ball. yes, they are making me wear a tux. 10:00 until midnight eastern time. history will be made at noon tomorrow. thank you for all you do. god bless you, god bless america. we will see you from the freedom ball. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on tonight. >> so there will be no misunderstanding, it is not my intention to do away with government. it is, rather, to make it work. >> we will pay any price, meet any hardship, support any friend, uphold any foe, andd assure the survival and success of liberty. >> bill: what should donald trump say in his inaugural address tomorrow? "talking points" has a provocative point of view on that, and you will hear it. >> never give up! never give in! stand up!! speak up! >> bill: certainly, congressman lewis has done that, trying to undermine the trump presidency. bernie goldberg has a challenge

for mr. lewis tonight. >> we are here and we will dance. >> also ahead, let the chaos begin. protesters surrounded vice president-elect mike pence's house last night. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the "no spin zone." "the factor" begins right now. ♪ >> bill: hi, i am bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. what donald trump should say in. his inaugural address tomorrow. that is the subject of tonight's "talking points memo." we get word that the inaugural address will run about 30 minutes. but less is more. 20 minutes would probably be the best presentation. george washington's second inaugural address is less than 5

minutes. the old general didn't have much to say at that point. mr. trump does have a lot to say because he is in a unique position. there are powerful forces in america committed to destroying him. and the national media is a big part of that. so "talking points" believes that tomorrow, president trump should not only say what his vision for america is, but why he feels his policies will help the folks. the only way to overcome the hatred against him is to communicate directly to the people. the new fox news poll asked, does donald trump listen to people like you? 40% say trump does a good job in that regard. 50%, a bad job. so the more the new president can direct his remarks to the folks, the stronger his position will become. and on that note, i have changed my opinion. i used to think all of his tweeting hurt donald trump. but now, it is a necessity because he can expect to be attacked every day. he must have a rapid defense mechanism in his own words, andp twitter provides that.

now, as for trump's message, it has to be economically based.es how to improve the financial situation for hard-working americans. all of his domestic policies have to revolve around that theme. he has to connect them in his address tomorrow. for example, if you are going to crack down on border security, say why. explain how that will help americans make a better living. if you are going to knock out a bunch of environmentalal regulations, specifically sayay how that will improve the country. it will not be enough for donald trump just to proclaim; he will have to explain.ai in the past, there have been some very interesting statements made by new presidents. here you go. >> it is not my intention to do away with government. it is, rather, to make it work. work with us, not over us. to stand by our side, not ride in our back. >> the enemies of liberty in our country should make no mistake. america remains engaged in the

world, by history and by choice, shaping a balance of power that favors freedom. >> let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty. >> bill: now, the sad fact is, no matter what donald trump says tomorrow in his address, it will not be accepted by those who despise him. but again, he can overcome that opposition if he talks directly to the folks and if he emerges as their champion through policy success. that is "the memo." now, joining us from washington, david azerrad from the heritage los angeles, presidential historian jon meacham.

okay, tell everybody that president bush the elder remains in the hospital. they say he is stabilized after his bout with pneumonia. everybody is wishing and praying for him, wishing him well. great man, i think.y great man in many, many different ways. now, donald trump -- >> one piece of good news is that when jim baker went to see the bushes yesterday, hece announced that he was going to bring a thermos of martinis. >> bill: that will liven things up in the icu. but donald trump steps into this job as the 45th president, and now i have looked at this thing, and there was rancor with adams and jefferson, we know through w history, but nothing like this. because of the internet. the internet has changed everything. the hatred factor is through the roof. so i am trying to basically bring it down a little. what say you? >> i agree. i have two thoughts. for what i would hope the president-elect will dot

tomorrow, as he is president. one goes slightly contrary, at least at first, to your point. i would say, he'll have president carter, president bush, president clinton, secretary clinton, president obama there. i think it would be a graceful note, a gracious note, to allude to all of them and talk about a how we have had a farmer from the plains and a kid from arkansas and a guy from west texas and a kid from hawaii who have risen in the american story and that we honor them for their service. but now it is about the people and not just the president. and pivoting that way, i think by alluding to the establishment against which he ran so successfully, i think he'll get points for grace, i think he will get points for reaching out. i think he would reassure people, like me, frankly, who do believe that the conventions ofe politics have a reason. but then that pivot has to be, i'm going to be the deliverable

president.e, judge me on what i do. we are here to make things happen for you, not just for the people. >> bill: i think that is wise. i mean, he is generous in the beginning to all of the previous presidents and then he says, look, i am in business to help you out. like andrew jackson did way back then. mr. david azerrad, what would your tactic be in the address tomorrow? >> i agree with you, bill, that he wandered back over his critic with the speech. he hasn't even been sworn in and trump derangement syndrome has set in amongst the social justice warriors. they are a lost cause. i think what he has to do, what he will do, is to hammer away at the core premise of his campaign, which is, he will have the only interest of the american people in his heart. that he will tirelessly champion the well-being of the forgotten men and women of this country. and the way to do that is to return to the themes that propelled him to the presidency, to talk about the importance of borders, about the importance of the national interest, about putting america first when it

comes to immigration, to trade, to foreign policy.he he is going to give it be giving a state of the union address next month.on that is a time to go into details. for the time being, i would stick to the core premise of his campaign, which is what got himh elected. >> bill: okay, but i think he has to do a why behind the what. because he has been demonized so badly that people are going to say, oh, you just want to punish mexicans on the border, or you just want to make the world, the planet dirty again. you know, that could be an opposition slogan, "makeke the planet dirty again." so you got will say, this is why i am doing things, jon, and i agree that you don't want to get into micro policy on the stateic of the union, just 20 minutes, you just want to deliver a powerful address. but he has got to kind of give it to his critics a little bit. >> he does, and he will. i mean, i don't think there is any question about that. politicians run on incentives that have worked in the past. right? it is why political reforms are so hard.

because incumbents think thatit any system that elected them is just fine and has great wisdom. he has consistently talked about these themes, sometimes in a scattershot way, but that is part of his appeal. interestingly, his vernacular, as reality television driven as it sometimes is, obviously resonated with people. >> bill: sure. they understood what he is talking about. >> i would push back gently against with the two of you are saying. an inaugural address is not the time to go after your critics. it is not the time to punish your enemies. it is to return to the language he used when he got the nomination at the convention. focus on america as a nation of dreamers, believers, and strivers. leave out the part about the fact that it is led by a group of cynics, critics, ande censor. now is not the time to go after the elites, the media, and cronies. i think you want an uplifting, unifying message for the natione

>> bill: all right. we will see what we get.pp gentlemen, thank you very much. we appreciate it. next, "the rundown," we'll take you to the southern border. later, bernie goldberg not very happy with congressman john lewis. those reports after these messages as "the factor" continues all across the usa and all around the world. americans - 83% try to eat healthy. yet up 90% fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do more. add one a day men's complete with key nutrients we may need. plus heart-health support with b vitamins. one a day men's in gummies and tablets. 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

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>> bill: impact segment tonight, it is clear from the trump♪ administration that the southern border and immigration will be one of the first things the new president addresses. >> i think it should be no surprise to anybody that immigration, job creation, manufacturing, tax reform are all at the top of that list. and so it is just frankly a question of sequencing. >> bill: the word is executive orders on the border and immigration may be issued in the next few days. joining us now from washington, the president of the national border patrol council, brandon judd. n

you represent more than 1600 border patrol agents. what changes are you guys expecting on the southern border? >> well, first off, i want you to understand that there is a buzz that we have never seen before in the border patrol. of those agents, we feel we now have a president that we can trust and that has the political will to finally secure the border. and we expect to see an awful lot of policies that have undermined border securitybo change in the near future. >> bill: get specific for me. >> okay, so what we have rightht now that has drawn vast numbers of people from other countries to come to the united states is what we called a "catch and release" program.er the vast majority of all those individuals that the border illegally that we arrest, we just turn around and release. in other words, we walk them out the door, give them, in some cases, a bus ticket to atlanta, boston, new york, and there is no consequences. in essence, what we are doing is, we are rewarding them for breaking our law. >> bill: how did that ever happen though? how did that catch and release

happen? >> that was an obama policy. that was the administration's policy. they forced us to, in essence, stop enforcing the laws. and, of course, when we stop enforcing the laws, that word spreads. and most people think that this is just mexico. these are just people from mexico that we are arresting. and that is as far from the truth as there is.re we arrest people from the middle east, we arrest people from south america, we arrest people from countries in the ukraine. and so what the message that we have sent is that if you come here and you break our laws, we are going to let you go and -- >> bill: let me get this straight though. if you are a migrant and you come across the border and your guys catch them, if you say to the border patrol, i need asylum, i am here for political -- those are the magic words, right? >> those are the magic words. >> bill: i'm here to apply for

asylum. then, you process -- you take them to a place, you process them, and then you are mandated to let them go under president obama's policies? you have to let them go? >> yes, we do have to let them go. and oftentimes, we walk them right out our frontt door, sometimes to a church. sometimes to a bus station.es walk them right out -- >> bill: they are in the wind. but you tell them they have to come back for a hearing, right? >> we tell them that in the future, we will send them a letter that will give them a hearing date. but unfortunately, the vast majority of these individuals never show up for the hearing. >> bill: do they give you addresses? >> they have to give us addresses. >> bill: they have to give you an address. so everybody knows this, coming in from mexico, all the coyotes, the people smugglers, they tell them, if you get in there and you are caught by the border control, you tell them you want asylum, you give them an address, where your uncle lives or something, and bang, you are in. i don't think americans understood how bad or how

lenient -- maybe that is a better word -- that policy was. so you expect trump to stop that cold? >> yes, i do. president trump's meteoric rise was based upon his border security stance. he spoke to an ignored segment of the american public. t and that public responded on november 8th. >> bill: you expect him to stop catch and release cold. what about the border wall? 8 >> so the border wall is something that is extremely important. we're not talking about a border wall from california down to i texas. we are talking about a border wall in strategic locationsow which will then allow us to dictate where illegal immigration takes place or illegal contraband. because again, we don't just arrest illegal aliens. we arrest -- we seize vast amounts of drugs that comeme across the border. and we want to dictate where they cross. and with border walls, we are able to dictate where they cross. and it allows us to be as successful as possible.

>> bill: so you are going to final -- do you know, does the border patrol have a chart that says, this is where we need the bigig wall, do you have that already drawn up? >> they are working on that as we speak. it hasn't been finalized, but that is being worked on.el >> bill: all right. do you believe president trump will build that? >> i do believe. i do believe that, yes, he will build the wall. i do believe that the walls, in strategic locations, will allow and i believe that under this administration, i believe wee will secure the border. >> bill: all right. well, we shall see, mr. judd. we appreciate you joining us tonight. directly ahead, california pulls back on allowing health insurance for illegal aliens. is that because of donald trumpo later, bernie goldberg scolding congressman john lewis. up ahead. i don't want to live with

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>> bill: "unresolved problems" segment. tonight, the state of california, perhaps the mosten progressive entity in allowing undocumented aliens benefits. but now california has withdrawn its request to the federal government for permission to allow undocumented folks access to government-mandated health insurance. some say that backdown is because of donald trump. joining us now from washington, california congressman brad sherman, a democrat. so do you think mr. trump has intimidated sacramento, the capital, into withdrawing this request? >> well, first, let's clarify the request. it was to let undocumented immigrants shop on the web site. just as they can shop at safeway, just as they can shop on amazon.n. no subsidy. and when you get more customers, it is lower prices for everybody.

so that is with the waiver intended. yes, it is indeed donald trump that has caused california to withdraw the waiver. keep in mind, the two things that he hates most are undocumented immigrants and obamacare. >> bill: i don't know about that. he certainly wants to change the policies. b you said something very interesting. so he has, just by his power, sent a message to california that says what? what is the message that trump is sending to california? >> that if undocumented immigrants want to buy healtho insurance, they can buy it anywhere except on these particular exchanges. like telling them they can't shop on amazon. >> bill: the obamacare exchanges, no-go.. california is defying trump on d sanctuary cities and a number of other things. they have threatened a lawsuit for the border wall. why are they giving in on this? >> well, the fear is that if undocumented immigrants sign up that that would give trump a list for his mass deportation policy.

now, we don't know if he is going to follow that policy. but if you listen to his rhetoric -- >> bill: undocumented on the list to access health care, that the federal government would know about it. i don't know if that is the case though. i think that california is in a very tough spot here. because if it is going to go up against jeff sessions, the new attorney general, and donald trump, there is a lot of federal dollars in play here. and i think that is in the back of everybody's mind out there. i could be wrong. now, you are not boycotting the inauguration. why not? >> well, it is a tough decision. i respect those that are boycotting. the leaders of our party are going to be in attendance. presidents clinton, obama, carter, candidates hillary and bernie, and i'm going to do it out of respect for the system. you know, it is easy to respect the system when it gives you the right results. i am not -- you know, i was very happy to attend the inauguration of barack obama. i will be attending without much joy but with a respect for a system, even though i know the system is flawed with then

electoral college, et cetera. >> bill: why do you think other democrats don't see it that way you do? i do. you may remember, the second inauguration for barack obama, there was no republican boycott, even at that time, they were at each other's throats.. republicans showed up. it just makes the democratic party look bad, i think. >> well, it does because, while we get excited about reaching out to a base that includes a lot of people that really do not think donald trump is legitimate, may even loathe him, we have got to remember that we will not be a majority unless we can appeal to those people who either voted for trump or thought of voting for trump. >> bill: it's the independent americans that the democratic party needs to win back if you want to take power away from donald trump in four years. but see, i don't understand what this boycott accomplishes. i don't get that. it doesn't strengthen the democratic party. i believe that most americans don't like this at all. they would much rather see a

country, at least on one day, come together and celebrate our traditions. i think you agree with that. most americans want to see the country celebrate it on inauguration day. not politicians. the country. so it hurts the democratic party to be put in this position. it also makes them a party of fanaticism.o and that never works, does it?t? >> well, i don't know if we are in a celebratory mood, even those of us -- >> bill: it doesn't matter, celebrate the country. >> we are there to celebrate the country. >> bill: wear a little flag pin. you don't have to be jumping up and down.p republicans weren't jumping up and down for barack obama second time around, where they? >> i don't think so. i celebrate america every>> day with joy. there will be a little less joy than usual tomorrow. i think a lot of my colleagues feel that they're our representatives, and their constituency is in an angry mood toward donald trump.in >> bill: aren't they supposed to be the adults in a room? so they are in an angry mood, all right, next time around,

let's give it a better shot and maybe we will take power back.ig but right now, do we want to be petulant? w do we want to be subversive? i just think it hurts your party. >> well, it's a close call. keep in mind, if you got a $10 dollar bill and a $20 bill in your wallet, both thoseal presidents had their inaugurations boycotted by their predecessors. john adams boycotted, john quincy adams boycotted. >> bill: there was bad feeling but never like this. >> oh, if you know american history, and i know you do, there have been even more contentious times than we face today. >> bill: eh, not with the internet. the internet spreads the hate s: fast that by the time the pony express got out to missoura when john quincy adams didn't like jackson, he was out of office already, jackson. it took four years to get out there. it is always good talking to you. we appreciate you taking the time.ys plenty more ahead as "the factor" moves along this evening. bernie goldberg will cover john lewis as a correspondent. now, some problems with his

behavior, that should be interesting. and watters roaming around washington today. >> why is everybody hating on donald trump? >> donald trump hasn't really given us a reason to like him. you know, and until he does, i am not going to support him. >> bill: notice the red star on that guy's little lapel there, huh? i hope you stay tuned for those reports. mercedes-benz, you can drive as far as you want for up to three years and be covered. so no matter where you go, your peace of mind and confidence will be as unlimited... as your mileage. visit the certified pre-owned sales event, now through february 28th. and learn more about our unlimited mileage warranty, only at your authorized dealer. mercedes-benz. the best or nothing. tawell, the only place youn, need go...oll?

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donald trump and mike pence and his families will have a private prayer service. joining us now from washington is the man who will sermonize during the service. robert jeffress, a senior pastor at the first baptist church in dallas. what are you going to say, pastor? >> well, i am not going to lecture the new president. i am going to compare him to another great leader that god chose 2500 years ago to restore the nation of israel. and it is interesting, bill, god didn't choose a politician or a priest. he chose a builder named nehemiah, and interestingly, he told nehemiah to build a giant wall around jerusalem to protect the citizens. g so, i'm going to use nehemiah's story as an example of why godas blesses leaders, and i want it to be a tremendous encouragement to our great new president and vice president. >> bill: all right, for those who are not bible literate, nehemiah was a regular guy, all right? and this is an old testament story.

and so god appeared to him and wanted him to do what? what was the endgame for nehemiah? >> well, the country had been in bondage for years in babylon. the infrastructure was in shambles. and god said to nehemiah, the first step to rebuilding the nation is to secure the nation with a border to keep the enemies out. >> bill: to keep the babylonians out and the other people. >> the ammonites and the hittites. >> bill: i hate those hittites. those hittites were really out of control. >> yeah, and make the hittitesos pay for the wall. i don't think he said that, but maybe he should have. [laughter]r] >> bill: so you are going to tell the story to the president and vice president. they will still be elect when you get them. and what do you want them to take away from it? >> well, you know, nehemiah had his share of critics during his day who were heckling him and hounding him, spreading rumors about him. they were kind of like thedi mainstream media of today. nehemiah ignored them. the country went into an

economic recession, terrorist attacks, nehemiah kept plowing forward. and i see those qualities in donald trump. he is not going to stop for his critics.s. he is not going to slow down. he is going to do what he thinks is best for this country. and that is why i support him. >> bill: so you are going to encourage him at the same time you are enlightening him about the old testament.ht >> i want to encourage him. i can't stand these pastors who use their minutes before a president to give a lecture and to chastise them. i don't think that is my role. and, by the way, donald trump is my friend. so i do want to encourage him. you know, people who didn't vote for trump or pence, you know, i i think tomorrow is a time for us to begin to pray for him because, bill, if trump wins, america wins. >> bill: well, he needs some prayers because his enemies are legion. the final question is, you know donald trump pretty well. he is not a religious man, per se. he is a secular man. does that enter into your

thinking at all? would you like him to be a little more overtly religious? >> look, donald trump and i have had many discussions about faith. and i say this: mr. trump's faith is very important to him, but it is very personal with him. but i do think -- what is ironic, bill, is that a secular billionaire from new york has won more evangelical votes than any candidate in history by wider margins. >> bill: and you know why that is, though, right? >> yes, because i think evangelicals want a strong leader but they also appreciate the fact that trump, unlike the left, does not demonize them for their beliefs. >> bill: that is one reason, but the supreme court selection, i think, is what the evangelicals voted on. >> it was, bill. by the way, i can tell you from talking to mr. trump just a few weeks ago, he is moving forward and fulfilling the promise of a supreme court and the other promises he made. >> bill: all right, pastor, good luck tomorrow. say hello to everybody for me. and thanks for introducing p the audience to nehemiah.ve

>> glad to. >> bill: when we come right back, bernie goldberg on john lewis. that could get harsh. and watters talking to the folks in washington, d.c. >> is there anything trump cano do to make you hate him a little bit less? >> resign immediately. >> bill: "the factor" is coming right back. >> bill: "the factor" is coming right >> bill: "the factor" is testinhuh?sting! is this thing on? come on! your turn! where do pencils go on vacation? pennsylvania! (laughter) crunchy wheat frosted sweet! kellogg's frosted mini-wheats. feed your inner kid

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>> announcer: "the o'reilly factor," the number one cable news show for 16 years and counting. >> bill: thanks for staying with us. i am bill o'reilly. the "weekdays with bernie" segment, tonight, aul column by mr. goldberg, "even heroes should be held accountable," about the conduct of john lewis, who he covered while a correspondent for cbs news. tell us first about your historf with lewis. >> i was doing a story for the "cbs evening news" on one of the anniversaries, i don't remember which one, of the march in selma, alabama. and i met john lewis in atlanta. he was gracious, he was dignified, and i liked him. he is a genuine american hero who made america a better place, not just for black people, but for all of us. but as i said and as you alluded to in the lead-in, even heroes

need to be held accountable.ed >> bill: so what do you think mr. lewis' motive has been over the last 20 years when he has excoriated every single republican running for president, compared -- i think mccain and george wallace. romney was going to be throwing blacks into the street. and now we have this boycott of donald trump.ve what is lewis' motive? >> i think he believes, and i am pretty sure his supporters believe, that john lewis is a man of principle who acts almost exclusively on principle. so his motives would be, it is a principled response to what he considers the illegitimacy of donald trump. he also considered george bushha illegitimate. as you just mentioned, he compared john mccain, when he was running for president, to george wallace. he said mitt romney would take

us back -- or at least suggested he would take us back to the bad old days of segregation. and i think he believes all of these things are based on principle. but john lewis is also something besides an icon, besides a civil rights icon. he is also a hyper-partisan liberal democrat. and he doesn't always deal with principle. when you try to delegitimize so many different kinds of republicans, that is political. and when john lewis goes into the political arena, he can be criticized in a political way. what bothers me, bill, what bothers me more than john lewis, who i think is a good man, what bothers me is that his many supporters think that because of his biography, because of what he went through, because he got his head handed to him in selma, alabama, in 1965, that he is somehow above reproach, beyond reproach. that you can't criticize him. a if you do, you are suspect at

best or you are racist at worst. and i am saying he is also a politician. when he acts that way, he is allowed to be criticized. >> bill: i think his motive is that he is a one-party guy.ot that he doesn't want two parties in this country. and that he says, if it is not my way, it is the highway. >> but he believes -- >> bill: he doesn't respect anybody on the other team. no one. they are all bad. >> but here is why i think -- i think you are right. but here is why i think that isu the case. he has supporters in the liberal media and in liberal intellectual circles, who have practically said, and in some cases literally said, you cannot criticize john lewis. >> bill: they have inoculated him to criticism because of his heroism in the civil rights movement.

>> and that goes -- >> bill: but i am not interested in that. i'm interested in him. >> that's what i was about to say. that affects his thinking. he sees himself as the special kind of person he is. but he is not just a man ofot principle. he is also a man of politics. >> bill: but i don't understand where the principle is if every single republican is evil. where is the principle of that? >> oh, we are not saying he's right. we are saying that we is what he believes. >> bill: but, you know, he is being portrayed as a principled man. my question is very simplenc because, as you know, i am a simple man. where is the principle in demonizing every single person who disagrees with you? where is the principle in that? >> i'm not defending him. i want to make this w clear. imagine that you walked over the

edmund pettus bridge in march of 1965 and a bunch of racist state troopers, alabama state troopers, beat you senseless. one of them hit you over the head and cracked your skull. do you think -- i know this sounds ridiculous, but you think everything hearkens back to the bad old days, so you see donald trump -- >> bill: i hope that's not the case. >> who tried to delegitimize barack obama, so he, john lewis tries to delegitimizee donald trump. >> bill: i hope that's not the case. >> he sees george bush, who he thought wasn't really elected. the same with john mccain. in the case of john mccain and mitt romney, it is beyond ridiculous. this isn't principle. this is ugly political commentary.s >> bill: absolutely. all right, bernie. we appreciate it. go to bernardgoldberg.com. read his column. watters on deck. he is running around d.c. and he has some very interesting interviews for us. watters is next.e a bonus check

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>> bill: "back of the book" segment tonight, "watters' world." there are many, many, many things going on in washington this evening. some of them have to do with hatred, angst. so we sent watters down to catch some of the flavor. roll it. ♪ >> what's with all the hate against donald trump? >> we have not taken the time to stop and really evaluate thee reasons behind him winning. >> isn't it because he won the electoral college? >> um... >> i think i hear my mother calling me. >> i think they need to give him a chance. >> give peace a chance. >> yeah, that too. >> i believe that you should support the united states president despite your political belief. >> why is everybody hating on donald trump? >> they believe he is a racist.w

>> they think he's gonna cause war. >> let's just relax for a second. >> aren't you going to give the guy a fair shake? >> no, not really. i would actually rather walkk into the street then talk to you. >> [laughs] okay. >> what a woman. >> why does everybody hate donald trump so much? >> i don't hate him. i think he probably doesn't use his words very well. >> do you hate donald trump? >> i don't -- hate is a strong word. i don't really hate donald trump. >> i hate you, i hate you, i hate you. leave me alone. >> do you hate donald trump? >> i don't hate anyone. >> even if they are boycotting the inauguration or saying nasty things about theec president-elect? >> isn't this a free country?ry some people are very frustrated and some people are very happy. that's the way it is. it's democracy. >> trump is your president too. >> i don't feel it. >> don't you just want to release all that hatred from your heart and love instead? >> absolutely. >> so let's try it. breathe out. feel better?

>> eh, not really. >> give peace a chance. >> all right, will do. >> find it in your heart.t. >> thank you. >> i can feel it beating right here. >> yeah. b >> it's a big heart. let that heart beat. >> okay, great. in there.s love >> what is wrong with you? >> despite hatred in some places, the university of talladega marching band just arrived in d.c. on buses from alabama. and the students are incredibly excited to perform at tomorrow's inauguration. ♪ >> a lot of hate swirling around this inauguration, but the band here, what do they represent? >> we have gone through a lot to be here. you know, from threats to folks trying to politicize this, telling us that we shouldn't be here. these young people are american citizens. >> so congratulations, you're playing at the inauguration. >> thank you, thank you. >> how do you feel? >> i'm pretty excited. i have never been to washington, d.c., before. i'm excited to be here.

>> are you nervous about the performance? >> i'm excited. it is my first inaugural parade. i feel like the atmosphere is going to be amazing. i can't wait to go out there and perform and show the world my talent. >> initially, how did you feel when you knew you were going to be playing for the inauguration? >> i wasn't too happy about it at first. but everybody deserves a second chance. >> what instrument do you play? >> piccolo. >> what is that?t >> well, okay, you know what a flute is? a flute is a long, metal instrument. >> i played the flute. [laughs] >> i play trombone at the moment. >> all right. how does that go? >> once i got it locked down. >> you got it down?ot >> yeah, i got it down. >> i play first trumpet. >> first trumpet? >> first trumpet. >> okay, don't show off. >> i don't know what that means. >> it is a student experience,er and they deserve to be here. i will have to say that we needed to raise funds to get here. bill o'reilly, "the o'reilly factor," i thank so much. >> good luck out there.ou >> thank you.p

>> if you need any help playing the instrument, call me, okay? >> okay, thank you. >> bill: all right, here is watters from d.c. nice kids, right? >> everyone was great. a lot of these kids are from alabama. they have never been outside the state of alabama, so to come to d.c. is a huge undertaking. >> bill: did they fly or drive up? >> they took a bus 13 hours. and i just caught these guys coming off the bus. they are exhausted, hungry, they just want to go to sleep. but they are ready to go for tomorrow. >> bill: and they will be marching in the parade with the president and vice president. they're gonna march as well.. is it going to rain there tomorrow, watters? what is the forecast? >> we are hearing a may shower right from 11:00 to 1:00. right. the president is going to be sworn in. who knows what happens. >> bill: i don't want anyone raining on talladega. the tornadoes got to have no water on them. >> that's right. i'll hold an umbrella for them, how's that? >> bill: okay, watters. i will see you tomorrow.

i'm coming down right after the program tonight. >> are you going to the ball? >> bill: no, i'm not invited. i'm going to hang out at a bar somewhere.er >> i wouldn't invite you either. >> bill: thank you, watters. "the factor"'s "tip of the day," we will be live tomorrow. i will tell you what we will do. "the tip" moments away. ♪

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no, they did not, suzanne. there was no boycott. whoever told you that is a deceiver. >> he could, kathy, and we have them on the board at all times. some of who were elected twice. michelle, our graphics. if you do what he wants. john quincy adams was elected to the house after he served his president. course it was.

it edited his own words into the book. i wanted folks to know that the essays i was reading from a torch cap lit were written by buckley himself. might want to give me a break, jeff. your work because i'm literally old school. he will like the book, angie. well, you are welcome, kathy. welcome to have you aboard. happy anniversaries to the burton's in connecticut. 73 years. way to go guys. factor tip of the day. live in washington tomorrow evening, here is what we are preparing for you.

sometime in the hour it's expected that donald trump will dance with his wife in the first lady melania at the liberty ball. of course, we will show you tha that. also, we will have analysis from chris krauthammer and reports from john roberts. scattered all over d.c., should be very compelling factor life on inauguration night. that is it for us tonight. please check out the fox news factor upset. spout off from anywhere in the world. name and town if you wish to apply. word of the day, one of my favorites, bring it back. do not be peck smithy at when writing to the actor. there is no thing as it.

i had to kill a little time. again, thanks for watching a sigh. i am bill o'reilly please remember the spin stops here. we are definitely looking out for you. >> break internet, the historic moment that millions of americans had anticipated is now upon us. at the president-elect and his family are here in the nation's capital, right now we are looking why that washington union station where we expect mr. trump to attend a candlelight dinner soon with his family, and then 17 hours from now, we will back you will take the oath of promise to officially become the 45th president of the united states. we have been counting down to the first 100 days, and they are about to actually10 begin now. i marked mcallen. it is inauguration eve here in washington.wa short while ago, the man of the hour read at