go to facebook.com/seanhannity, @seanhannity on twitter. we love hearing from you. thank you for being with us, we'll see you back here tomorrow night. ♪ >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight...th >> can you give us a question? >> don't be rude. >> can you give us a question? >> i am not going to give you a question. you are fake news. >> bill: donald trump lashing out at cnn at 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: 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 on 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. a ♪ ♪ hi, i am bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. donald trump's press conference, that is the subject of this evening's "talking points" memo. about 250 reporters faced the president elect in new york city today, and 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 buzzfeed, an internet site, released a so-called report that attacked donald trump in a very personal way. and also implied that his campaign had secret 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 ths 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 nazi germany would have done 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. >> gotr ahead. >> mr. president-elect? >> go ahead. >> no, not you. >> can you give us --

>> your organization is terrible. >> you're attacking our news organization.or >> can you give us a chance to ask a question? >> go ahead. quiet.qu she's asking a question.e' 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, quote, "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." continut you get the idea. the press and donald trump will be an ongoing soap opera. there's no doubt about it.p as for policy, the national media is still very interestedas 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 reince 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: so it seems mr. trump is acknowledging that russia did hack into the dnc.ms also, abc news asked mr. trumpmp about putin. >> if putin likes donald trump, i consider that an asset, not a liability. 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's a good chance i won't. and if i don't, do you honestly believe that hillary would be tougher on putin than me? does anybody in this room really believe that? >> bill: then it was on to obamacare, which, as we reported last night, is toast. >> we are going to be repeal and replace, complicated stuff.

and 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 s high. >> bill: what the republicans propose in place of obamacare will, of course, be a major story. now, much of the press conference dealt with donald trump's business deals. putting a lot of stuff in trust and handing operations of hiss company over to his two sons. lou dobbs will have some thoughts on that coming up. but then he got back to thetr trump controversies. front and center, the wall on the southern border. >> mexico, in 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.sa

mexico also got gore bad news because the president-elect once again said he is going tode 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. >> there will be a major border 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 you would have millionsgo 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 himnc thn when he was campaigning. he stated his case with authority. he was blunt, continues to say he'll do what he promised. as for the press, they are still fixated on the election. there is no question in my mind that the hunt, and that is what it is, a hunt, for a trump-russia connection during the campaign remains very intense and active.

some in 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 corps has been so determined to bring someone down. and that's "the memo." now, next on "the rundown," more analysis on the trump press conference. john roberts will give us the inside story on trumpen not recognizing cnn. bernie goldberg on whether the questioning today was fair and balanced..nd lou dobbs on mr. trump's claim that he has already been very effective on the jobs front. bolling and rivera on the fake news controversy. all of those reports coming your way shortly. ♪ just like the people who own them, every business is different.

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>> bill: continuing with our first story, the trump press conference. joining us for midtown manhattan, john roberts is covering the president-elect. i want the inside stuff, roberts. first off, the cnn reporter, jim acosta, got shot down by the president-elect. was acosta 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 conference, that cnn was going to get iced out. aides suggested that there were a lot of people in the front row that wouldn'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 jim for a long time. we go back to our days at cbs.

we were at cnn together. i've had a long relationship with him. he is just a dogged reporter who just 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 boxed out "the washington post" earlier this year, the way president obama boxed out fox news in the early days of his administration, you do tend to get a little frustrated. >> bill: i don't understand what cnn was doing in the front row if the trump people were angry with them and 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 presidential press conference conferences, at leasy had been conducted, 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 correspondents and a number of producers. that's how they got in the front row . >> 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 two-page summary of the salacious and 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. >> bill: i want to stay on this. okay. all right. so the intelligence agencies,

that is who donald trump compared to the nazis. they issued a report, a two-page report, they gave to donald trump, which 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? >> yeah. 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 saw it, he demanded an investigation. i think it is the fact that cnn was the first one to publish this and raise it to the level that it did. >> bill: okay.

we are going to talk about that with bolling and rivera and bernie goldberg. just so 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 smearing is too easy in this country. it is too casually accepted and the press does at all the time. final question to you. trump looked to be in control of the press conference. he didn't look nervous. i didn't see much of a difference between him today and then 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 gained over 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 before. today's press conference with something else today, bill. i've been to a lot of presidential press conferences and i haven't seen anything like that.

>> bill: would you say he was in command out there? >> oh, yeah. >> bill: i thought so. >> absolutely, he was in command. bill, this is going to be an interesting four years from 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. >> overrated. >> bill: john roberts. directly ahead, donald trump, obviously furious about fake news. we'll discuss the issue with bolling and rivera. later, is 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.

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>> bill: impact segment tonight. as we told you in the "talking points" memo, unsubstantiated 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 totally overreacted. first of all, as a proud jew-rican, 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. >> bill: the point i was trying to make was that in the government of the third reich -- >> i got it. >> bill: there were leagues designed to destroy individuals. that is true. he could have used stalin. but trump's remarks were directed toward the u.s. intelligence agencies who put this out to cnn. >> does that mean you compare our own spies to the nazis?

>> bill: somebody did a heinous thing. >> once the intelligence committee, community briefed 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 intelligence people and president-elect was a private meeting. it was a national security meeting. >> you're a newsman. 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%. there had to be, but it didn't have to be the intel community. remember, john mccain was give this 35-page dossier by christopher steele, a former british mi6 agent. now, mccain has access to this. why doesn't -- okay, now,

somehow, news agencies got their hands on it. i heard tom brokaw this morning say 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: well, nobody is sticking up for them. the question is -- >> nbc -- >> you can't just -- >> who leaked to the 35-page dossier word for word? it had to be -- >> that's a valid -- >> john mccain -- >> bill: it could have been overseas. it could have been somebody 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 leak in the world and i didn't hear any complaints about it. anyway, you are burying the lede.

the lede is that donald trump, the president-elect -- let me finish my sentence. >> bill: let him finish. >> the lede is that donald trump now says, yes, russia was behind the hacking. >> bill: we pointed that out. >> donald trump agreed -- 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 politicized. >> bill: i agree with that. >> how do you know that? >> if they leak that to hurt donald trump, clearly, someone had to tell them, let's leak this.

it benefits president obama's -- his legacy going on. it also benefits all the anti-trumpers who just happen to have been led by mccain. >> bill: i agree with that. >> bill: a serious, serious situation when u.s. intelligence agencies are making stuff out about the president of the united states. period. >> what about the fbi licking >> what about the fbi leaking 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: stop. the comparison is invalid, and you know it. all right, now, final question.

you have got a guy, 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? >> and he wins this war because he is the news cycle. >> bill: the press doesn't have any standing in america. >> but 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. >> and he did a great job, and nobody is going to talk about it because he lost his temper with jim acosta. i thought he was going to mug the damn guy. >> i will tell you what no one

else is talking about, did you know president obama did his farewell speech last night? >> bill: you are approaching lon cheney jr. territory. okay? the next move, we are going to have security. [laughter] i just needed to find that out. plenty more as "the factor" moves ahead this evening. bernie goldberg watched 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 small. >> bill: we hope you stay tuned for those reports. got how to brush his teeth. (woman vo) in march, my husband didn't recognize our grandson. (woman 2 vo) that's when moderate alzheimer's made me a caregiver. (avo) if their alzheimer's is getting worse, ask about once-a-day namzaric. namzaric is approved for moderate to severe alzheimer's disease in patients who are taking donepezil. it may improve cognition and overall function, and may slow the worsening of symptoms for a while. namzaric does not change the underlying disease progression. don't take if allergic to memantine, donepezil, piperidine, or any of the ingredients in namzaric. tell the doctor about any conditions;

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

trump is a strong-arm guy, strong-arming 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. strong arm. >> he is sitting down and he is talking -- >> bill: he is not sitting. he is pounding the lectern. he is not sitting. >> it's called jawboning -- >> bill: job what? >> jawboning. >> bill: he's threatening. >> he wants to take these things -- >> bill: it's a threat. does that bother you? >> as a matter of fact, the other day, donohue, the head 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: in fact is a conservative crew. so, some people, you would say, some capitalists are uneasyit about his aggressive approach. but it seems to be working to someo 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 tu do with the money now that he is president. >> president-elect trump has decided, and we are announcingde today, that he is going to voluntarily donate all profits from foreign government payments made to his hotels to the united states treasury.fi this way, it is the american people who will profit. >> bill: all right, so he's got golf courses in scotland and ireland. >> panama. >> bill: so 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. and i think it is a brilliant move.

because the point of fact, he stressed, his attorneys stress, there is nothing in either law or the constitution -- >> bill: he didn't have to 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. >> it's significant. >> bill: it's a p.r. >> bill: it's a p.r. gesture. >> it's a p.r. gesture and it is also 14 businesses that looked to be relevant. >> bill: 14. that is what he's got abroad. the ireland golf course, i have been there.br i am not a golfer, but it is beautiful. it's a beautiful place. but he's losing money on that.t. >> no check for the treasury on that. >> bill: right. it will be interesting to see after the first year howot much money rolls into it. >> 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. u

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?e you guys are kicking cnbc's butt. >> and every other part of their anatomy. >> bill: good trumps evil. how is the movie industry going? do you care? or maybe a better question, is hollywood falling apart? it might be. t miller is next. miller is next. ♪

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were well-crafted. you know, i don't see them anymore.re these movies that are nominated are good movies but they are niche movies. not for the big public. the big public gets the dinosaurs and the cartoons and stuff like that. so is hollywood falling apart? >> no, i don't think so, bill. like you said, i don't see these films enough to know. i am a turner classic movie guy. >> bill: yeah, me too. >> therefore, i have seen one film this year, "la la land," it was like a turner classic movie. it was great. when it won things, i read it won things, i didn't watch the awards because hanks didn't get nominated for "sully." i thought that was really solid. iy 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. and 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 statue. it was modeled after our friend i've asked for a split screen of that. >> bill: there it is. very good. >> he is the oscar! putie is the oscar. >> bill: 20 million people watched the golden globes, a big audience. i think "la la land," i haven't seen it. i think it will win best picture. you saw it. you liked it. but 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 "la la land." >> yeah, well, billy, let me tell you something about the event the other night. i was told it was one of my topics. i've only met meryl streep twice in my life, once at a charity event, she's a sweetheart in person. i had dinner with herer once, i was lucky. she's my favorite actress of all time! she's the best actress i've ever seen! she was a charmer.

we laughed our tookises off. >> bill: did you talk politics with her? >> no, we didn't. no, she was so cool. i got a little loaded because i was nervous around her.. and it was fun. but then again, bill, i don't sit in the chamber of congress to watch them act out in slow motion a gas station scene from "zoolander." everything is mixed upp right now. films. i saw, i think one called "lion" because i like the two little creatures that do the "hakuna 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 thatat dinner. i didn't get an invite from you with meryl. i would have appreciated that. >> billy, i told you i was going to invite you but we had to heimlich her before we started eating.e ef >> 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. that's what we need. >> have another option too. we should have tworu award show, a new one where everyone plugs politics and then an old one where everyone gets a dolled up. that can be the oscars. we can have another one called the felixes where everyone comes in a nice gown and gets their award and thanks the director and goes home. let's do it that way.ic >> bill: [laughs] okay, everybody 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 watters in his first appearance on friday? >> you know, billy, i'm glad heb 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 consideration of you not to hint that participation back to him. i will say this. we have to razz him a little like the nfl does with rookies. we have to make him stand up during the show and sing his alma mater. will you promise me you are there with me if we ask them? >> bill: he went to wesleyan. their alma mater is some communist song. i don't know. [laughter] >> i remember that. ♪ if i had a diploma, i would beat it in the morning ♪ >> bill: all right, we will see you on friday in oklahoma. 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.k. he'll talk about the media reaction to donald trump's press conference today.

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>> bill: back of the book segment, tonight, bernie reactions to trump conference, mike pence scorched the press. >> the irresponsible decision of a few news organizations to run with a false and unsubstantiated report when most news organizations resisted the temptation to propagate this fake news can only be attributed to media bias and an attempt to demean the president-elect and our incoming administration, and the american people are sick and tired of it. >> bill: joining us now from miami, bernard goldberg. so we'll get to the fake new stuff in a minute. the demeanor, trump's demeanor, with the 250 reporters in that

room, did you see anything that stuck out to you? >> yet, it sort of reminds me of "monday night smackdown" 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: you don't think that the press, you agree with me that 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 the, you know, give him a chance mantra, which i don't think anybody -- not anybody.

most in the media won't give them a chance. rivera thinks he overreacted to the fake news leak. 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 stuff after they present it to the president of the united states. so i want to get your feeling on it. >> generally speaking -- then i will get to trump in particular -- fake news is an important story. it is mainly because there are too many chuckleheads 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.? you know what, people believed it. >> bill: people want to believe crazy stuff. >> 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 key members of congress, and they did it responsibly. they said, that the report contained, quote, "potentially compromising personal and financial information about mr. trump." that is not fake news. that is legitimate news, and it is legitimate news done the right way. >> 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 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 the smear factor because unsubstantiated allegations against you or me or anybody else, once they are out in the public, do an enormous amount of damage. so to even raise the specter of a damaging report against the trump administration or the president-elect himself 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, because i can't substantiate it. >> bill: good. >> but we are talking about something different. at least, i am. 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. not the content.

>> bill: they could have said, listen, don't worry about this. because it comes from some guy we know is a smear merchant, has no credibility. but here's what it was, just for your information. contextualized. >> then take it up with the intelligence agency. but not with cnn. >> bill: but we don't know -- look, i am staying out of this judgmental stuff because i don't know what the basic decision was over at cnn. i don't know. so i'm giving your side, i'm giving bolling's side, i'm giving trump's side. to me, as a journalist, i just don't put out unsubstantiated 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. and 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. ♪

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>> bill: back to the "tip of the day," eating sweet stuff. but in a minute, naples, florida. your best memo ever and you have written some great ones. bill, great memo, you failed to mention the debt on obama's watch. 47%. of america's debt was accumulated during the last eight years. very serious. thanks for pointing it out. so am i.

i think the painting portrays the savagery of both sides. it's possible, but by portraying police as pigs, the artist has crossed into disrespect. it must be viewed in a nonpolitical place, not on the capitol grounds.s. they are for everybody. not for a disrespectful attack on police. because police and their families go to the capital.

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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 t 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 the day is nebbish. do not be a nebbish. remember, the spin stops here.

we are definitely looking out for you. >> 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 a disgrace that information would be let out.