they could not get this through without the support of those t >> right. they actually supported it. the good news is more people have access to health care. the bad news is the price is still way, way too high, except this time the taxpayers have to pay the price, because the taxpayers are subsidizing all this new health care that people got. >> as an individual, you might say, hey, great, i don't have to pay quite as much. but as the american taxpayers go, they got the short end. >> as an individual, you are going to pay more, because the law does nothing to help you if you have a private insurance policy. your deductibles are still going to go up every year. your co-pays and co-insurance is going to go up every year because all the prices are going up. your employer is going to say, we can't keep paying these high premiums, so you have to dig into your pocket. >> is this sustainable? these back room deals led to, to be charitable affecting all the

health care of the american people. is it sustainable with the cost still rising? >> i don't think it is. we cannot continue to be a country that spends 18% to 20% of our gross domestic product on health care when all the countries we compete with spend half of that. and have the same results. it's not like their care is worse. they have the same results. they just spend less. because they don't spend what we spend on the prescription drugs. they don't have this -- the farce of so-called nonprofit hospitals. >> that was part of the deal. you point out in the piece in your book, that we didn't get medical malpractice reform we didn't get the opportunity to buy cheaper drugs from canada. we didn't get the opportunity to allow certain drugs to be more generally available after 12 years, and so on. so the protections for the consumer on the costs are almost nil. why did president obama do it? i know he needed the support of the groups. but this law has made such a mess now. >> he basically made a choice

the same choice that governor romney made in massachusetts. which is, there are two things you can do with health reform. you can get more coverage for people, or you can control the costs. he was told you can get more coverage and you can control the costs. and that's not true. it's not true with obamacare any more than it was with romney. >> does the law implode on itself? >> i think the costs become unsustainable both for the families of america and the taxpayers of america. >> wow. steven brill, good luck with the book. >> thanks for having me. >> good to see you. after howard dean insulted the millions who saw the film "american sniper," lieutenant dan, gary sinisee had tough words for him. melissa announces big news in her search for justice after her mother's death. her dramatic in you claims in the lawsuit she's now bringing, next.

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if my book ever looked like this, it would mean that nobody wants me that everything i ever tried to do in life didn't work. nobody cared, and i've been totally forgotten. >> poor joan. what a testament to how joan rivers lived her life. and tonight more than four months after the unexpected death of the comedienne, her

daughter melissa files a multimillion dollar lawsuit against the clinic and doctors who were there at the time of her death. making some dramatic new claims about what melissa says was the negligence that killed the beloved star last november. mark, i know you were actually on "the view" not too long ago with joan and melissa. and you believe that melissa truly has a case. >> absolutely. you know, you read this lawsuit, and doctors failed her miserably. they performed a procedure that she didn't give consent to do. secondly, they had doctors who weren't credentialed in that room. and when her vital signs deteriorated doctors treated her like a celebrity. they were taking photos with her instead of performing procedures that would have saved her life. >> she went in there to have --

>> that should have been performed. >> she went in to have -- take a look. her voice is getting raspier. but while she was in there, the head of the clinic brought in rivers' personal ear, nose and throat doctor into the room to perform an unauthorized biopsy of her wind pipe. why did they do that? do we know why they would do that? >> no. the point is they needed her permission. they didn't get it. and the anesthesiologist at one point said guys, stop. we've got problems here. doctors continued to go forward and perform the procedure. you're going to have doctors pointing fingers at each other. >> how are they going to get out of this, arthur? because they're suing her -- the company that partially owns the clinic her personal physician who was there, and three anesthesiologists. >> mark touched on it and what i don't understand is there is a cooperator. where are they getting all this information about the conversations that took place? >> it's going to be a nurse in

the room, a technician. >> correct. and then there's going to be five doctors who are very, very well thought of, who are going to say, absolutely not. we did not do this. this was an 81-year-old woman. >> there's a picture of this personal doctor with joan rivers performing some procedure on her, on the phone of somebody else in the procedure room it's a problem. >> correct. but what you have right now is a summons and complaint. all it is is, melissa rivers' side of the story. the doctors will have their high-powered lawyers and say that's not accurate, no that's not true. it's going to be a real battle. >> arthur's absolutely right. these lawsuits generally are difficult. especially because these doctors are going to have great lawyers. however, there are certain things they can't get around. propofol, which killed michael jackson, was allegedly administered to rivers not at the beginning of the procedure, but as her heart rate her pulse, her vital signs were plummeting, she was given that.t%

apparently that is a no-no. a tremendous red flag. >> look, meghan the thing that bothers me is if she wasn't joan rivers, just jo ann rivera no lawyer would take this case. she's an 81-year-old woman. >> i can't agree with that. number one, i think she may have lived, because sometimes doctors get very freaked out when they work on celebrities and don't behave up to standards. but secondly you saw the clip we bumped in with. joan rivers was going to work until she died of natural causes. she would have gone on for years if she could. >> but what the law says is, how long is she going to live. one more year. she's 81. the average of a woman in new york is 82. no, no, that's what -- >> arthur -- >> that's what will come up in the courtroom. >> she had millions of earning capacity still left. she was never going to stop working. >> she wasn't going to keep living forever. >> i predict a settlement,

undisclosed. good to see you. howard dean, doubling down tonight after insulting millions of americans who went to see "american sniper." gary sinise, lieutenant dan, has an epic comeback, next.

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you're such a great father. >> you're not worried about what might happen? >> i'm willing to meet my creator.

and ask for every shot that i took. >> don't pick it up. drop it. >> that is from the blockbuster oscar nominated movie "american sniper." still breaking box office records and still getting insults from some on the far left. including former governor howard dean who stepped in it again today. new details on that. trace? >> reporter: meghan, howard dean is now apologizing to veterans but not to what he calls right-wing nut jobs. "american sniper" has grossed $200 million. howard dean's money isn't part of that because he hasn't seen the film. but he still commented. >> there's a lot of anger in this country and the people who go to see this movie are people who are very angry. this guy basically says i'm going to fight on your side. i think there's some -- i bet you if you looked at a

cross-section of the tea party and the people who see this movie, there's a lot of intersection. >> but though who analyze the box office demographics tell a different story. 43% of the audience is women. 37% under the age of 25. well-known hollywood conservative gary sinise had a more direct response to dean asking simply what the hell are you talking about? he writes in part, quote do you suggest everyone at warner brothers is angry because they released the film, that clint eastwood jason hall bradley cooper and the rest of the cast and crew are angry because they made the film? chris kyle's story deserved to be told. it helps to communicate the toll that the war on terror has made on our defenders. michael moore made his way back into the "american sniper" conversation. he even went on facebook to talk about his huge support of the military yet posted this tweet. quoting, tomorrow is sunday

school. what would jesus do? oh i know what he'd do hide on top of a roof and shoot people in the back. meghan? >> unbelievable. gary sinise has done so much for veterans. you can understand how that touched a nerve. coming up on hanity -- >> if you were going to give me odds of you running what are the odds? >> 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'5@)e%@%@%d3@3@

about 70% say we are in a nanny state now. line congratulations. now, news. hello everyone, it's 5:00 in new york city and this is "the five." well the predictions for new york city were dire. >> this will most likely be one of the largest blizzards in the history of new york city. this is not going to be like other snowstorms. prepare for something worse than we have seepn before. >> but after all the catastrophic warnings, the dooms day forecasts the blizzard barely blue through at all. the fact is meteorologists blew it. so did the climate change