we want to know what you think. that's all the time we have left this evening. we will see you back here tomorrow night. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on tonight. >> mandatory five year prison sentence for aggravated felons who are deported and then come back. who on earth would oppose that law? >> bill: 42 democratic senators did.wh now kate's law will be reintroduced into congress. with donald trump behind it. we will have the inside story. >> the declassified report came out yesterday. it has proven that donald trump is indeed putin's manchurian candidate. >> bill: charges continue that president-elect trump is too soft on the russian leader, putin. what does brit hume think of that? he will be here. >> how thrilled are you about trump's inauguration? >> i'm ecstatic. you can't see it on my face.

>> bill: also tonight the quotes about the upcoming presidential inauguration. >> pumped up for the inauguration? >> pumped up, baby. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the "no spin zone." "the factor" begins right now. ♪ hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. "kate's law" reintroduced. that is a segment of this evening's "talking points memo." first, the big picture.du i believe donald trump separated himself from his republican competitors last year by being very tough on illegal immigration.mp mr. trump made it very clear to the american people that he believes folks entering the usa illegally should be heldld accountable for that action. he also championed "kate's law," which would impose a mandatory minimum five year prison term on foreigners convicted of crimes in the usa who reenter after being deported. "kate's law" specifically says that convicted felons are the

targets, not chambermaids or farmworkers. as you may know, "the factor" came up with this law after 32-year-old kate steinle wasat shot to death, allegedly by an illegal alien, juan francisco lopez-sanchez. that man had been deported five times but illegally entered here six times. how could that possibly happen? how could a guy avoid a long prison term defining deportation all those times? it is insane! and america is at fault for allowing it to happen. the toll on the steinle family is immense. >> the day she was killed, we were walking arm in arm on pier 14 in san francisco, enjoying a wonderful day together. suddenly, a shot rang out. kate fell. she looked at me and said, "help me, dad."

those are the last words i will ever hear from my daughter. >> bill: the murder trial begins in california february 17th. also, last friday, federal judge said to the steinle family, they are free to sue the u.s. government. the federal government, for general negligence. but the judge dismissed the claims against san francisco county. that is too bad. that is why "kate's law" is needed. t no american family should suffer at the hands of convicted foreign felons who defy deportation. "talking points" believes one of the main reasons that donald trump won the presidency is that he felt outrage over kate steinle, while many otherie politicians, including the entire democratic party and president obama, did not. even if you are not politically, involved, failing p to harshly punish foreigners who defy deportation after committing heinous crimes in this country is inexcusable. the government is there to protect the people, not to look the other way when things like immigration breakdown.

and remember, san francisco let sanchez go, let him out of jail, after they requested the county hold him. how bad is that? this time around, we can expect "kate's law" to pass, as the democrats will have a very hard time blocking it. that will be a tremendous victory for every american citizen. that is the memo. now, for the top story reactions, joining us from washington, charles krauthammer. so harry reid is gone.ly rallied enough democrats to block "kate's law" in the senate the last time around. do you expect it to pass? >> yes, i do. i mean, as you say, we have had an election. immigration was a major issue. kate steinle is a slam dunk. it is really hard to imagine a logical argument against it. i don't think it is the most important of the measures. it is probably -- it is way down the list because the population to which it applies is rather

small. but as you say, i agree with you on this, it is very symbolic and it is a sign of things to come. there was essentially a referendum on and immigration the details weren't there. but in the current mood of the country, with the new administration that made immigration a major issue, i think it would be very hard for it to be filibustered. there are ten democratic senators who are coming from states that went republican, that went for trump come up for reelection in 2018. they would have to tread very carefully to oppose this law. >> bill: okay. now, if we had a plebiscite ino this country on "kate's law," do you think 90-10, it passes? 90-10? >> it would be a significanto majority. >> bill: okay. that is number one. so, harry reid and the democrats have blocked the law, blocked it in the face of overwhelming support from the american

people, it shows me that he has contempt for us.s. the second thing is, once you get critical mass, "kate's law" is critical mass, this drug dealer, this is what he was, six times, was able to come illegally across the border. six times. that means we don't have an effective border. all right, that means we don't have a justice system that works because he was caught all those times! d and sent back all those times! and nothing happened to him! that means, we have complete chaos and anarchy in our immigration and justice systems! does it not? >> what it means is, we need to be serious about preventing illegal immigration of all kinds. there, the real results, the real payoff will be number one,, cutting of sanctuary cities, so, you don't get cities like san francisco not cooperating

with the feds. that will be far more effective than any "kate's law". second, you build a barrier so that it actually becomess difficult for people to come in. they can't walk in anytime they want. the israelis have a fence, othel people have fences, all over europe, and they work. the third would be e-verify.pe you cut down on immigration by having people use a very effective federal system to check on their illegal status. there is no work -- they're not going to come. w the fourth is the visa. i mean, 40% of the people overstay. so, those are the four measures. >> bill: there have got to be penalties also attached. how does this make you feel? every time i engage the other side, the liberal side, on "kate's law," they always equate it, this guy, this heinous guy, who will be convicted in san francisco,

with farmers, with house painters, they never would break it out, because we are only talking here about felons. n you said it's a narrow thing. it is. "kate's law" is directed against criminals who have been convicted of heinous crimes. not people who paint houses and who come across. but the other side wouldn't cede that, wouldn't give you that. it was an attack on migrants, attacking migrants, o'reilly. i found that so despicable, did you? >> your argument is not with me. your argument is with harry reid, who is now in a blissful retirement.h your argument is with a lot of democrats, for whom immigration is totally symbolism. anything that seems to be opposing illegal immigrants is seen as an issue that they cannot use politically. the democrats have made it very clear they always wantedss immigration as an issue and not as a policy. well, those days are over. the republicans are now in charge, they are serious about

immigration. the only question is, what kind of laws will they pass and how effective will they be. again, look, i admire your passion about "kate's law" andni think it is a good idea. but it ranks very low on the list of things that are actually going to be making a difference. >> bill: that will start it, though. that will start it. once you get it passed, then, you will see the other things come up and the momentum will start to build. but this family, the steinle family, needs justice.tu this is a symbolic play. our senators and congresspeople got to do the right thing. they have to. it just makes me sick. all right, charles, we appreciate it. next, on "the rundown," putin versus trump. the controversy still very hot. we will talk with brit hume about it. later, watters on the inauguration. what do the folks think about the upcoming inauguration in d.c.? moments away. y nutrients from f.

let's do more. add one a day women's complete with key nutrients we may need. plus it supports bone health with calcium and vitamin d. one a day women's in gummies and tablets. put under a microscope, we can see all the bacteria that still exists. polident's unique micro clean formula works in just 3 minutes, killing 99.99% of odor causing bacteria. for a cleaner, fresher, brighter denture every day.

>> bill: "impact segment," the putin-trump controversy. there are two stories here. first one, russia did try to create chaos in the american presidential election and putin. knew about it. president obama has sanctioned russia, as we all know. but he could have done that lasn august. he waited until the last minute, i believe, so if that putin issued a reprisal, he wouldn't have to deal with that, the next president would. that is speculation, i admit it. there is no other explanation for president obama not stepping up earlier when u.s. intelligence agencies knew the russians were hacking into the democratic political machine. second story, whether the hacking influenced the vote.e. here, it is impossible to say. i believe few americans made their voting decision based upon what clinton campaign manager john podesta said in emails. however, to be fair, the hacking situation diverted the press and got a lot of coverage. so, you could say, or the

it hurt the clinton campaign because it cutit into the trump bashing by the press, which is almost nonstop. joining us now with his assessment, brit hume is in florida this evening. now, first of all, do you think trump is being too soft on putin? >> yeah, i think he probably is. sure, look vladimir putin is a bad actor. two prior presidents, two of trump's immediate predecessors tried to make common cause with him. it didn't work in either case. i think trump will eventually figure thiss out. but, so far, i think he nurses this notion that he, by virtue of his personality and his way, will be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with putin and to do business with him. t maybe he can. but i doubt it. i think he'll figure it outl long. >> bill: all right, so, the intent, we know, is for the united states to have a better relationship with russia. trump is going to try to make that happen and we'll see. that is fair enough. now, on the voting side of the hacking controversy, do you know anyone who went to the polls and said, i am voting for trump because of john podesta?

do you know anyone? >> no. i don't think anybody who is serious about this believes that the hacking of the emails affected ultimately the outcome of the election. however, as i think, bill, whatever coverage those embarrassing emails did not help the clinton campaign. it is worth pointing out here, when you keep hearing this talk about hacking the election or interfering in the election, it is certainly true that they tried to interfere or at least influence the campaign. obviously, there was no effect on the voting, in terms of the actual election day exercise of people's franchise. it simply didn't occur. e >> bill: you know what i can't understand, all the reportage says that putin didn't like hillary clinton. and wanted trump to win. all right. so, be careful what you wish for. trump wins and who does he put

as secretary of defense? generalt mattis. perhaps, the toughest guy, anti-russian guy, he doesn't hate russia, he is not going to take any nonsense from russia. whereas, hillary clinton never would have put a person like that in secretary of war position. secretary of defense position. it would have been a softer, secular, nonmilitary guy. i am trying to think, why would putin want a tougher guy, trump, than hillary clinton? do you know? >> what i think happened, bill, even what the intelligence community seems to think, is that putin didn't like hillary clinton and didn't like sanctions that were imposed and didn't like her. he started back in 2015 with this effort, which was intended to discredit her believing that she was going to be the next president. so, he was seeking too weaken her. that makes a certain kind of sense.

at that point, of course, no one recognized that trump was going to come to the fore, be the nominee, and ultimately, be elected. obviously, as trump advanced, it became hard to tell where the line could be drawn between hurting her and helping him because everything that hurt her helped him once it became one-on-one between them. in the end, he got to someone he preferred, but i think he may be right, bill, you have to be careful what you wish for in a situation like this. the trump appointments, mattis b in particular, and his intelligence agency appointees, suggest to me, that the honeymoon with russia, such as that is, will not last very long. >> bill: i look at geopoliticsuc and i say, okay, you can never really understand the true motives because putin is never going to tell you what he did or what he didn't do. but now, this is being used to denigrate, this is my last question for you, trump's victory. so, the people who don't like trump are saying, the only

reason he won was because of putin and putin's hacking. and that is what is teeing trump off. >> i think that's right. i think he needs to learn, trump does, that there are certainta criticism he doesn't need to react to. by doing so, he keeps these stories alive, buys into them, and indulges a certain adolescent side that shows up in his tweets. my sense about the criticism is, he would have been wise to ignore it. he would have been wise at the outset you say, if there was an attempt to interfere in the campaigns, we condemn that. we don't approve of that. we will take appropriate action, which i think, basically, bill,c is what he is now done, would you think about it. you notice all the reaction coming from the trump camp after the briefing he got on this intelligence information was pretty positive about it. it was a constructive -- a serious meeting. so, doesn't it strike you, bill, that he probably listened to that and was impressed by it and

is now in a different place with regard to putin and this intelligence to than he had been? >> bill: i know for a fact that he does not want this issue to besmirch his victory. that is paramount for him. brit hume, everybody. >> can't blame him for that. i don't think he did. >> bill: what is the truth about guantanamo bay? "the factor" is d investigating how many released prisoners go back to terrorism. later, tucker carlson on hollywood bashing donald trump last night. also, jesse watters on the upcoming inauguration. those reports after those messages.d has been a struggle. i considered all my options with my doctor, who recommended once-daily toujeo®. now i'm on the path to better blood sugar control. toujeo® is a long-acting insulin from the makers of lantus®. it releases slowly, providing consistent insulin levels for a full 24 hours, proven full 24-hour blood sugar control, and significant a1c reduction.

and along with toujeo®, i'm eating better and moving more. toujeo® is a long-acting, man-made insulin used to control high blood sugar in adults with diabetes. it contains 3 times as much insulin in 1 milliliter as standard insulin. don't use toujeo® to treat diabetic ketoacidosis, during episodes of low blood sugar, or if you're allergic to insulin. allergic reaction may occur and may be life threatening. don't reuse needles or share insulin pens, even if the needle has been changed. the most common side effect is low blood sugar, which can be serious and life threatening. it may cause shaking, sweating, fast heartbeat, and blurred vision. check your blood sugar levels daily while using toujeo®. injection site reactions may occur. don't change your dose or type of insulin without talking to your doctor. tell your doctor if you take other medicines and about all your medical conditions. insulins, including toujeo®, in combination with tzds (thiazolidinediones) may cause serious side effects like heart failure that can lead to death, even if you've never had heart failure before. don't dilute or mix toujeo® with other insulins or solutions as it may not work as intended and you may lose blood sugar control, which could be serious.

toujeo® helps me stay on track with my blood sugar. ask your doctor about toujeo®.

>> bill: "factor followup" segment tonight, as you know, president obama vowed when he was elected in 2008, to close the prison at guantanamo bay, cuba.

that has not happened. there are 55 detainees being heldy there. president-elect trump vows he will not close gitmo. according to analysis by director of national intelligence, president bush the younger released 532 men being held on terror charges. about 35% of them, pretty big r number, are either suspected or confirmed of going back to terrorism. as of july 2016, president obama released 161 terror detainees. 12.5% of them are either confirmed or suspected of going back to the dark side. joining us now from philadelphia, dr. james mitchell, author of the book "enhanced interrogation, inside the minds and motives of islamic terrorists trying to destroy america." so, the percentage under president obama, going back to terrorism, much lower than under president bush, doctor, why? >> my impression is that it probably is because the length of time. the people that bush released were quite some time ago.

i think it takes a little while for the effects of being in guantanamo to wear off and for them to get back into their old behaviors. >> bill: i have been to guantanamo bay twice. i heard from some folks there that when a detainee is released and sent back to the middle east, they are under suspicion as possibly being a double agent, so, they can't go right away back to thesi battlefields. >> i think that probably is true. they are going to be suspicious. my impression is that that is i probably where double agents would come from, or at least you would suspect they would come from, if you are part of a terrorist organization. you would be very suspicious ofu people who were supposed to be, held indefinitely who suddenly showed up again on your doorstep. >> bill: now, there are 55 left. they are the worst of the worst, right? >> right. i looked at those. the people who are left are

people like explosive experts, people who are experts in chemicals and poisons, people who are experts in surface-to-air missiles, and rpgs, and trained assassins, and mountain and urban warfare instructors. so, they really are pretty horrible people. >> bill: khalid shaikh mohammed is still there? >> he is still there. >> bill: he is the architect of 9/11. it will be interesting to see if president obama lets any more of them out in the next 11 days. do you anticipate that? >> i'm hoping he doesn't do that. i think it'd be a horrible mistake. especially, if he does what i think i had heard him say where they were going to return them to the countries of origin. because the most of these folks are yemeni. if you drop them in the middle of yemen, a failed state, kind of a civil war, i can't imagine they would do anything except go back to being a jihadist. >> bill: americans who say that unlimited detention without

military tribunal court is basically against human rights. you can't keep these people forever unless you adjudicate them on some level. do they have a point? >> i think they have a point. i think the people who have been involved in killing americans, especially like khalid shaikh mohammed, and the other men associated with 9/11, shouldld have had a military trial.l. they should have already had their sentences carried out. >> bill: do you know why that didn't happen? i have called for that, as well. i have called for those military trials. even bo bergdahl, we can get -- we can't get a trial on him. why? what's the problem? >> i think the problem is really with the obama administration. you know, he pled guilty to all of those crimes, including killing daniel pearl. then the obama administration set it aside. let me tell you what that guy thinks. i spent a lot of years with ksm. what he thinks, that is a signi from his god that what he needs to do is carry out the jihad he

can pull out other people to it. instead of doing what i think president obama thought he was doing, what he was actually doing is giving those guys hope that they would be able to recruit more people by dragging this out as long as possible. >> bill: doctor, we appreciate it. you can hear more from dr. mitchell on the "contributing factor" podcast. simply punch it up on billoreilly.com. plenty more ahead as "the factor" moves along this evening. tucker carlson on the hollywood bashing trump last night, what a fiasco. bret baier on whether the trump cabinet nominees will get confirmed. watters talking to folks about the inauguration. i hope you stay tuned for those reports. use dulcolax tablets for gentle overnight relief suppositories for relief in minutes and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax, designed for dependable relief tech: don't let a cracked windshtrust safelite.plans. with safelite's exclusive "on my way text"... you'll know exactly when we'll be there. giving you more time for what matters most.

(team sing) safelite repair, safelite replace. 90% of the world's largest supercomputers run on intel? that means you can take a universe of data - in your case literally - and turn it into medical discoveries, diagnostic breakthroughs... ...proof that black holes collapse into one singularity. i don't know what that is. but yes. innovation runs on supercomputers... ...and supercomputers run on intel. you are super smart. and super busy. ♪ ooh! ufo! false alarm, eyelash!

still trying to find how ara good site.going? they all...want...to... charge me. have you tried credit karma? credit karma doesn't do taxes. does credit karma do taxes? yeah, and they're totally free, so they'll never take any of your refund. oooh, credit karma...huh? we... probably still want those. yeah, good call. file your taxes for free with credit karma tax. [phone buzzing] some things are simply impossible to ignore. the strikingly designed lexus nx turbo and hybrid. the suv that dares to go beyond utility. this is the pursuit of perfection. i am totally blind. i lost my sight in afghanistan. if you're totally blind, you may also be struggling with non-24.

calling 844-844-2424. or visit my24info.com. >> bill: "personal story" segment tonight. ten years ago, i would have been all over the trump bashing at the golden globe awards last night. but now, many of you have convinced me, it doesn't matter. it just doesn't matter. as bill murray said in "meatballs." it doesn't matter what show biz people say about politics. therefore, i now rarely cover that, and all, much to the relief of george clooney. however, the golden globes' rhetorical fiasco last night, getting a lot of play. here to analyze it, tucker carlson, whose program, "tucker carlson tonight," as opposed to this morning, moves to 7:00, moves to 9:00 from 7:00. you were on at 7:00, you are going to be at 9:00 right after "the factor." carlson, you are very fortunate to have my lead and with the ratings here.

you know? >> yes, i am. very, very aware of that. >> bill: the check is in the mail.re are you going to cover this globes thing tonight? how are you going to do it?he >> yeah, we are. i agree with everything youhi said.ig whenever privileged people act like victims, though, it annoys me so much. i think there are a couple deeper questions worth exploring. the first -- i'm not going it's to defend trump, he can defend himself, he's got twitter -- the first is, hollywood is a business, a mass-market retail t business.nd do they understand their customers? they seem to hate them, which is striking to me, that is one of the reasons hollywood is in trouble financially. the second question, how they learned anything from the election? you, me, everyone paused andwo said, what it does mean, i didn't expect this to happen. they haven't.ry they retreated in on themselves and decided the rest of the't country is evil and that is the explanation. i don't think it is worth -- i think it is worth batting around. >> bill: i will tell you what is going on, carlson, write this down for your show, okay?

this is what is going on. for these people, this is a business decision, not a political decision, doesn't come from the heart. meryl streep might be an exception because she is an avowed liberal and she doesn't have to pander for jobs.se they come to her. but for the rest of the cadre,s. they know they will get jobs, job offers, if they play into the system of liberalism that runs hollywood. i mean, it is as simple as that. it's a business decision for them. they have to do this, they think, in order to work. that is what is going on. >> that may be absolutely right. it is clearly an insular world, clearly, there is mandatory groupthink, anyone who doesn't agree with that is cast out.ul my only point is they need the rest of the country to survive. they are selling a product. if apple decided that anyone who bought a samsung phone should be denounced and attacked or if the middle of the country was somehow evil and they expressed that, they would lose business.n

>> bill: people have short memories, and the entertainment vehicle is entertaining enough, they overlook it. that is the history of it. it gets nasty. this is where i object. you know, meghan mccain, who is on "outnumbered," some guy, i had never heard of it, i had to ask who it was, attacked her, because she objected to the golden globe fiasco last night. it was a fiasco. people aren't tuning into here -- to hear your political opinion. if you want to do that, run for congress. all right? i mean, because meghan, a very nice woman, does this, then, some guy uses the f word on her and stuff like that. that nasty stuff, there should be some price to pay for it. >> it is understandable. if you see politics as a religion, not just a means, like most conservatives, most normal people think of it as a thing you have to a do in order to secure freedom or whatever, they see it as an end in itself. they have abandoned religion and this has replaced it. so, anyone who disagrees is not

just wrong, he's an apostate, he must be slayed. there is a ritual which burning. -- witch burning. >> bill: these people in hollywood, i know them all, i had four movies produced, they are not true believers. a guy like clooney is. but most of them are calculators, they calculate what to say. tell you what you want to hear. that is what they are playingal to. all right, "tucker carlson tonight" takes over the 9:00 slot. of course, in the left, all of their headline was "three white guys in prime time. o'reilly, carlson, hannity." the three white guys, not the three amigos. you can't wear the sombrero anymore, that is out. okay, it is the three white guys. >> yeah, i heard that. [laughs] can't apologize for my gender. as the kids are saying now, i was born this way. >> bill: you earned your slot

at. 9:00. you did very well at 7:00. okay.. management, who can read the ratings went, carlson did pretty well at 7:00. let's try him at 9:00.ar it doesn't matter whether you are white or chinese.. it's about getting people to watch it. last word. >> i love your talent imitation. that's awesome. >> bill: i have been in this business way too long, carlson. you will be doing what i am doing 20 years from now. >> [laughs] i can't wait. thank you. >> bill: good luck on your show.yo when we come back, there will be a lot of bad vibrations as donald trump cabinet nominees come up for confirmation this week. bret baier has some thoughts. then, watters talking the inauguration with the folks. >> any advice for president-elect donald trump? >> run. >> for a second term? >> no. run,p? period. >> bill: "the factor" will be right back. run period. >> bill: "the factor" will be

my bladder wake me up from my sweet dreams? thanks to tena, not tonight! only tena overnight underwear ...with its secure barrier system gives you.... ...triple protection from leaks, odor and moisture. tena lets you be you they keep telling me "drink more water." "exercise more." i know that. "try laxatives..." i know. believe me. it's like i've. tried. everything! my chronic constipation keeps coming back. i know that. tell me something i don't know. (vo) linzess works differently from laxatives. linzess treats adults with ibs with constipation, or chronic constipation. it can help relieve your belly pain, and lets you have more frequent and complete bowel movements that are easier to pass. do not give linzess to children under 6

and it should not be given to children 6 to 17. it may harm them. don't take linzess if you have a bowel blockage. get immediate help if you develop unusual or severe stomach pain, especially with bloody or black stools. the most common side effect is diarrhea, sometimes severe. if it's severe stop taking linzess and call your doctor right away. other side effects include gas, stomach-area pain and swelling. talk to your doctor about managing your symptoms proactively with linzess.

after becoming one of the largest broadband companies in the country. after expanding our fiber network coast to coast. these are the places we call home. we are centurylink. we believe in the power of the digital world. the power to connect. and that's what drives us everyday.

>> bill: thanks for staying with us. i am bill o'reilly. in the "unresolved problems" segment, concerning donaldld jeff sessions will be grilled by the senate judiciary

committee. here, the author of the big new book, "three days in january," should be out tomorrow. bret baier. we will get to that book in a moment. i am not going to cover these hearings that much on "the factor" because it is politicking. i know you live and breathe for that, i'm glad you are covering it, the people know where to get it. but do i want to hear the nominees, trump's cabinet nominees smeared? i don't want to hear that. >> every administration has to go through this process and we have to ask the tough questions. every administration, even though it appears they have the votes to get them all through, especially thanks to democrats in 2013 changing the rules, now, all they need is 51 votes to get the nominee through. >> bill: in the senate. >> remember that tom daschle g got tripped up by about taxes and then ended up being not the hhs secretary. he was the former senate majority leader. nobody saw that coming.

so, there is usually at least one that ends up causing a problem. >> bill: if it's about the law or if it's about somebody who did something wrong, with sessions tomorrow, they will imply he is a racist. you know that is the game, that is the play. g senator sessions is a racist, he can't be attorney general. this is the cheapest form of political discourse. i hate to even mention it, but it is going to happen. >> it is going to happen. frankly, some of it is about firing up the base. some of it is about delaying anp building up kind of this momentum that democrats think the inauguration could producece for protests and other things.s the bottom line, bill, most, if not all of these nominees are going to get through without problems. >> i was just going to ask you that. unless there is a major faux pas on the part of the nominee, alll right, it is going to happen that they will be confirmed. but the unpleasantness and the nastiness at this juncture in our history is off the charts.

>> there are a few who be targeted. rex tillerson, secretary of state. he is in the crosshairs because of ties to russia. there's an article about dealings that exxon had with iran. you mentioned sessions. tom price at hhs, some concerns about his investments in the past. betsy devos, education, hugege teachers union, as you know. >> bill: grandstanding, the democrats will grandstand. now, the republicans, they pretty much let obama's nominees in '09 go right through, right? >> they did. the interesting thing about schumer's response today, he sent this letter out. it's a copy of a letter mitch mcconnell sent to harry reid in 2009, saying, these things have to be done before we can move these appointees forward. there is a bullet point list of all of these things that have to be done. he crossed out harry reid's name and put "mitch" and sent him back the letter.

it is politics. but those things have not been done, democrats will push on that. >> bill: i'm going to try to avoid this.av if there is a smearfest, we wilp cover it tomorrow. now, president obama has is address telling us how he is the greatest president of all time except for dwightas eisenhower. you just wrote a book on eisenhower, "three days insi january: dwight eisenhower's finalyo mission." now, is this book relevant to today? >> it is. >> bill: how? >> first of all, this is three days, january 17th, eisenhowerst delivers his farewell address, three days later, jfk delivers his inauguration speech. the farewell address is designed for a couple of things. one, a warning to kennedy about caution on the national security front. the military-industrial complex is the line that gets a lot of attention. there's also talk about deficits, about bipartisanship. >> bill: he is giving advice to the young jfk. >> he is.ou and the country. a blueprint for the way forward. what happened was, as you know, researching these things, you find these nuggets.

>> bill: absolutely. >> we found oral histories that had not been tapped, stuff thatt had never been explored on these particular three days. i used that to jump back and looked at eisenhower's presidency and kind of a narrative way. >> bill: i like ike. you think he was a good president, right? >> i do. people can decide at home after they look at all he got it done. >> bill: fox news is covering the history industry, that is for sure. it needs to be covered. bret baier, thanks for coming in. we appreciate it. good luck on the book. watters on deck, talking to the folks about the upcoming inauguration. watters is next. next. ♪ [ crowd noise ] whoa. [ gears stopping ] when your pain reliever stops working, your whole day stops.

try this. but just one aleve has the strength to stop pain for 12 hours. tylenol and advil can quit after 6. so live your whole day, not part... with 12 hour aleve.

and they're absolutely right. they say that it's hot... when really, it's scorching. and while some may say the desert is desolate... we prefer secluded. what is the desert? it's absolutely what you need right now. absolutely scottsdale.

>> bill: back in the book segment tonight, "watters' world," the 58th presidential inauguration, just 11 days away. january 20th. the question tonight, are the folks interested in it? we sent watters out to find out. ♪ >> pumped up for the inauguration? >> pumped up, baby. the only republican i need. >> you blend. >> how excited are you for trump's inauguration? >> very excited. >> i am ecstatic. i am so happy. >> thank you so much for bringing up a painful subject. while you're at it, give me a nice paper, i can pour lemon juice on it. >> how excited are you for the inauguration? >> i literally have no comment on it. >> [laughs] trump. >> any expectations for the inauguration?

>> i i'm sure there's going toe a lot more riots. >> a bunch of protesters are going to be there not knowing why they are there. >> i think he will start mellowing out.er i think he will start acting more professional. >> are you a professional? >> some celebrities have boycotted participating in the festivities. how do you feel about that? >> i feel like everyone has the right to their own opinion. >> you are absolutely right. >> we all have free will. we are in america. we can do whatever we want. >> you would be okay with people boycotting obama's inauguration? >> probably not because i'm aka democrat and i love him. >> it's a good stance forr individual freedom and who wehi want to support. there is probably going to be a lot of backlash for whoever does decide to sing at hisnt inauguration. >> which celebrities would youti like to see at president trump's inauguration? >> actually, none.ld i don't think it is a place they should be performing and makingg a big thing about it.

>> who would you like to see perform at president trump's inauguration? >> chelsea handler. [laughs] we need to laugh about this. >> mariah carey could probably use some redemption. ♪ >> artists are artists. they are creative but they are not always realistic. >> i made you a painting.th >> are you going to go to the inauguration? >> is it like a festival? >> i feel weird. >> the strokes. the strokes would be cool. >> i don't know who that is and i don't care to find out. >> do you know who i think should perform the inauguration? >> who? >> milli vanilli. >> trump going to a lot of balls on inauguration. do you think he should dance? >> he might have a few moves. >> used to call me on the cell phone. >> it will be huge. i had to. i had to. >> probably trump's advisor, i

would tell him to light a j up. that would gain the youth vote. i would vote for him if he did that. >> good thing you are not his advisor. >> yeah, i would. >> if he does a complete 360 and changes what he has gone against and actually does right by us, then, he'll have my support. >> you mean a 180? >> 180? 360. whatever. >> 360 starts back where you started. >> i was an english major, not a math major. >> can i try on your glasses? >> go ahead, take them off. [laughs] >> how do i look? >> you look amazing. you look like an actual diva. >> welcome to the '80s. >> bill: all right, here is watters. so, your program on saturday got big ratings, right? >> i can't believe it. football is on and people actually watch my show. i'm shocked. >> bill: did you know the game was as boring as a game could possibly be? congratulations. the numbers were good. >> thank you. >> bill: the second question i have for you, on friday,be you make your debut with "the spin stops here" in oklahoma, how nervous are you? >> i was thinking about popping

my collar. the people in oklahoma told me that sends the wrong message there. >> bill: they will hang you there. miller and i will not save you. you die on that show, you die. >> there is no lifeline? >> bill: no. are you nervous? >> i think i should be but i am not yet. be.ll i am more nervous about flying out there with you on the plane. >> bill: yeah, well, we'll get there. i am sorry, people in oklahoma. tulsa on friday night, watters live debut. congrats on the show. we will see you on thursday. back to "tip of the day," americans that the country is ignoring. but they're heroes. "the tip" moments away. "the tip" moments away. ♪ "the tip" moments away. when you're close to the people you love, does psoriasis ever get in the way of a touching moment? if you have moderate to severe psoriasis, you can embrace the chance of completely clear skin with taltz.

taltz is proven to give you a chance at completely clear skin. with taltz, up to 90% of patients had a significant improvement of their psoriasis plaques. in fact, 4 out of 10 even achieved completely clear skin. do not use if you are allergic to taltz. before starting you should be checked for tuberculosis. taltz may increase your risk of infections and lower your ability to fight them. tell your doctor if you are being treated for an infection or have symptoms. or if you have received a vaccine or plan to. inflammatory bowel disease can happen with taltz. including worsening of symptoms. serious allergic reactions can occur. now's your chance at completely clear skin. just ask your doctor about taltz.

now's your chance at completely clear skin. i'm val. the orange money retirement squirrel from voya. i represent the money you save for the future. who's he? he's the green money you can spend now. what's up? gonna pay some bills, maybe buy a new tennis racket. he's got a killer backhand. when it's time to get organized for retirement, it's time to get voya. you may sometimes suffer from a dry mouth. that's why there's biotene. and biotene also comes in a handy spray. so you can moisturize your mouth anytime, anywhere. biotene, for people who suffer from dry mouth symptoms. >> bill: i'd like to tell you about some very heroic americans that don't get much attention in a moment. first, my book, the best-selling

adult book. "rising sun," number one. "girl on a train," two. and "tidying up," five. the book is closing in on 1,500,000 copies sold. we thank you all very much and hopefully we will have a movie announcement soon. check out "killing thend rising sun." he was accused of misleading on some stats, but no lie was ever proven. nothing definitive. because of the internet, moreie and more americans like you are convicting on allegations in the court of public opinion. come on. that's unfair.

you can't do that. not relevant to discussion, peter. when the too-far left had their say, i had mine. they don't like the truth you they don't like the truth you speak, o'reilly, so they avoid it. well, we hope senator graham will be on this week. we've been hoping to have him for a long time. correct, bonita. black lives matter is a pressure group in business to protect black americans. their job description doesn't

expand to whites. if black lives matter really lived up to its name, the group would be protesting daily in the chicago neighborhoods where black people are being murderedl in record numbers. right? let me get this right, because this coming friday, we are upstaging the inauguration on january 20th? good grief, man, get a grip! everything is available on billoreilly.com. the tip of the day, we sincerely hope the president-elect trump is going to help american vets as he has promised to do. when an american is fighting for his country, or her country, it impacts their family big time.

they founded a charity, actor tom hanks always steps up and helping the vets. it's all part of the elizabeth dole foundation. it seeks to ensure that they have the resources they need to help their wounded loved ones. we hope you will check out hiddenheroes.org. that is it for us tonight. spout off on "the factor" from anywhere in the world. word of the day, do not be "tendentious." tomorrow, president obama gives his farewell address. i will have my personal assessment on mr. obama on "the factor," right after the

address. please or member that the spin stops here. we are definitely looking out for you. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to the 9:00 p.m. edition of "tucker carlson tonight." multimedia veteran glenn beck,im was in support of rival ted cruz. who said was anointed by god to stop trump. four years of the trump presidency would lead to civil war or worse. so where is glenn back on all of this now? glenn, great to see you. >> great to see you, tucker. congratulations on your new show. i'm honored to be on your first show.