ame. they need to start debating now and don't go home until you are finished. that's my off-the-record. good night. the o'reilly factor from l.a. is on. tonight: >> executing people, pouring gasoline? why don't they get nun over there and start pouring gasoline on her. >> pressuring the obama administration to do something about the isis killers. today the president asked congress to declare war, kind of. we'll have a special report. >> he has no credibility left and neither will nbc if they bring him back. >> this show doesn't deserve an even slightly restless host and neither do you. >> brian williams out at nbc. jon stewart out at comedy central. we will advance both of these stories tonight. >> marriage is between a man and a woman. and no group be they gays, be they nambla, they don't

get to change the definition. >> also ahead dr. ben carson reacts to the southern poverty law center calling him an extremist. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the from california. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ hi, i'm bill o'reilly. reporting tonight from los angeles. thanks for watching us. why the brian williams story is important for america. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. as educated viewers, you guys know that the founding fathers gave the press special privileges they did that so reporters could keep an eye on powerful politicians and others who might cause harm to the folks. founders were wise to do that i just wish the press was half as responsible as the men who forged the nation. poll last year by gallup says only 40% of americans now tress the mass media.

down from 54% in 2003. the reason many americans hold the press in contempt is two fold, first ideology, it's perfectly fine for commentators like me to give my opinion about events. that's what i'm paid to do. the factor is clearly an opinion program. just like the editorial page of a newspaper. but when hard news people deceive their viewers and readers to advance a political agenda, that's when the nation gets hurt: and to brian williams the anchorman for the nbc nightly news. every day about 9 million people watch them report the events of the day. mr. williams was successful, beating out abc and cbs news. exaggerate stories. nbc had to suspend him for six months. it wasn't just the iraq helicopter deal. mr. williams apparently misreported other situations as well. for example, nbc won a peabody award for its coverage of hurricane katrina in new orleans. mr. williams was a big part of that. subsequently he said he was

attacked by gangs, gangs in the ritz carlton hotel. talking points was suspicious of the story and so was the "the washington post." yesterday, i talked with post reporter terrence mccoy who has been investigating. >> i'm reflecting what the hotel manager said in her assessment of brian williams when she said that he misremembered that gangs were inside the hotel. >> how can he misremember -- you are a reporter, mr. mccoy, i'm not trying to give you a hard time here. i appreciate you coming on. how you can misremember there are gangs in a hotel? you can't. it's impossible. if there are gangs, there are gangs. if there aren't, there aren't. according to your article the manager ever the ritz carlton hotel clearly said there were no gangs in my hotel. where did i get it wrong? >> what happened with the hotel. >> mr. mccoy, did the manager of the hotel tell you or not tell you that there were gangs in her hotel? >> no, the manager of the hotel said there were no gangs in the hotel. >> okay. and that's the same information we have. brian williams said he was

rescued from gangs by new orleans police officer named matthew pink cuss but he was not rescued from gangs. so combining that with the iraq deal wimsz had to go. but nbc news has other problems as well. one of their foreign correspondents said this about the "american sniper" chris kyle. >> some people describe racist tendencies as iraqis and muslims as he was going on killing sprees in iraq on assignment. so i think there are issues. >> wait a minute, killing sprees? cries kyle was going on killing sprees? >> when he was involved in his on assignments. >> right. >> in terms of what he was doing. >> right. >> a lot of the description that has come out from his book and some of the terminology that he has used. >> right. >> people have described as racist. >> now a group of military people demanding that mr. he apologize as he should.

he is a hard news reporter and killing spree and racist while he was in the iraq war theater. look, every news organization makes mistakes. but those mistakes are eroding the confidence of americans in the press. with few constraints on the net, it's extremely important that the national media stop the corruption. and begin telling the truth without an agenda. i get the "new york times" every morning. that paper has tremendous resources. but over the years it's become a left wing enterprise. that's crept into its hard news coverage. i mean, the paper can't even put out on honest best seller list for books without injecting ideology. the stuff has got to stop. now on a personal note some have me for not condemning brian williams. here is what i said on jimmy kimmel monday night. >> anybody looking at the

destruction of this man real happy his career is going down the drain. that disturbs me. he embellished a story. now, again, if it's just one time, he will get by. but if it's a pattern of this, it's going to be hard for him to come back and be the main anchor on nbc. >> so now we know there is a pattern, it's my belief that mr. williams, after the new orleans deal, will not return as the main anchor of nbc. they will find another place for him. i liked laura ingraham's take yesterday. >> i know brian williams a little bit. i used to work at msnbc. he is one of the first people who was frankly, you know, very nice and professional to me there. so he has always been very kind to me personally, but i will say, this it doesn't matter whether i watch whether i want him to be fired, excuse me, it matters like the folks in paducah kentucky think. >> now, that is right on. it's all about what you guys think. if you can't trust the news anchor or commentator, you are north going to watch

that person nbc news made more than $200 million in 213 on the nightly news with mr. williams. that was 30 million more than abc. 50 million more than cbs. so obviously nbc didn't want williams off the air but they had to take him off. if they didn't it would insult you the news viewer. reporting comes with a big responsibility founding fathers made that point very clearly. in return, you, the press must be honest. president john adams got so fed up with the press he tried to shut it down. but the balance of power stopped mr. adams from doing that here on the factor, we are in our 19th season and we have made some mistakes in the past, but very few. we put together an honest broadcast every day. take great pains to present you with information that can be verified. all americans who love their country should think about what has happened to brian williams, should think about

other news agencies that are distorting the facts. we should all open that per verbal network window and yell out we're mad as hell and we're not going to take it anymore. that's the memo. next on the rundown reaction. then later dennis miller has some thoughts on brian williams. also talk with dr. ben carson, have an update on benberg doll. the factor is coming back from california. powders may take days to work. for gentle overnight relief, try dulcolax laxative tablets. ducolax provides gentle overnight relief, unlike miralax that can take up to 3 days. dulcolax, for relief you can count on. oh i'm on the cookie air diet. you just... and that's it. i prefer real food fruit, nuts, and whole grains. great grains cereal starts whole and stays whole. more processed flakes look nothing like natural grains. let's get real.

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continuing with lead story, brian williams out as head of nbc. how americans are processing that joining us from new haven, connecticut the dean of the school of communications at quinnipiac university lee cam lot who used to the head writer for diane sawyer on nbc news. and from baltimore david, a tv critic for the baltimore sun. am i making a mistakes here mr. zerick.

>> what i liked is you stressed the set up within government that the press gets special privileges but with it comes responsibility. and we have really fallen down in terms of those responsibilities. i think that's the larger issue with the brian williams story is credibility and what the press owes to the public. i thought brian williams should have been stripped of his managing editor title how you can have somebody leading the newsroom and the newsroom for the most watched newscast on american television as you said with 9 million viewers a night, most watched nightly newscast and the guy is a self-acknowledged liar. he lied about these events. so for all the high sounding talk from the president of nbc and the chairman of nbc universal yesterday about credibility and trust with their audience, the guy who is running this newscast still as managing editor is a

liar. that is a major problem and it's not just that he lied, bill, it's what he lied abouted in the iraq case in 2003. look at all the soldiers, all the military families that suffer every day, diminished lives because of the scars and the wounds that people suffered honorably on the battlefield. what they get out of that is something that is a little intangible but it's called honor, serving honorably. i think brian williams tried to aappropriate some of that to himself with this lie. and that, to me, how could you ask how could you expect service families watch him without contempt. that's goes back to what you said public having contempt tore the press. >> the iraq thing, the implication there is far beyond the press it does go into honor as you pointed out. how do you see this mr. cam lot.

i want to pick up something what david said about the managing editor title which is something i have a problem with. whenever you vest that much power in one person, both the anchor acting as managing editor, i think that's problematic. and it makes it harder for people who work around you to challenge them on some of their reporting. especially for people who are at several layers down. and, you know, i'm a big believer in editorial process. i think that more eyes on a story the better it is. the fact of the matter is this is a human enterprise and mistakes can be made. >> i don't think that brian williams will come back on any form on the nbc nightly news. might give him a news magazine. might do an entertainment program. might do meet the press. don't be surprised if you see him on meet the press. that show is in trouble ratings wise. i don't think you are going to have to deal with that anymore. now the larger question david, is that press

organizations in their hard news reporting have become somewhat ideological. and that really keys me off. i don't care what the "new york times" says or "the baltimore sun" says on their editorial page or op ed cloms, your column, anybody labeled a columnist. don't give me on hard news reporting and we have documented it here time and time again, don't be slanting that stuff. that's why people are mad at brian williams because they perceived him to be a left winger david. >> well, you know bill what you are talking about is really goes to what was just said about having too much control in one person and not having editorial process. they -- what you are talking about is who selects the stories? how do they get covered? how much air time do they get and all of that is a kind of -- i think some viewers an invisible kind of ideology. it's not overt. but you and i and all of us know in the business know how real it is. >> here's the deal. when fox news comes on the air and the factor comes on the air and says something

about a story because we cover the same stories and it doesn't jive up with what you see on the other networks, you are not giving us the full story. trayvon martin they edited it so that the guy was said a racist thing. all right. and they edited it phoney he didn't say a racist thing. and all of us over here are going what is that? see, this is the bigger picture. you have got to clean that out mr. cam lot or am i wrong. >> no you are right. it's the thing we try to teach the students in the journalism program. i hate to keep coming back to it, but mistakes can be made. >> they are not mistakes though. it comes from the top. and you see the roster of network executives and you see their political leanings david, you know them all. you interview brian williams. >> bill, look, one of the things that outraged me and people thought i wrote about

it too much but i will give you an example and i think it goes to what you are saying. they gave brian williams a prime time news magazine, rock center, which is a big deal. what was one of the things he did? they brought in chelsea clinton at $600,000 a year as a special correspondent and he showcased her. she had not a lick of journalistic training. in fact, on the 2008 campaign trail she wouldn't -- with her mother she wouldn't even talk to the press. and now all of a sudden brian williams and nbc news is going it anoint her as a special correspondent and, you know, when i wrote about that, i had emails from spouses of foreign correspondents for nbc and for abc who told me my husband, my wife doesn't make a third of what she is making and they actually do stand in line of fire, bill. unlike brian williams on this trip. that's the show biz

component combined with the political. because the they hired the bush girls. all of that is a different discussion. the only good thing out of this brian williams thing is that now this issue is front and center. we need to clean up hard news reporting. gentlemen, thanks very much. directly ahead update on the bo bergdahl. president obama trying to figure out the isis threat. then dr. ben carson reacting to being called extremist by the southern poverty law center. those reports after thesed wi messages. e. seriously? alka-seltzer plus cold and cough fights your worst cold symptoms plus your runny nose. oh, what a relief it is. startup-ny. it's working for new york state. already 55 companies are investing

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ice sis. also update on the boberg dal investigation, joining us from atlanta florida colonel david hunt from washington lt. colonel tony shaffer has been our point coverage for bo bergdahl. what's the latest on the bergdahl investigation colonel schaffer? >> latest word is we are looking at a mid march decision and within mid march an announcement of that decision. and, bill, this is a complicated issue in that you have the white house and i saw david axelrod's comments the other night. david is completely miss informed they knew exactly about bo bergdahl's status before they entered the deal with the taliban with that said the pentagon, the white house, and the bergdahl defense team are all trying to push their way through this trying to gain advantage. what you are seeing here is each side all sides trying to basically one up the other for purposes of trying to win the argument. >> i'm sure you noticed that i told david axelrod that that they had to know he was a desserter when he this made the deal we corrected the records there. >> yes. >> it looks to me like they

are trying to figure out how to sell this to the american public so it doesn't damage president obama. that's what it is all about is it not? >> that's what the white house is doing. and i can tell you from talking to the pentagon directly about this bill, is that and i think dave will back me up on this. the pentagon is trying to do what it is. the army is trying to do what it can to be honest. all the pressure here, bill, is come from the white house. let's be very clear about that. >> you concur colonel hunt? >> no. >> this is a four star general who has got paper now on his desk for two and a half, three months. this is a decision he has to make. and then they decide whether it's going to be court martial or not. so all the pressure, this is a combat veteran four star general. >> mille. >> second investigation. he has to make a decision. if he takes the phone calls, he should not thing called command influence this is

inexplicable this is taking this long. >> that's right. you don't disagree with colonel shaffer. you are both on the same side that politics has intruded, but now at least colonel shaffer says mid march is when we will know. all right, now, president obama asking congress for permission to do what colonel hunt? i'm not exactly sure what he is doing here. he wants extension of the war powers act. he wants to have it both ways. he wants politically congress to do what they haven't done for six months since bombing isis to make a decision, go on the record. we are leading the world, we have for 14 years in this war on terror. the problem is isis and we can't get anybody to say boots on the ground. we will not be able to do, have any success just bombing and everybody knows in the middle east we're going to have to help. the problem he wants people to say it with a vote and power to do what he wants as

president. >> he wants congress to say yeah you can put ground troops in there if you want to. there is a little clause in there that says colonel shaffer, no enduring ground presence, which means you can't occupy. but, you know, there is a good silver lining to this story. whether i was interviewing david axelrod on saturday. the strategy the obama administration currently has to defeat isis is a good one. we all know that's garbage, it's a terrible one. >> completely. >> it's awful. we are going to bomb them and train five guys from syria and saudi arabia to come over and make lunch. okay. now, 19% of americans know it they know this is a big charade. it isn't working. the americans like that pour girl killed by these savages. they want something done. that's the good news on this. go, colonel shaffer. >> look, we have got to do things effectively. today his comments bill, were terrible. he said -- this is what he

said weeing going to do this deliberately. that's codes for slow rolling it i talked to my special operation command. whole piece of special operation command being held back. this is the time they should be at the front doing stuff. there is a road to ground troops. the kurds doing great job. won cobainy with virtually no help from us. we need to get in the egyptians and jordanians on our side to be the ground forces we need to use. there is a path forward bill. we have it on our web site. we can do this. it's just that they don't have a clue on how to do it. >> pressure is becoming unrelenting one american held by isis if they kill that person. everybody is getting it now. you can't just let these savages, colonel hunt sit there in mosul, sit there in raqqa. you have got to go get them. now, if it's egyptians, fine if it's jordanians, fine, who is going to organize that? that has to be organized by the u.s.a. last word, colonel hunt.

>> intelligence community and control. there has to be more than just killing them. you have been doing it for 26 years. i get we want to go and kill isis. when they go into syria we have got to have a plan and strategy that takes not just the killing. >> an instinct. >> that has not worked. it has to be total. i don't think we are equipped for it. i don't think we are ready for a total effort. >> i think that if they routed isis the other plan might be able to come together. but there is some urgency to the situation in my humble opinion. gentlemen, thanks very much. >> yes, sir. >> plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. dr. ben carson reaction being labeled extremist by the southern poverty law center. doctor will be here. miller on brian williams and unbelievable interview on msnbc with eric holder. we hope you stay tuned to those reports.

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last night we reported that the southern poverty law center labeled dr. ben carson an extremist. that after he said this. >> marriage is between a man and a woman. it's a well-established, fundamental pillar of society. be they gays be they nambla, be they people who believe in bestiality, it doesn't matter what they are, they don't get to change the definition. >> dr. ben carson, the author of the book one

nation joins us now from borton beach, florida. there is the book. >> i have some good news for you doctor right before air time we got the statement from the southern poverty law center that says you are no longer an extremist. you are off the list. , i was cleansed. >> after we did this story last night they got heavy heat. it's freedom of speech deal. your reaction to the whole situation? >> you know, first of all i want to thank all the people who have spoken up in my behalf. i think it's obviously quite ridiculous. i don't think there is any eequivalence between homosexuality and those other things mentioned. my point was if you change it for one group, you have to change it for another group. i think everybody should have choice. any two consenting adults can have any kind of relationship they want. i wouldn't want to try to impose my view upon them. but i do believe that a

family where there is a mother and a father and loving environment is the best place to raise children. and there are many sociological studies to verify that. >> it's the foundation or it has been of this country that traditional family that works toward common goals. the problem was and you are running for president or considering it. when you mention a nambla or bestiality or whatever, it doesn't matter the context of what you put it in, that the people who don't like you and the southern poverty law center is among those. they don't believe -- they believe in inclusion. everybody should have the same access to marriage. you know, if you were to say well we want to marry three or four people pluralism, fine, they don't care. but once you use nambla, then you give your enemies the ability to distort what you said. and that's what happened

here. you will notice i didn't use it my response here. what position person take believes in traditional marriage and has no am no, sir city whatsoever toward gays what position could they take other than embracing gay marriage other than embracing the gay community. >> i don't think it's the gay community so much. they do want to have gay marriage. it's the left wing. if you dr. carson oppose gay marriage then you are a civil rights abuser. because it's a civil right. marriage is a civil right you can't deny it to anyone. so that's the tact that they have taken and it's worked. it's worked to shut people up because they are afraid they might be on their list. we need to be in a place

where people feel free to express themselves and not to be intimidated by political correctness. it's destroying our nation. and there is a reason that our founders, one of the very first amendment freedom of speech. freedom of expression. we can never allow that to leave us. freedom is not free. we have to fight for it every day. >> that is one of the points but also in the courts, the accusation that if you oppose gay marriage, you are a civil rights abuser has taken deep root. 20 years ago you would never have had these federal judges doing. this now they do it. >> that's the reason the constitution says civil issues should be done at the state level because state judges are going to answer to the people the federal judges don't have to. >> >> i agree 100%. doctor, thank you very much. we are glad you are off the list. when we come right back, the d man wants to talk about brian williams.

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thanks for staying with us, i'm bill o'reilly reporting from california. in the miller time segment tonight, let's get right to the sage of southern california, joins us from santa barbara, about

90 miles north of where i am right now in los angeles. all right. so, what do you think about brian williams? ever meet him? do you know him? >> you know, i don't know -- i don't know brian from adam unless, of course, he has claimed today that he is he adam. i sat next to him one night at dinner. and he was very convivible table mate. i don't know the extent. why we want to come back from this? i don't understand. he is always looking for a story. i think he should -- there is a great story to be had within. why would you want to come back? why would you not want to analyze how you got to this point? seems to me superfluous come back six months from now. i guess everybody will say at that point -- you know, listen billy, everybody is imperfect. i imagined i was on monday night football for two years. but the simple fact is, you

have to learn something from these things. i think he should take over for jon stewart where it's more of a comedy show. he likes to do comedy. i john. i don't expect him to be research for encyclobritannica. hard news now? the great thing about brian is he built a strong bench over there as managing editor down at pawtucket at the a.a.a. i think they ought to bring ed schultz up to anchor. i have got a new ad for them. schultz happens. >> they don't have -- lester holt is doing it now. very good journalist. and he is a good guy. i think they will probably bring brokaw back. i don't think williams will ever come back. comedy central deal. that's not a bad deal. is he very funny, williams he likes that kind of and he could go over there and -- >> -- do you think is he funny? >> who williams? >> i have seen him as a guest on shows, you know,

what john does there is pretty genius. there is pro-funny and then there is guest funny. >> i don't know if is he funny enough to do that. do i know sharpton would be a better fit over there. sharpton is a sharp guy, obviously. >> yeah, sure you do billy. you and i were out one night and we were looking down the barrel of a ba zook ask a. do you remember that night. halftime of game and they are projecting t-shirts into the crowd. but we were right there. >> don't be a pinhead show at stalin grad. do you remember that night? that was really rough. >> things got heated, billy. stay frosty my friend. stay frosty. >> you know our attorney general, you love him, right? steadman graham? i mean, i'm sorry -- okay. steadman has a beautiful night. steadman must have a good

rap she was a beautiful dame. this is to you mr. holder you know that miller and i like you but be a man. come on this show. all right. so -- i don't like him as an attorney general. is he horrible. >> but as he as a guy is he okay holder shows up on msnbc like going over to your mom's house and this is what happens? >> you know we call you the duck. >> the duck? >> we call you the duck. >> so we say you have a very sort of placid and even way of presenting but you are just working for justice underneath. would you quack for us? >> i'm not sure i'm going to do that. >> [ laughter ] >> but i like the analogy. >> you do like the analogy good. >> could you quack for us, miller? >> well, listen melissa harris perry calls him a duck and he calls her an exquisite waste of a hyphen.

i don't know what that's about there. all i know is steadman was blushing it's beautiful. i'm telling you, maybe williams ought to go down to msnbc and tighten that situation up over there this geese down in history to what kind tree do you want to be be? can you quack for us? what do you think he is the attorney general? do you think is he a duck? >> billy listen, you know me, i don't understand the world after the all anymore. it's a fun house mirror and we have fallen through it, my friend. >> somehow we got to work this into the dopey and pinhead show miller. maybe we will bring out a real duck. >> all right. i want to sing sisters this year from white christmas, you and i that's what i want to end with. >> dennis miller, everybody, we would like to thank you, everybody in san jose, san antonio, dallas, west bury long island, cleveland ohio, all the don't be a

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back of the book segment tonight. did you see that? we begin with my pal jon stewart hanging it up. >> comedy central gave me an incredible opportunity 17 years ago to pilot this wonderful franchise. in my heart i know it is time for someone else to have that opportunity. but this show doesn't deserve an even slightly

restless host and neither do you. >> and joining us now from new york city, fox news anchor martha maccallum. so let's put the stuart deal in perspective. how many people watch him every night? >> there is a lot of beating of breasts in certain venues over this decision and this announcement that he made. but the numbers are not really that strong. about 1.24 million a night. in terms of his daily watchers on the broadcast. that's down 16% from his january numbers in 2014. and when you look at his for ray into the film business that he did last summer with his movie rose water which got some critical acclaim not a lot of action at the box office he made about $321 million off the movie. you put that next to the $288 million that were made by -- i'm sorry 3.2 million. 280 million for "american sniper." just to give people some context on that. >> nobody expected rose water. >> of course not. >> it was a decent movie.

i think that's where mr. steward wants to go into the hollywood arena. but did you see the schmooze-o-rama on the press? >> oh, no, everybody is on the press? oh, my god. >> what will they do without jon stewart? when you look at the makeup of the audience, it's very young. which is not surprising, about 40% of his viewership is under the age of 30. 43% consider themselves to be liberal when asked that question. and that's a large number who declare themselves to be liberal as opposed to independent and conservative. so obviously he will be missed. and there's a whole generation of college kids who grew up feeling he was the arbiter of good taste and news. >> he is the standard on television for the liberal point of view. and he's funny. they don't have funny liberals. colbert and stewart -- >> yeah. >> i shouldn't demean the other guys. comedy central has some talent over there. but that's it.

there's not a lot of yucks going on at msnbc unless you're a duck. what people don't know about stewart's demographics is according to "the factor" research, 72% of his audience do not understand english. they don't know what he's saying. they like his suits. >> which comes in handy sometimes, right? >> yeah. we wish stewart well. i'll track him down in a few weeks no matter where he is. we're coming for you. but the left they're losing a big thing. >> absolutely. >> if your kids misbehave in georgia. >> uh-huh. >> if you're around snellville, okay you can take your kids to russell frederick's barbershop. go. >> it was the haircut we came up here to help the parents out as far as reaching the kids that were being disruptive at home or school. >> reporter: it's been dubbed the george jefferson, benjamin

button the old man haircut. his 12-year-old son the first to sport this look after getting in trouble last fall. >> because it worked on my son. his grades had dropped and i shaved his head bald and his grades skyrocketed afterwards. >> so the kid misbehaved and shaved all his hair off. >> i feel bad for that little boy. i can't help it. he looks like george jefferson. they say the benjamin button haircut. hair on the outside and he's a kid. he looks like an old man. clearly he's not as happy about his haircut. but the dad says it works. i'm not a big fan of humiliation as a form of parenting but apparently it's working for some of these people in georgia. >> this is a last resort thing here. you know if the kid's just not getting through then you got to do something to show them, look, what your behavior is is really impacting on you and your family. and you have to warn them. i take him by the barbershop. i'd show him george jefferson, a

couple reruns and say you want to look at george? >> have you been to this barber recently? >> i have not. but i have a couple of people who are misbehaving that i am going to send there. martha mccallum, everybody. "the factor" tip of the day, the smartest man in hollywood. the tip moments away. i have the worst cold with this runny nose. i better take something.

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bill, you told gary sinise he's going to heaven for his good works, but demonstrates a lack of understanding on how to get to heaven. i'm happy with the statement, stan. i think it was a nice statement. jan, gainesville virginia. bill, i agree with your comments about vindictiveness and detest people mocking brian williams. however, i cannot help but note that the obama administration does this on a regular basis. well, even if that's true, jan, the old adage on "the factor" is you don't justify bad behavior by pointing to other bad behavior. that's what they do in the fifth grade. can't say this is bad, but i'm going to do it because other people do worse things. it's insane. karen, charlottesville virginia. o'reilly we are overjoyed that a liar is finally being held accountable. we don't consider ourselves vindictive. if you are overjoyed that brian

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it's a good atmosphere. finally tonight, "the factor" tip of the day. we're out here in l.a. you know that. and i'm walking around and i'm evaluating things, as i always do no matter where i am. and the question occurs to me, who is the smartest man in hollywood? here's my pick, clint eastwood. the other day mr. eastwood was out walking in a restaurant, press ambushed him trying to bait him into saying something negative. roll tape. >> michael moore and bill maher's criticism of "american sniper"? >> they're right. >> they're right. in nine seconds clint eastwood mocked the press mocked moore and maher got in his car and drove away. how brilliant is that? definitely smartest guy in hollywood. please check out fox news factor website different from billoreilly.com. also spout out of about "the

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