from today. what did you think of the press conference? facebook.com/seanhannity, @seanhannity on twitter. don't forget, set your dvr so you never miss an episode. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight... >> president trump: to be honest, i inherited a mess. it's a mess, at home and abroad. a mess. >> bill: president trump extremely blunt in his pressom conference today, lashing out at those leaking classified intelligence and the media. >> i watch cnn, so much anger and hatred. i have to say, "fox & friends"s" in the morning, they are very honorable people. they have the most honest morning show. >> bill: tonight, we will analyze the president's conference with john roberts, ari fleischer, bernie goldberg, and chris wallace. >> did you come here legally or illegally?

>> illegal. >> illegal? >> yes. >> was it difficult to cross the border? >> i came in three times. >> you have been back and forth three times? >> bill: also ahead, jesse watters investigating how the illegal aliens themselves see the migrant crackdown. >> do you respect immigration law? >> no. >> obviously not. >> 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.. amazing press conference with president trump today, very long, very blunt. the "talking points" will be in our second segment so we can run down what the president said in our first one. he is preoccupied with two main issues, illegal leaks coming from national intelligence and hatred toward him from the national press. perhaps never before has a

sitting president lashed out at the media so intensely. >> unfortunately, much of the media in washington, d.c., along with new york, los angeles, in particular, speaks not for the people, but for the special interests, and for those profiting off a very, very obviously broken system. the press has become so dishonest that we don't talkm about it. we are doing a tremendous disservice to the american people, tremendous disservice. >> bill: the president singling out cnn and excoriating that network for "hateful coverage."or bernie goldberg will analyze that in just a few moments. on policy, the president said his administration is being damaged because people inside the u.s. intelligence agencies are leaking classified stuff. >> president trump: i spoke to the president of mexico, had a good call.

all of a sudden, it is out there for the world to see. it is supposed to be secret. it is supposed to be either confidential or classified in that case. same thing with australia. all of a sudden, people aree finding out exactly what took place. >> bill: the president saying he will find out who the leakers are and they will be prosecuted. also, mr. trump defended his administration, saying it has done more in a short period of time than anybody thought possible. also pointed to a poll that has. his job approval rating today at 55%. then he said the problems he is facing are worse than he thought. >> president trump: to be honest, i inherited a mess. it's a mess. at home and abroad. a mess. jobs are pouring out of the country.t you see what is going on with all of the companies leaving our country, going to mexico and other places. low pay, low wages, mass instability overseas, no matter

where you look. the middle east, a disaster. north korea, we'll take care of it, folks. we will take care of it all. i just want to let you know. i inherited a mess. >> bill: now, it should be noted, president obama said the same thing when he took over for president bush the younger. the tone of the press conference was combative, yet the president was in command, didn't take any guff, and answered moss of the questions directly. here is why national security advisor michael flynn was fired. >> president trump: the thing is, he didn't tell our vice president properly, and then he said he didn't remember, so either way, it wasn't very satisfactory to me. and i have somebody that i think will be outstanding for the position. >> bill: looking forward, the president said he will have a new executive order on refugees by next week. he will have a revision of obamacare ready by march. and he reiterated he doesn't

believe anything he does will be covered fairly by many in the press. joining us now from the white house, john roberts, who questioned the president today. so he did not answer you when you asked him if he had read the transcript of general flynn's conversation with the russian ambassador. were you able to get us any more information on that, john? >> bill, he did not answer me directly, only to say that from what he saw and what he heard, he believed that general flynn had not acted improperly.. i did a little bit of digging a this afternoon. i discover the president was in fact -- you won't hear this anywhere else, bill, exclusive information for you -- the president was, in fact, fully briefed on the content of those conversations that general michael flynn had with the russian ambassador, sergey kislyak, by people who would know what the content of the phone conversations was, andld that under repeated questioning during an investigation conducted by the white house counsel's office, general flynn, i am told, had a full recollection of what he talked about with the russian

ambassador. you will remember thatat general flynn had initially said that he didn't talk about sanctions, then he said, maybe d don't remember, not 100% sure. he is 100% sure, and he told the white house counsel's office and the people who talked to him in those interviews at the counsel's office was conducting the investigation, but he talkeh to the russian ambassador aboutt >> bill: now, i'm assuming that the white houseil counsel, what is his name again? >> don mcgahn. >> bill: i'm assuming that he is the one that briefed donald trump about it. there is a transcript available. i'm just wondering why the president didn't read it himself. perhaps we will learn that next week. but be that as it may, i thoughn that when he started off on the leakers, that this was a way to obscure if general flynn had really done any damage to this country. you know, you just deflect into a different area. did you see it that way? >> certainly. let me go back to what you said.

i will repeat.s fully briefed about the content of those conversations by people who would know what was said in those conversations, and we are not talking about the white house counsel. now, back to your question, bill. obviously, a lot for the president did today in that press conference was deflect. when you go off on the media about negative stories and fake news, you are deflecting from what the issues of the day are. you are trying to change the narrative. the same thing with the leaks. this is not about with the national security advisor did, who he talked to, what he said in those conversations. this is about the people whoth k leaked classified information. >> bill: that's a pretty serious subject. >> it is a serious subject, which is why the president has reached out to the department of justice to launch a criminal investigation into who was behind this.ve now, other presidents haved lodged investigations into leaks and they have really gone nowhere. i think scooter libby is probably one of the only people who have been caught up in recent memory, at least -- >> bill: dick cheney's chief of staff.

>> exactly. it was not being truthful in an interview. >> bill: let me ask you this. do you know who taped flynn? who taped him? >> it would be the nsa. >> bill: okay. >> they went to a fisa court and got a warrant for a wiretap and it is the nsa that typically -- >> bill: did flynn know? did flynn know? >> if you are talking to the russian ambassador, you should know. you got to be pretty assured -- >> bill: i said that.kn we don't know whether flynn was told. that he was being taped. we don't know that. >> they wouldn't tell him. >> bill: okay. this is fascinating. so flynn makes the call. he should know, being a sophisticated guy, that the russians are taping it, for damn sure, and that the nsa is probably taping it because it is a call to the russian ambassador. but they don't tell him, hey, we

are taping this. so that, then, if you look at the charges floating around, that flynn lied to the fbi about what he said, that is the latest. we will get onto this on the program a little bit later. that doesn't make any sense, doesn't stack up if flynn knew he was being taped. why would he lie to the fbi about it? i mean, he is going to -- that is a crime. >> you would think that a person about the sophisticated knowledge of electronic intercepts, as he did and would because he was the head of the dia, would not lie to the fbi. but the contents of theie intelligent conversation, he had a good insurance knowing it was being taped. maybe there is, i don't know, i'm just giving somebody the benefit of the doubt, maybe there was something about this idea that initially he didn't recall what he talked about. that would seem to be a stretch too. >> bill: all of that will come out, and we will report it honestly, unlike some of the others. i will hold john over for another minute. i will debate bernie goldberg down the line here on whether the president was unhinged in

the press conference. did you see him as unhinged at all? >> not at all. in fact, he made that point toot say, people would say he is ranting and raving, he is not, he is having fun. and i thought, and i talked to my colleagues about this, they have agreed with me, that the president has a level of confidence in that sort of setting now that he never did before. i think it is by virtue of the experience of going through the campaign, going through the election, the transition, and now being president of united states. but he has developed the confidence that he didn't have before. he stood up there for an hour and 20 minutes and knocked down a lot of the things that were thrown against him. i think he did a good job. >> bill: he is the best spokesman for him.e the cnn guys, are they mad, or are they saying this is bigger ratings for us, people tune in tonight? are they mad? >> i talked to jim acosta and he was quite happy that he got the amount of time he did with president trump, he had a very spirited back and forth. i think they both made their points and came out of it okay. >> bill: all right, john, we appreciate your good work.

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>> bill: "impact segment" tonight, the swamp fights back. the subject of this evening's "talking points" memo. donald trump, largely elected president because he promised to reform washington. millions of americans are fed ud with intellectually dishonest politicians who are not looking out for them. mr. trump portrayed the nation's capital as a swamp. >> president trump: i want the entire corrupt washington establishment to hear the words we all are about to say. when we win tomorrow, we are going to drain the swamp! >> bill: but for every action, there is a reaction, and the law of unintended consequences is now hitting president trump. that is because the swamp is

inhabited by many different creatures, some of whom want to destroy the president. right now, the national media despises mr. trump, as we pointed out and backed up with facts. also, some folks working for the federal government want to damage the president. that is why you are seeing the leaks from intelligence agencies and other federal bureaucracies. now, all presidents have to deal with leaks.ea but in this political climate, the press gleefully, gleefully accepts information from anonymous sources and spends a negative against trump. as we pointed out last night, the public and press doesn't know what general michael flynn said to the russian ambassador. we will know but we don't now. also, there are semitruths to allegations that people working on the trump campaign had meaningful contact with thee russia, but we don't know. yet, the press is running wild with the stories and the trump haters are relishing in the witch hunts. >> if there was dialogues and negotiated with the russians, with the russians, which is

clearly against the law, and clearly an act that cannot be, if the president knew what was going on and did not stop it, or in some way authorized it, that can be impeachable. >> bill: [laughs] not against the law for anyone to talk with anyt russians. general flynn had no power being a private citizen, when the call with the russian ambassador to -- took place. in order for him to commit a crime, he would have to formally attempt to undermine the obama administration's russian policy. sharpton is full of it, as always. now, there is a report today that says general flynn may have lied to the fbi. we mentioned that. if it is true, that is a crime.d so we'll see. as "talking points" reported last night, there are two goals here. first, to leak the trump campaign to the russian hackers, who disrupted the clinton campaign. and the second, to try to prove that president-elect trump was undermining president obama on

russian policy back in december. that is what the media goal is, that is what they want. also, as we said last night, if there is truth to those allegations, they should be taken very seriously when the facts are presented. when president trump first mentioned draining the swamp in washington, i don't believe he understood how extensive the problem really is. after eight years of president obama, there are many people working in the government who liked the former president and who despised mr. trump.wo eliminating all of them, stopping the leaks, pretty much be impossible. also, trying to get fairness out of the anti-trump press is impossible as well. so the trump administration has its hands full. that is "the memo." now, reaction. now, joining us from stanford, connecticut, former white housenf press secretary ari fleischer, who worked with president bush the younger. what do you think? >> they are cut from different cloths, bill. george w. bush was a much more gracious insider establishment

person. donald trump is the opposite. in this sense, donald trump is the only person i know who has the moxie to be able to take on the press like this. he is doing in public what a lot of republicans i know talk about in private. trump is actually delivering the smacks to the press that he thinks they deserve. >> bill: they are going to hit back, though. can it get any worse, ari? you are an observer. can it get any worse? >> my attitude about this entire administration is, let it play out. i am very open-minded about what donald trump can accomplish. but when it comes to the swamp, the swamp, as you pointed out,th bill, if this was a "star wars" movie, it would be "the swamp strikes back." for the extraordinarily unpopular. donald trump is not popular but he is far more popular than the swamp. >> bill: they can do things like leaks. that can really damage the president and has already damaged him. it is embarrassing for his

conversations with the mexican president and the australian prime minister to be made public within 24 hours. it looks like he has no control. >> no question. donald trump has a legitimate beef about that. but that is the agencies, that is not the press.ef the press is just publishing -- >> bill: that is what i said. it is a two-pronged swamp. there are creatures of all stripes in the swamp. the press and some intel people are after the president. >> unquestionably. but here is where the press is vulnerable. the press has brought so much of this on themselves, bill. you know, the gallup poll came out in september that said the american peoples trust in the press to tell the news accurately and fairly, which is their job, is at an historical all-time low. >> bill: it should be. >> the press is in really big trouble because only 14% of republicans have faith in the press, only 30% of independents, and only 51% of democrats.s. so to the degree that the pressn becomes increasingly oppositional to donald trump, it reinforces what donald trump and steve bannon are driving, which is that the press is the arm of the democratic party.

and the more the press goes after trump, the more that divide grows.t they've already lost republicans, they lost 70% ofws the independents.ng the more they go after trump, they are not going to get that back, the split deepens. >> bill: i think they will go after him even harder now. i think it is personal, real personal. >> absolutely. it is personal, it is hostile,e, and it is personal and hostile in both directions. donald trump has his role in starting this.et he returned the fire the press gave him. the press fires back. i gotta say, today's news conference, donald trump does it with a friendly hostility. when you watch him stand at that podium and take them on, it isom not as if there is rancor and anger.en it is amusing.e >> bill: he said he was having a great time doing it. but underneath, he is teed off. he doesn't like the treatment. ari, thank you very much for taking the time. we appreciate it. directly ahead, the president says cnn hates him. does bernie goldberg agree? we'll find out. later, judge jeanine pirro with the "outrage of the week." nancy pelosi involved in that. "the factor" is coming right back. j ♪

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>> bill: "personal story" segment tonight. as mentioned, the president made it very personal between him and cnn at the press conference. >> president trump: i watch cnn. it is so much anger andfe hatred, and just the hatred. i don't watch it anymore. i know when you're telling the truth or when youus are not. i just see many, many untruthful things. i will tell you what else i see. i see tone. you know, the word "tone." the tone of such hatred.d. you look at your show that goes on at 10:00 in the evening. you just take a look at that show. that is a constant hit. the panel is almost always exclusive anti-trump. the good news is, he doesn't p have good ratings. >> bill: immediately after the press conference, cnn discussed it. >> if you are a soldier in

harm's way right now, if you are a hungry child in appalachia, the inner city, if you are an unemployed worker in the hollow shell of a steel town, that is not a president who seems rathey focused on your particular needt that is a president focused on his bad press. it was unhinged. it was wild. >> bill: joining us now from miami, bernie goldberg. so what say you? >> well, let's acknowledge, bill, that there were a lot of reporters in that room, at that press conference, who didn't like donald trump when he was running for president, they don't like him now that he is president, and if he suddenly acted more presidential, theyhe still wouldn't like him. and what he did today is red meat to the base that hates the media anyway. so i get all that. i understand that. but he came across to me the way he always comes across, as needlessly thin-skinned and overly defensive.

look, he said at one point, the leaks are real, but the news is fake. i don't know what that means, but i do know that to donald trump, president trump, anything, any news he doesn't like is fake news. and then he brings up the debate where hillary clinton was fed questions in advance. what does that have to do with what is going on now? this is the most powerful man on the planet. >> bill: let me tell you. look, here's how i see it -- >> let me just finish this half of a sentence. he is the most powerful man on the planet, and he can't take a shot.. >> bill: he doesn'tho like taking shots, but there is a method to his madness. number one, he's trying to make the point that the press is anry arm of the democratic party. which really subverts -- >> it is. it is. a lot of it is. >> bill: that subverts our democracy. that is a big, important point,

that the national press is an arm of the democratic machine. very dangerous.. number two, by making this front and center, as we discussed with john roberts, he deflects away from other things, like the resignation of his national security advisor. >> absolutely. >> bill: in that, it is brilliant. the third thing is, his ability to downgrade the credibility of the press is unprecedented in this nation. he is putting up a huge hurt on them. he is. >> what about us, bill? you and me and other people who do what we do. when barack obama attempted toto delegitimize fox news, and he did it in an offhanded way, he didn't go crazy over it, we did segment after segment after segment -- >> bill: he banned us. the other news agency, i was thinking of that today,

in on the pool, we are not going toam come either. >> but my point is that when president obama went after fox news, we pointed that out and we were really concerned about it. we said -- >> bill: there was no basis. >> now, he does it to cnn and somehow it is okay? >> bill: you are comparing cnn to fox news. let me make this case. from sign on to sign off on cnn, from the early morning to the late night, there isn't one show host or anchor, not one, who is favorable to president trump. not one. six months ago, from sign on to sign off on cnn, every single host was favorable to barack obama.ig so when he says, all right, the level of hatred and the tone is unfair and bad for the nation, it is hard to argue with that.t is it not? >> no, you make a good point. but here is my advice to the president, who may, in fact, be watching us right now. when muhammad ali, the great muhammad ali, walked into the arena, and walked down the aisle

to get into the ring with either joe frazier or george foreman or someone like that, if some guy in the tenth row said, "hey, you are a bum," he didn't respond to that, because champions don't respond to every slight. he is so thin-skinned. >> bill: hear me. >> don't you see how thin-skinned this man is? >> bill: i'm not going to say he's not thin-skinned. i am saying to you, it is harder for him to runun the nation when the press is actively trying to subvert him. that a guy like putin says, oh, trump is not going to be able to do anything, the press is killing him. it is harder for trump to make a deal. this is much bigger than just a personal, thin-skinned thing. this is, it is harder to run a country because these dishonest people are undermining the whole process. that is his point. the last word. >> this is why jake tapper used the word "unhinged," a word i didn't use, but frankly, a word

that i am starting to understand. he is too thin-skinned. and he goes after everybodys wo takes a shot at him. he is incapable of taking a shot and saying, well, you know what, some people don't like me. i'm moving on. he is just incapable of it. and he is playing to his base. >> bill: i have taken some shots at him, and he still talks to me. i have taken some shots at him, and he still talks to me. so i don't think it is that universal. but he is a president who is going to fight back. as you pointed out, his base loves that. bernie goldberg, everybody. plenty more ahead as "the factor" moves ahead tonight. we will continue the coverage of the president's lively press conference today with chris wallace providing some perspective. judge pirro with "outrage of the week" and watters talking to some illegal immigrants. we hope you stay tuned for those reports. in our suvs, you feel every mountain we've ever conquered.

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>> president trump: my promises to the american people. these are campaign promises. some people are so surprised that we are having strong borders, that is what i've beenh talking about for a year and a half, strong borders. w they are so surprised, oh, having strong borders. that is what i've been talking about to the press and everybody else. one promise after another, after years of politicians lying to you to get elected. >> bill: continuing now to our lead story, president trump's one hour and 17 minute press conference today. joining us from washington, "fox news sunday" anchor, chris wallace.

before we get to the overall impression, goldberg and i differ. he thinks the president is a bit unhinged.no i do not.tr you say? >> look, there were some moments in there that made me uncomfortable, when donald trump said it would be good politics to blow that russian spy ship out of the water. i am not sure that was a great moment for diplomacy. but no. he wasn't unhinged. i think that this was a determined effort by this president, who is by far the best spokesman in his administration for his administration, to seize the narrative. there is a growing talk here in washington that there is chaos. you know, you have john mccain talking about, there is disarray of the white house. there have been some real problems. it is not all just a narrative. this was a president saying, i am in charge, i know what i'm doing. a i am going to -- i am not going to bend to washington.n. washington is going to have to get used to me. >> bill: he was defiant but in a low-key way.

i haven't seen any hysteria. your submarine analogy, he made that by saying, look, some people would like to see me blow it out of the water, this russian submarine 30 miles off the u.s. coast in international waters. but i'm not going to do that because i want peace.bu then he went into a peace thing. i don't know why that would have made you uncomfortable. that reassured me that he wasn't dr. strangelove.e. >> well, i remember when ronald reagan talked about bombing the soviet union in 5 minutes, as he was doing a radio check -- i just don't think that president should even talk about that. >> bill: you are old school. >> the fact is, overall, i thought that he was in control, it is his style, it is not o barack obama's, and i am sure there are a lot of your viewers out there saying, "thank god." and he seized control of the narrative and said, chaos, heck no. it is running like a well-oiled machine. >> bill: there is a story in "the washington post" that says flynn, general flynn, may have lied to the fbi.

it is always accounts. as you know, the president didn't answer john roberts' direct question about whether he saw the transcript of the phone call. we don't -- haven't got to the bottom of it yet, whether the president, he implied that its national council told him there was nothing wrong in the phone call. that is what the presidentim implied. but the bigger story could be,e, look, if flynn did lie to the fbi, you should have known it, blah, blah, blah, blah. here is the question. he is never going to get a fair shake in most of the national media. he is not. you know it and i know it.t. >> no, but in the end, and this is why i think you could overstate the importance of this news conference. in the end, what we say, honestly, doesn't matter. and you know, the kind of reviews it gets -- >> bill: why doesn't it matter? people say that he is -- >> in the end, it will be resolved. i think too many white houses, and when i covered reagan, i thought this, stop paying

attention to us and do your job. the fact is, if he improves the economy, if he gets tax reform through, if he gets obamacare repealed and an effective replace through, then it is note going to matter. and conversely, if he doesn't get that stuff through and people's lives don't change, then he could have all the positive press in the world and it isn't going to matter. >> bill: here is what i think i you are missing. he has succeeded now in downgrading the press so much, no matter what they say, 50% of the country is not going to believe them. t and he did it. he downgraded the credibility of the national media. so now, even if they say something true, most people are going to believe it. and that is to him. >> but here is, respectfully, bill, where i think you are missing the point, he didn't get in trouble. w we didn't have all this talk about, is this administration in trouble, because of the media. it was because of facts. it is because mike flynn lied to the vice president of the united states.

it's because andrew puzder, his labor secretary, has not two, not three, not four, but five strikes against him. because the executive order was a mess. so he will rise or fall on the merits of what he accomplishes, not on whether he gets a good or bad press.s. >> bill: all right. a chris wallace, everybody. you don't have to be respectful you can just -- >> i was saying it rhetorically. >> bill: "you are an idiot, o'reilly, here's where you are wrong." >> that was the subtext. >> bill: we will see you onn sunday. when we come right back, judge pirro on "outrage of the week" and it is incredible. and watters talking to some illegal aliens about president trump's crackdown. >> do you respect immigration law?om >> nah. >> obviously not. >> bill: those reports up ahead.

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>> announcer: "the o'reilly factor," the nu >> announcer: "the o'reilly factor," the number ones cable news show for 16 years and counting. >> bill: thanks for staying with us. i am bill o'reilly. in the "outrage of the week" segment, another amazing example of fake news, a fraudulent twitter account put out that the trump administration called national security advisor mike flynn a scapegoat. >> just this morning, flynn

tweeted, this is a quote, "scapegoat." >> i didn't know until i heard from our colleagues that the tweet of general flynn today was "scapegoat." "scapegoat." you know what a scapegoat is? that means in a community where people want to resolvego themselves of guilt, they get a goat and they heap all of thee ills onto the goat. then they run the goat out of town. >> bill: it turns out theun goats are folks who believed the fake tweet. [laughs] judge jeanine pirro. so let's take it from the very beginning.ud who put the phony tweet out? t >> we don't know who put the phony tweet out. but what we do know is that there was a phony account under the name of general mike flynn.y but it wasn't verified, it wasn't the real general flynn. and you have got nancy pelosi and elijah cummings, two of the top house democrats, who are so incensed, who are so ready to trash donald trump or anything,

that they run to the microphones and they say, "we have got to do something about this and have congressional hearings right away," because we are connecting the nonexistent dots. this man is talking to russia and donald trump is behind it. by the way, they never checked out whether or not it was a real general flynn who did it. >> bill: we still don't know who set this up. we don't know who iswh behind it. >> no, they could have verified it very easily. >> bill: how? how could they have verified it? >> real simple, bill. what do you do, there is usually a blue checkmark if someone is a celebrity or someone is well known, like general flynn. it is simple. your 12-year-old knows this. >> bill: i have no idea. because i don't live in that world. i will tell you this. i think this will impress you, judge. orders to my staff are that any tweets at any time are not to be reported unless verified by two other sources. so we have never gotten in

trouble with fake news. we have never been faked out. we have never used anything off of a twitter account at all unless we can independently verify it from somewhere else. >> that is because you don't have an agenda. you are interested in sources. >> bill: it is because i am a luddite. and i don't trust it. >> think about it, bill -- >> bill: they wanted it to be true. >> he is a ranking member of house oversight, and he wants to have hearings on this. >> bill: this is cummings you are talking about. >> i'm talking aboutal elijah cummings. >> bill: cummings would want to deport you and me. that is what a zealot and a fanatic he is. >> not the people who are not working today because they are illegals and, you know -- >> bill: so the>> "outrage of the week" is, according to judge pirro, is that this fake tweet was pickedh up by two very powerful house members and used as a hammer -- >> to go after donald trump.

and not only that, they demand hearings -- >> bill: did they apologize? >> all they did was they tweeted, it was a mistake. >> bill: "we are sorry." >> not really.>>t >> bill: judge pirro, everybody. check her out saturday night at 9:00. watters on deck. talking to some illegal aliens about their status in america under president trump. watters is next.tu ♪ is... i am totally blind. and sometimes i struggle to sleep at night,

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>> bill: "back of the book" segment, "watters world." it is estimated that more illegal aliens live here in new york city than any other place except southern california. undocumented folks tend to cluster in the outer boroughs like the bronx, so we sent jesse watters up there. ♪

♪ >> where are you from? >> mexico. >> mexico. >> dominican republic. >> santo domingo. >> chile. >> dominican republic. >> did you come here legally or illegally?ou >> illegal. >> illegal?er >> yeah. >> legal. >> legal. >> [speaking spanish] >> are you trying to become legal? did you cross the border? >> 40 years ago. >> 40 years ago? >> how much did it cost to pay the coyote? >> [speaking spanish] >> that is pretty expensive. >> how long have you been in america? >> 10 years. >> 29 years. >> did you cross the border into what state?ro >> arizona. >> was it difficult to cross the border? >> no. >> do you respect immigration law? >> yes. >> un poco. >> nah. >> what do you think we should

do about illegal immigration? >> round them up, send them out. they are taking all of our jobs, and that it's not fair. >> what do you think america should do about illegal immigration? >> [speaking spanish] >> even if you break the law? >> no. >> if you are illegal and commit a crime, should you stay? >> no. no, no, no. >> they have to go back? >> i think everybody is coming here for work. >> if you come here illegally, then you have to go back. >> get them out? >> do you think anybody should come to this country? >> as long as the paperwork is good.g >> even if you are an illegal immigrant, america should help you out? >> yes, because we are all humans. >> somebody was working, very good people working. ♪ >> do you like trump? yes or no? >> no. >> are you scared of trump? >> no. >> sometimes he is crazy. sometimes, he is good. y >> are you afraid of trump?

>> no. >> are you afraid of trump? >> si. [speaking spanish]ty >> i think that trump is more of a celebrity and he is not politically fit. >> are people around here nervous about trump's people kicking down doors and rounding people up?mp >> yes. d >> donald trump kind of jumped the ship. there are some criminals, but not everybody is an illegal alien. some people are working all their life just to come tohehe new york so they can have a better life. i don't feel we should be able to judge who can come in and who can't. >> do you like bill de blasio, the mayor? >> yeah. >> no. >> oh, very good. >> de blasio is very good. >> do you know who i am? >> no. >> i am watters. [laughter] >> bill: another very impressed person. were they scared to talk to you? did a lot of of people -- >> a lot of people left. my main objective was just too get them to stop. so, i would say...

una pregunta por favor. which means one question, please. then, i hit them with some spanglish and probably had about 40% blocked. >> bill: so, for out of 10 -- they seemed very nice.er >> very nice. >> bill: no one menaced you. >> no one menaced me. he is an open border, come on in. >> they said he is "numero uno." >> bill: all right, watters, thank you. a quick reminder that he will join dennis miller and me in tacoma, washington, end of march, last weekend, out of about 20,000 tickets, just 300 tickets remain. information on billoreilly.com. "tip of the day," two new books you might like. "the tip," moments away. like a human fingerprint, no two whale flukes are the same.

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always remember that the spin stops right here. because we are definitely looking out for you. >> ed: good evening and welcome again to "tucker carlson tonight," i am ed henry filling in for tucker through the end of the week. we have seen some unbelievable performances from president trump but today, to borrow a phrase from the kids, it was next level. was it amazing or a bit out there? spellbinding or shocking? jaw-dropping or mic-dropping? the answer is "yes." ladies and gentlemen, the president of the united states. >> i do not think there's ever been a president elected who in this short period of time has done what we've done. a new rasmussen poll in fact, because the people get it, much of the media does not get it, they get it but they do not