"special report." fair, balanced, still unafraid. tomorrow night, we are near orlando. allegedly, america's friendliest hometown. "the o'reilly factor" starts right now. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on tonight. >> can you give us a question? >> don't be rude. >> can you give us a question? >> you are fake news. >> bill: donald trump lashing out at cnn and his press conference today. it is a complicated situation and talking points will deal with what mr. trump told the country this afternoon. >> i think it is a disgrace, that information that was false and fake and never happened got released to the public. >> bill: wow unsubstantiated allegations against donald trump and his campaign were reported yesterday. bernie goldberg on the ethics of that. >> i will be the greatest jobs producer that god ever created. and i mean that.

>> bill: also, lou dobbs and whether the president-elect can fulfill his promises to stop companies from moving jobs abroad. caution, you are about to enter the "no spin zone" ." "the factor" begins right now. ♪ hi, i am bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. donald trump's press conference, that is a subject of this evening's "talking points" memo. new york city today, many major points were made. so, let's run them down for you. the issue of fake news, fabricated reports about donald trump and other public figures was front and center. the issue began yesterday when buzzed. an internet site humor released a so-called report that attacked donald trump and a very personal way. and also replied that his campaign has a good dealings with russia. with no evidence to put forth in

those assertions. most news organizations, including fox, stayed away. but earlier, cnn did pick up the general thread of the story and that angered mr. trump. he was also agitated that u.s. intelligence agencies in the past have leaked stuff. >> i think it is a disgrace. and i say that, and i say that, and that is something that germany would have done that and did do. i think it is a disgrace that information that was false and fake and never happened got released to the public, as far as buzzfeed, which is a failing pile of garbage, writing it, i think they are going to suffer the consequences. they already are. as far as cnn coming out of their way to build it up, -- >> bill: a few minutes later, a cnn reporter tried to ask mr. trump a question. >> go ahead. >> mr. president-elect? >> go ahead. >> no, not you.

>> can you give us -- >> you're attacking our news organization. >> can you give us a chance to ask a question? >> go ahead. quiet. she's asking a question. don't be rude. don't be rude. >> can you give us a question? >> don't be rude. i am not going to give you a question. you are fake news. >> bill: cnn has issued a statement saying cnn's decision to publish carefully sourced reporting about the operations of our government is vastly different than buzzfeed's decision to publish unsubstantiated memos. that statement continues but you get the idea. the press and donald trump will be an ongoing soap opera. there's no doubt about it. as for policy, the national media still very interested in the russia hacking deal. so, mr. trump addressed it. >> the democratic national committee was totally open to be hacked. they did a very poor job.

they could have had hacking defense, which we had. and i will give reince priebus credit because when he saw what was happening in the world and with this country, he went out and went to various firms and ordered a very, very strong hacking defense. >> bill: it seems mr. trump is acknowledging that russia did hack into the dnc. also, abc news asked mr. trump about putin. >> if putin likes donald trump, i consider that an asset, not a liability. if we have horrible relationship with russia. now, i don't know that i'm going to get along with vladimir putin. i hope i do. but there there's a good chancy won't. and if i don't, do you honestly believe that hillary would be tougher on putin then me? is anybody in this room really believe that? >> then, it was on to obamacare, which, as we reported last night, is toast. >> we are going to be repealed

and replaced him complicated stuff. we are going to get a health bill passed, we are going to get health care taken care of in this country. you have deductibles that are so high. >> bill: what the republicans propose in a place of obamacare will be a major story. much of the press conference.with donald trump's business deals. putting a lot of stuff in trust and handing operations of his company over to his two sons. lou dobbs will have some thoughts on not coming up. but then, he got back to the trump controversies front and center, the wall on the southern border. >> mexico, and some form, there are many different forms, will reimburse us and they will reimburse us for the cost of the wall. that will happen, whether it is a tax or whether it is a payment, probably less likely that it is a payment. but it will happen. >> bill: mr. trump says he will begin building the wall shortly after he takes office on

january 20th. mexico also got more bad news because the president-elect once again said he is going to institute a so-called border tax which would punish american companies operating in mexico and other countries to try to shift their products back to the usa. >> bill: there will be a major r tax on these companies that are leaving and getting away with murder and if our politicians had what it takes, they would have done this years ago, and he would have millions more workers right now. >> bill: so, all in all, there was a lot of substance in the press conference today. mr. trump's demeanor was direct. i saw no difference in him then when he was campaigning. he stated his case with authority. he was blonde, continues to say he'll do what he promised. as for the press, they are still fixated on the election. if there is no question in my mind that the hunt, that is what it is, a hunt, for a trump-russia connection during

the campaign remains very intense and active. some of the national media wanting to delegitimize the vote. at this point, that is the only way they can do it, linking the trump campaign to putin. summing up, donald trump helped himself today, but he better watch his back. not since richard nixon has a national press corporation and so determined to bring someone down. and that's the memo. next on "the rundown," more analysis on the press conference. john roberts will give us the inside story on trump not recognizing cnn. bernie goldberg and whether the questioning today was fair and balanced. lou dobbs on mr. trump's claim that he is already been very effective on the jobs front. geraldo rivera on the fake news controversy. all of those reports coming your way shortly. ♪

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♪ >> bill: are really destroyed, the trump press conference. joining us for midtown manhattan, john roberts is covering the president-elect. i want the inside stuff, roberts. first off, they cnn reporter, jim acosta, got shot down by the president-elect, was he angry? >> shot down, not just once but a number of times, as he continued to try to press trump into at least giving him the opportunity to ask a question. it had become clear to me, bill, about an hour and a half before this press conferences that cnn was going to get iced out. eight suggested that there were a lot of people in the front row that won't get to ask a question. i took that to be cnn based on the fact that they had published a report about trump. they were the first ones to publish it, as well. did acosta get angry? i don't think he got angry. i think he got rather frustrated. i have known him, for a long time. we were out to i've had a long

relationship with him. he is just a dogged reporter, john mica wants to get a question. he is also the white house correspondent for cnn. as a white house correspondent, you want to be able to ask a question of the president, or in this case, the president-elect. and if you get boxed out the way donald trump balked at "the washington post" earlier this year, the way president obama boxed out fox news in the early day of his administration, you do tend to get a little frustrated. >> bill: i don't understand what cnn was doing in the front row of the trump people were angry with them i didn't want to answer the questions. how did they get the seat? >> i got the inside dope on that, too. it was basically a free-for-all in there, bill. there was no assigned seating. unlike a presidential press conferences, we don't know how donald trump is going to conduct his where everybody gets a reserved seat. it was basically, first-come, first-served. somebody from cnn came in at about 5:45 this morning and slapped down six or eight placards on most of the plum seats there. we had to fight to get a seat in the front row and we only had

one seat and that was for me. as opposed to the correspondence and a number of producers. that's how they got in the front row as opposed to the correspondence >> bill: all right. now, the controversy, the trump people are mad, and civilian terms, okay, why are they mad at cnn? cnn didn't put out all the salacious details. buzzfeed did. all right? so, why is the trump administration so angry at cnn? >> i think probably because cnn was first. they were the ones that got the leak from someone in the intelligence community that trump had been handed that to page summary of the salacious ad other damaging allegations that were contained in that report. so, he is blaming them because they were the ones that lead the way on this. it is true that buzzfeed put out a lot more than cnn did. you'll notice what he said about buzzfeed, calling it a failing pile of garbage. he didn't call cnn that waves be when i want to stay on this. okay.

all right. the intelligence agencies, that is who donald trump compared to the. they all shoot a report, a two-page report, they gave to donald trump, we said, hey, over in russia, there are some people saying these terrible things about you. they are unsubstantiated. that is what they were saying. trump saw it. then, somebody, that is what you just said, john, somebody leaked that to cnn. is that correct? >> what is interesting about all of this, too, bill, a lot of the stuff has been circulating for a long time. among journalist, politicians. senator mccain had it, he turned it over to the fbi. harry reid assad, he demanded an investigation. i think it is a fact that cnn was the first want to publish this and raise it to the level that it did. >> bill: okay. we are going to talk about that. justice of the audience knows where i'm coming from. if i get something unsubstantiated about any public

figure, all right, i wouldn't attempt to do it on a private figure, i usually don't use it. i usually don't use it at all because it's mirroring is too easy in this country. it is too casually accepted and the price is at all the time. final question to you. trump looked at to be in control of the press conference. he didn't look nervous. i didn't see much of a difference between between him today and him on the campaign trail. was there one? >> no, there wasn't much of a difference. there was a difference between him now and how he was during some of the debates and how he has been during some press conferences. i think the wealth of experience he can do for the general election campaign and having all of these meetings with all of these people at trump tower has given him a sense of confidence and experience in the public view that he didn't have a four. today's press conference with something else today, bill. i've been to a lot of press conferences that i haven't seen anything like that. >> bill: would you say he was in command of there?

>> come yeah. >> bill: i thought so. >> absolutely, he was in command. bill, this is going to be at an interesting four years or my perspective sitting in the front seat at the white house. no question. >> bill: i hope you don't like sleeping, roberts. i hope you don't like that. i hope you are good on two or three hours. john roberts. directly ahead, donald trump, obviously furious about fake news. we'll discuss the issue with bolding and rivera. later, as hollywood pulling apart dennis miller? miller is a hollywood kind of guy, as you know. as "the factor" continues all across the usa, all around the world. and stool softeners for comfortable relief of hard stools. dulcolax, designed for dependable relief

♪ >> bill: as we told you and the "talking points" memo, i'm in to instantiate allegations against donald trump and his campaign are floating around

all the place. geraldo rivera and eric bolling. do you think he overreacted? >> i love the guy and he is a friend of mine. i will give you the same advice that i told him. i think he overreacted. you don't compare anything or anybody to the nazis. the nazis wiped out a race of people. the crime was a historic black mark on the human race. to compare anybody to the nazis, who isn't practicing genocide is a terrible, terrible mistake. to be when the point was trying to make was that in the government of the third reich -- >> i cottage. >> bill: they were leagues designed to destroy individuals. that is true. he could've used stalin. but trump's remarks were directed toward the u.s. intelligence agencies. who put this out to cnn. >> you compare our own spies to the? nazis? once the intelligence committee,

community brief to the president-elect on existence of that memo, that fact is news. for him to treat jim acosta that way, so unprofessional. >> bill: it's not news. you're wrong. the meeting between the intelligent people and president-elect was a private meeting. it was a national security meeting. >> you're a news man. you know that's not so. >> bill: sure, it is. there was no press conference. >> the substance may be frivolous -- >> bill: it was a leak by the u.s. intel community. >> you cannot deny that the intelligence community briefing donald trump on the salacious, horrifying activities -- >> bill: that is between trump and the people in the intel community. go ahead. >> i'm agreeing with you 100%. it didn't have to be the intel community. remember, john mccain was given this dossier by christopher steele, a former british am i six agent. now, mccain has access to this. why doesn't --

okay, now, somehow, news agencies got their hands on it. i heard tom brokaw saying that he heard about a month ago. he decided not to go with it because they couldn't substantiate it. he did the right thing. but buzzfeed didn't. they published the dossier -- >> bill: nobody is taking up for them. the question is -- >> nbc -- >> you can't just -- >> who leaked to the 35 page dossier word for word? height it had to be -- >> john mccain -- >> bill: it could have been overseas. it could have been someone overseas who did that. i think that trump is correct. if there is a leak in the cia, dia, nsa, to the press, that is dangerous for all of us. it is. it is dangerous. >> well, i'm glad that you are coming to that conclusion now and not six months ago when hillary clinton was getting bombed by every lake in the

world and i didn't hear any complaints about it. anyway, you are burying the lead. the lead is that donald trump, the president elected -- let me finish my sentence. >> bill: let him finish. >> the lead is that donald trump now says, yes, russia was behind the hacking. >> bill: we pointed that out. >> donald trump agreed, how many times do you fight me on that? how many times -- russia hacked -- >> bill: let's give bolling an issue. you are obscuring the issue by comparing a hack into john podesta's computer to a possible cia leak. there was a -- those are two different worlds. go ahead. >> here's the problem. the cia and the political community has become politicize politicized. >> bill: i agree with that. >> if they leak that to her donald trump, clearly, someone had to told to tell them, lessk

this. it benefits president obama's, his legacy going on. it also benefits -- >> bill: i agree with that. >> who just happened to have been led -- >> bill: a serious, serious situation when u.s. intelligence agencies are making stuff out about the president of the united states. mack. >> what about the fbi licking about hillary clinton? i hope you are as outraged as you are -- a lot about hillary clinton's, you know, her emails, and her -- >> bill: that was all published. they put it on the web site. >> the politicization of the fbi and the intelligence community is the same story. you can't just like it when it favors your guy. >> bill: not even close to the same story. the fbi put the stuff on their web site and said this is the fruits of our investigation. >> the fbi, james comey, eight days before the election -- >> bill: all right, now, final question. you have got a guy counted,

donald trump, who will declare war on the press. unlike, i think, teddy roosevelt was like that and to some extent, harry truman. but this is going to be a nasty war between trump and the press, right? >> he wins this war because he is the news cycle. >> bill: the press doesn't have any standing in america. >> they have no choice. they have to cover him. they will cover him on his terms as opposed to on their terms. >> bill: all right. the last word. >> what was this press conference supposed to be about? it was supposed to be about donald trump telling the world how he intends to carry, to cure the conflict of interest problem. >> and he did. >> he did a great job and nobody is going to talk about it because he lost his temper was jim acosta. i thought he was going to bug the dam guy. >> i will tell you what you know what else is talking about, did you know president obama is dis farewell speech last night? >> bill: you are approaching launch any junior territory. okay?

the next move, we are going to have security. [laughter] i just needed to find that out. plenty more how does "the factor" moves ahead this evening. bernie goldberg watch the trump press conference and reacted afterwards. he'll tell us how he sees it. also, miller on hollywood. is it falling apart? >> i am big. it's the picture that got to fall. >> bill: we hope you stay tuned for those reports. ♪

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♪ >> bill: personal story segments and i pray donald trump or the american economy. so far, the president-elect has topped a number of jobs from going abroad. he also said he will create an amazing economic comeback in the u.s. now, lou dobbs. i didn't quite understand the fiat chrysler situation. this is the latest, the president-elect has stopped free at chrysler from doing what? >> they got them investing in this country again. instead of moving deep offshore, they are going to be investing here. it is not a large amount, in terms of -- >> bill: they are going to invest a million dollars to modernize two plans rather than going to mexico? another pretty good bacteria? >> a great victory, combined cot with toyota, $10 billion, ford motor. these numbers are starting to build up in terms of jobs saved. >> bill: you're a big capitalist guy, right? you have money buried in your backyard, one of those guys?

trump is a strong armed guy, strong-armed in these companies, threatening these companies. does that bother you at all? >> the language that you used is so violent. [laughter] >> bill: that is what he is doing. if you put it down, he will pay the tax coming back. pretty strong arm. >> he is sitting down and he is talking -- >> bill: he is not sitting. he is pounding the lectern. he is not setting. >> is cobb job -- >> bill: job what? >> jawboning. >> bill: he's threatening. >> he wants to take these things -- >> bill: is a threat. does that bother you? >> as a matter of fact, the other day, donohue, the height of the chamber of commerce is talking about mr. trump intervening in the economy. he would be more comfortable if you weren't so enthusiastic about it. as if tom donohue, corporate america's economy, not the people's economy.

>> bill: so, some people, you would say, some capitalists are uneasy about his aggressive approach. but it seems to be working to some extent? >> yes. it's exactly the right thing to do. >> bill: here's another thing i didn't understand. trump has some concerns abroad. he makes money abroad. okay? >> also legal. >> bill: the money comes back to the usa. now, he has to figure out what to do with the money and now that he is president. >> president-elect trump has decided, we are announcing today, that he is going to voluntarily donate all profits from foreign government payments made to his hotels to the united states treasury. this way, it is the american people who will profit. >> bill: all right, so come he's got golf courses in scotland and ireland. if he makes a profit, the money comes back, he is giving it to the feds, right? >> correct. these hotel rooms, whatever their profit margin is, that is going to result in a check to the treasury.

i think it is a brilliant move. the point of fact, he stressed, his attorney stress, there is nothing in either law or the constitution -- >> bill: he didn't actually do it. >> he is doing the right thing. >> bill: he doesn't have an enormous amount of stuff overseas. it's just, it's targeted stuff. >> is significant. >> bill: it's a p.r. gesture. >> it's a p.r. gesture and it is also 14 14 14 businesses that d to be relevant. >> bill: 14. that is what he's got abroad. the ireland golf course, i have been there. i am not a golfer but it is beautiful. it's a beautiful place. he's losing money on that. >> no check for the treasury on that. >> bill: it will be interesting to see after the first year how much money rose into it. it's because you got to think it is a pretty good branding operation, to be president of the united states. i think business will pick up around the world. >> bill: you know, it is interesting, if he had lost, he would've taken a pounding. now, his hotel in d.c. is booked

until you and i are dead. i think that is how long. >> that's a long time. >> bill: that's a long time at least for you. all right, lou dobbs, everybody. how's it going at the fox business channel? you guys are kicking cnbc is butt. >> and every other parts of their anatomy. >> bill: good trumps evil. how is the movie industry going? to you care? as hollywood falling apart? it might be. miller is next. ♪ you foundi'm a robot! cars.com rawr yeti and found a place to service it, too. ♪ jingle bells now when you're ready, you can sell your old car

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>> bill: thanks for staying with us. i am bill o'reilly. last year, the american movie industry grossed more than $11 billion, a record. when you watch the war chose, many of the films nominated are small independents that few people have seen. there is no question, the industry is not nearly as glamorous as as it used to be. after that the political component as hollywood is very anti-trump. joining us now dennis miller. so, when we are on the road, we talk about old movies all the time. "godfather" saga.

"casablanca." classic movies like this that were well-crafted. you know, i don't see them anymore. these movies that are nominated are good movies but they are niche movies. not to the big public. the big public gets the dinosaurs and the cartoons and stuff like that. so, as hollywood falling apart? >> no, i don't think so, bill. i don't see these films enough to know. i am a turner classic movie guy. >> bill: me too. >> i have seen one film this year, "lala land," it was like a turner classic movie. it was great. would it won things, i didn't watch the awards because hanks didn't get nominated for "ali." i thought that was really solid. i wasn't prone to watch the awards. i don't watch award shows anymore because i read too much politics during the day and i want to escape from it at night. oddly enough, i now watch press conferences for entertainment and i watch award shows for politics. if you think it was bad at the

golden globes, wait until the oscars, billy, i have told you in the past, they made the oscars a statue. it was modeled after our friend vladimir putin. i've asked for a split screen of that. >> bill: there it is. very good. >> he is the oscar! >> bill: 20 million people watched the golden golden globg audience. i think "lala land," i haven't seen it. i think it will won best picture. you saw it. you liked it. i think the majority of americans are going to it until it comes on netflix or amazon or one of those. they are not going to go out to see "lala land." >> billy, let me tell you something about the event the other night. i was told it is with one of my topics. i've only met meryl streep twice in my life, once at a cherry at the event, she's a sweetheart. i had dinner with her once, i was lucky. she's my favorite actors of all time! she's the best actress i've ever seen! she was a charmer.

>> bill: did you talk politics with her? >> no, we didn't. she was so cool. i got a little loaded because i was nervous around her. it was fun. but then again, bill, i don't sit in the chamber of commerce to watch them act out in slow motion a gas station scene from "zoo lander." everything is mixed up right now. i haven't seen any of these films i saw, i think one called "login" because i like the two little creatures that do the "acuna matata." by and large, i don't watch movie award shows anymore unless a friend of mine -- >> bill: hollywood is changing into a niche thing and all of that. but i am intrigued on meryl streep. you didn't invite me to that dinner? i didn't get an invite. i would have appreciated that. >> bill: >> billy, i told you ig to invite you but we had to hide my car before she we started e.

>> bill: she was giving it to you. [laughter] >> i will say this. sometimes, when they are giving protest speeches, they feel rushed. i think we have to eliminate some of the minor categories so we can let these protest speeches breathe. >> bill: so we can listen to "meet the press" on the golden globes. >> have another option, too. we should have two of our trust, a new one where everyone plugs politics and that an old one, where everyone gets a dolled up. that can be the oscars. we can have another one called the felix's where everyone comes in a nice gun and gets the award i think the director and goes home. let's do it that way. >> bill: [laughs] okay, everyone in tulsa, oklahoma, is unbelievably excited. on friday night, you are going to roll into town, i'm going to run into town. and watters will be live with us. you have any advice for him and his first appearance on friday? >> you know, billy, i'm glad he is on board.

god knows ticket sales have gone through the roof. thanks for him adding. >> bill: don't tell him that. >> okay, i won't tell him that. i should have known that it was the converse consideration of you not to hint that participation back to him. i will say this. we have to razz them a little like the nfl does with rookies. we have to make him stand up during the show and sang us the alma mater. will you promise me you are there with me if we ask them? >> bill: he went to wesleyan. they're all modern as some communist song. i don't know. [laughter] >> i remember that. if i had a diploma, i would be did in the morning... >> bill: all right, we will see you on friday in oklahoma. aren't we look forward to see everyone in pennsylvania. >> thursday night, i am in fort worth. thursday night. >> bill: thursday night, fort worth. check his web site. >> i'd never do that. i got to pound this. >> bill: that's okay. you're in the area. bernie goldberg on deck. he'll talk about the media reaction to donald trump's press conference today.

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the demeanor, trump's demeanor, with the 250 reporters in that room, did you see anything that stuck out her? >> yet, it sort of reminds me of monday night smack down on the world wrestling entertainment show. you said earlier it was like a soap opera. yeah. there is always a tension between the press corps and the president. in this case, the president-elect. there is always a tension. but it is going to be brutal for the next at least four years. >> bill: udo think of the press, you agree with me, not since richard nixon, has an individual president been a target of the national media. >> i think he has brought a lot of it on himself. >> bill: all right. but there is, give him a chance mantra, which i don't think anybody, not anybody come the most in the natural mate he won't give them a chance.

rivera thinks he overreacted to the fake news week. eric bolling doesn't. i don't. i think it is a serious situation when a u.s. intelligence agency, that is what this is all about, leaks out stop after they presented to the president of the united states. i want to get your feeling on i it. >> generally speaking, then, i wi get to trump in particular, fake news is an important story. it is mainly because there are too many chuckle hides out there in united states who give more credence to fake news then to real news. i mean, what a person with half a brain could believe that hillary clinton was running an underage sex ring out of a pizza parlor in washington, d.c.? people believed it. they want to believe it. in the case of donald trump, we all agree that what buzzfeed did was journalistically irresponsible.

it was reprehensible. but donald trump was wrong when he said that cnn was engaged in fake news. all cnn did was report that top intelligence officials gave a briefing to the president, to the president-elect, and to members of congress, and they did it responsibly, they said, that the report contained potentially compromising personal and financial information about mr. trump. that is not fake news. that is legitimate news and it is legitimate news. >> bill: i disagree with you. here's why. we had that story. here at fox news. and then, when we tried to get some substance behind the story, and here is the substance, goldberg, here is it comes. who is saying that? who was saying it? which person or organization is saying it? >> that is not the story. the story is -- >> bill: let me make my case. all right? when there isn't any answer to a

question like that, when there isn't any credibility, you have to then talk about this mere factor because unsubstantiated allegations against you or me ot in the public, do an enormous amount of damage. so, to even raise this the spef a damaging report against the trump administration without sourcing it at all, i don't think you would report it. i just don't think you do. >> i agree that if i had that information, i would not report it. i can't instantiate it. >> bill: good. >> but we are talking about something different. at least, in. i am saying top intelligence officials gave the president of united states and the president-elect and eight key members of congress who are dealing with intelligence matters a briefing. that is legitimate news. >> bill: okay, it is

legitimate news. >> not the content. >> bill: they could have said, listen, don't worry about this. it comes from some guy who was a spear merchant, has no credibility. but here's what it was, just for your information. contextualized. >> then, take it up with the intelligence agency. not with cnn. >> bill: look, i am staying out of this judge mental stuff i don't know what the basic decision was over at cnn. i don't know. i'm giving your side, i'm giving eric bolling's aside, i'm giving trumps the side. to me, as a journalist, i just don't put out on substantiated allegations against anybody even if it comes to me from the cia or something like that. i just don't do it. >> so, let me make sure i understand this. if you got a report that the head, let's say the head of the cia, went to president obama and said there is a report out there that says the following. at the following is something really nasty.

and we think that it may leak and it may be used as blackmail against you. you don't think that's a news story? you don't think that is worth reporting? >> bill: i think it has to be kept with the president and the intel agencies. unless there is clarification about who is putting this out. because you can create mass chaos. the press can create mass chaos and defamation by putting out all the rumor and innuendo that floats in to the intelligence agency. >> buzzfeed is guilty of that. cnn was very careful not to go. >> bill: i'm glad you are sticking up for them. we need to hear both sides of the story. bernie goldberg, everybody. back to "tip of the day," how to handle your sweet tooth. "the tip," moments away. a decision was made

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the factor tip of the day. we sent him to a food court to talk about snacks, people eating snacks, most people love him. nothing better than a fresh-baked chocolate chip cookie or ice cream. however, sugar has to be controlled. chronicling all the bad stuff, here is a tip. regiment your sweet intake. maybe have dessert every other day, snacks four times a week. people, charted. sugar has to be handled. that is it for us tonight. we would like you to spout off about "the factor" ," word of te day, do not be in our best.

we are definitely looking out for you. remember, the spin stops here. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight." much like general patton, donald trump believes the best defense is a good offense. trump went on an all-out attack on today's news conference, his first since last july. it was a high-energy event. here is a highlight reel of what happened. >> i will be the greatest jobs producer that god ever created. as far as hacking, i think it was russia. but i think we also get hacked by other countries and other people. i will say again, i think it is