come of this picture. we know that he and all of our good friends there in the washington bureau will keep up the fight for all three of those good values. thanks for watching, everybody. i am martha maccallum. we'll see you back your part tomorrow night at 7:00. o'reilly is next. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on tonight. >> my staff recommended recusal. i have studied the rules and consider their time and evaluation. therefore, i have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. >> martha: hysteria and washington as reports that attorney general sessions met with the russian ambassador twice last year. so, what is the truth? "talking points" will address it. >> is a young girl, she struggled in school, and failed third grade it twice. but then, she was able to enroll in a private center for learning. learning. >> bill: the trump administration believes that private schooling will help pour american kids. why is there so much resistance

to that? special report coming up. >> is there anything you can get on board with the trump agenda? >> i like the aspect of border control and more immigration control. >> he is not afraid to speak his mind. that is always important. >> bill: also, head, watters searching for a democrat who likes something about president trump. >> do you believe in america first? >> i guess i don't. >> are you an american? >> 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. attorney general jeff sessions rick uses themselves in the russian investigation. that is a a subject of this evening's "talking points" memo. the democratic party in much of the national press on to produce evidence of the trump campaign colluded with the russian

government in defeating hillary clinton. there is no about that. the cost of the russian hacking, a serious issue, there were hearings held in congress. by extension, when the event jeff sessions testified at his confirmation hearing for attorney general, the russian issue came up. >> if there is any evidence that anyone affiliated with the trump campaign communicated with the russian government in the course of this campaign, what will you do? >> senator franken, i am not aware of any of those activitie activities. i have been called a surrogate at a time or two in that campaign and i did not have communications with the russians. i am unable to comment on it. >> bill: last night, "the washington post" publish a story that said, then senator sessions did meet with the russian ambassador twice last year. but if you are listening closely, the question was about

the trump campaign, not the former senators and duties on the armed services committee. today in a press conference, the attorney general reiterated that he was answering the russian question in the context of the trump campaign. he said he did nothing wrong, told the truth, but is recusing himself from the case. >> my staff recommended recusal. they said that since i had involvement with the campaign, i should not be involved in any campaign investigation. i have studied the rules and considered their comments and evaluations. i believe those recommendations are right and just. therefore, i have recused myself in the matters that deal with the trump campaign. >> bill: "talking points" believes mr. sessions did the right thing. the fbi is currently investigating whether russians influence the president to vote

and he was involved. the investigation has to be above reproach. and that is why the attorney general is now out of it. one footnote. not one single democrat in congress, not one, called for than attorney general loretta lynch to recuse yourself from the hillary clinton investigation after she met with bill clinton at a phoenix airport. there was absolutely no call for recusal by the democrats, so, once again, hypocrisy is on full display. now, here is what should happen going forward. the fbi should continue with the investigation and director, he should testify in front of congress. if during the testimony there is evidence that the trump campaign colluded with the russians in any way, then, a special prosecutor should be appointed. that is what should happen. methodical investigation by the fbi and a determination by congress whether a special independent probe is necessary. i think that is a fair, honest,

and efficient game plan and this intense political climates. finally, even though the press does want to destroy president trump, the american people should want to know, we should want to know if there were any secret dealings with the russians during the campaig campaign. that is a very important story that should be defined. that is the memo. now, for the top story, tonight, reaction, joining us from washington, hans von spakovsky, senior and legal fellow, and tom dupree, former deputy assistant attorney general under president bush the younger. gentlemen, we spoke earlier today, in relation to this case, and you both said, the attorney general should not recuse himself. i dissented. now that he has, mr. dupree, have you reconsidered? >> bill, my view all along has been i don't want to see the attorney general pushed into recusal based on the drumbeat from the media on the calls from the democrats for his

resignation. what we heard earlier today was heartening to me, that he did exactly what he said he was going to do in his confirmation hearing, which was consult with the ethics officials in the justice department and reaches our decision, which he did. i am satisfied with the resolution and i respect it. >> bill: but he was to push, dupree. he was pushed. "the washington post" pushed him and so to the democrats because he was under intense pressure. that is true. >> they pushed him but for my reading or watching a press conference of what he had to say, i did not get the sense tht he was uncomfortable or felt that he was forced into this decision. rather, this is something that he and his colleagues's header was in the best interest of the country. >> bill: mr. von spakovsky, how do you see it? >> i thought it was premature. at the moment, there isn't anything before the attorney general to recuse himself from. everything is in the hands of the fbi. down the road, yeah, it probably would be the proper decision.

i don't question what the attorney general did today. he showed and demonstrated how different he is from the last two attorney general's who sat in that same seat. his fever that is the point. if the troubled administration is going to win hearts and minds of the people who don't support it, they are going to have to be transparent to some degree. everybody knows, she admitted herself, that attorney general lynch should not have met privately with bill clinton while his wife was under federal investigation for the emails. and all of that. yet, the hypocrisy command i think everybody knows, even the democrats have to know how hypocritical they are by coming down on sessions but ignoring loretta lynch for almost the exact same thing, by the way, because we don't know what to mrs. lynch and mr. clinton talked about. nobody was there. it wasn't recorded. we don't know at this point,

although i tend to believe mr. sessions, that there wasn't any campaign chat with the russian ambassador. so, hypocrisy off the charge. but again, sessions did the right thing. you know, the trump administration has got to convince people, mr. dupree, that it is in business to represent all americans, not just that a segment of them. >> i think that's right. though, bill, i think this is good coming off the heels of the president's speech to the joint sessions of congress. they attorney general attorney general's remarks today fall into that category, they will be reasonable to, take the interest of all the people in a counter make decisions based on the best of the country. >> bill: what i expect received tomorrow, mr. von spakovsky, a spin from the left, saying because the attorney general recused himself that he is somehow under suspicion, even though i recusal is not that, just basically, i don't want to have anything tainted. i want the investigation to go along transparently.

i expect to see that spin. do you? >> oh, i do. i think it is important to point out to be above that of the two meetings that he had come of the first one wasn't really a meeting, it was him giving a keynote speech to about 100 ambassadors, that is hardly the makeup of a conspiracy meeting. the second meeting was one of about two dennison that he held within ambassadors from around the world last year and he was a member of the senate's arm services committee. >> bill: i think you should have mentioned that. after the -- he wrote questions down. he re-asked that question. in hindsight, believe me, it is hindsight. if you are going to be in his powerful position, you got to get everything on the table, you can see what you said, mr. von spakovsky. i met with 100 guys in the russian ambassador was one of them and then, in my duties as a

committee member, i talked to my pal. not my pal, but i talked to him. just get it out! always get it out, mr. dupree, he said that the best thing? does get everything out asked mexico that is. you are absolutely right. there is a huge difference between not being fully candid at mentioning everything that possibly could be responsive and actually lying. there is a vast difference. >> bill: pelosi called him a liar. >> that distinction is going to be blurred in the weeks ahead i am very confident. >> bill: i know. a lesson to nancy pelosi for me, get out of the gutter. it just try to represent the country in an honest way. i hate that. the liar business. gentlemen, thank you very much. we really appreciate your time tonight. next on the round, president trump wants to help poor american kids in schools.

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which adds fuel to my bottom line. what's in your wallet? >> bill: into "impact segment" tonight, helping poor american kids get the education they deserve. it is a sad fact that a public school systems in many poor neighborhoods has collapsed. standardized test scores prove that. so, president trump wants to allow poor students who attend private schools with government help. he addressed that on tuesday. >> joining us tonight in the gallery is a remarkable woman, denisha merriweather. as a young girl, she struggled in school, and failed third grade twice. but then, she was able to enroll in a private center for learning, great learning center, with the help of a tax credit

and a scholarship program. today, she is the first and her family to graduate, not just from high school, but from college. >> bill: no, you would think most americans would support anything that would improve the education system, especially in deprived neighborhoods. that is not the case. and denisha merriweather knows it. >> this is not a partisan issue, this is really immoral. students and parents should have the opportunities to choose the best education for themselves. >> joining us from los angeles, leo trammell, civil rights attorney. first of all, were you impressed with denisha herself? >> i was impressed with her but i was opposed to her message. i felt she was being used as a prop, bill. let me explain. she is representing that because she went to a school that had a voucher system, she turned her life around. but turn her life around, bill, was that she left her negligent mother and lived with her godmother. i am simply saying that that

inference was, you go to a public school, you will get a poor education. that was a wrong message. i think she was being used as a prop. i am offended by that. finally, one other point. i want a public school, bill o'reilly. i went to public school and i graduated from law school, past the bar, i made product of public schools. >> bill: your situation, you have two parents in the home, encouragement at home? >> yes. that is what i'm talking about. the misdirection -- --dash go >> bill: a lot of kids don't have that. >> right, bill. >> bill: musty with the facts, not emotion. okay. in 2010, there was a study, this has been going on for quite some time, poor children have not gotten the same education of middle-class and affluent children get. this study was done by the department of education and found that kids in the d.c. public schools, all right, who went into a private situation with health, scholarship health,

scored 30% higher in graduation than the public school kids. 30% higher, okay, there is no doubt that public schools are better for kids than public schools. no? >> no, because you want me to take one statistic a hidden washington, d.c. >> bill: you want another one? i use the washington study because it is all black. another one. brookings institution. african-american participants in private school choice programs, 24% were likely to enroll in college. 24% more likely to go to college than a public school. are you going to be a denier of all facts? and spattered you're going to do tonight? >> no. i am simply telling you what you are trying to do is you are trying to indict the public school system across the entire country. >> bill: no, i'm trying to give you study statistics, wharton school of finance.

pretty good school at the university of pennsylvania. it found a bevy of advantages for poor children without structure, okay, to go to your discipline to schools that require uniforms, standards of achievement, what you have to do, this is what wharton school found out. >> fine. congratulations on my study. let me give you some facts. you take this voucher study and you give money to religious institutions who are trying to indoctrinate private institutions -- >> bill: indoctrinate, is out of it you just said? is that what you just said? >> yes, i did say that. >> bill: that's biased. that's flat out bias. >> bill, i don't want public taxpayers money to be used for religious institutions. >> bill: fine. are you looking at for the kids? every blinking stat shows that private schooling is more advantageous to kids who don't have advantage? are you looking out for them?

i don't think you are. >> you cited two studies. i got news for you, bill. the l.a. unified school system is doing fine, thank you very much. we have academic decathlon winners here. we have people who are outstanding public school teachers. >> bill: you are denying, all right? you are denying. >> how did i get through? >> bill: you are denying bad neighborhoods a lifeline and it is because of politics. >> i was born and raised -- no, bill. i was born and raised in south central l.a. and i went to public school. >> bill: it is not all about you. these studies are rock-solid. good debate. good debate. >> thank you. >> bill: directly ahead, "outrage of the week." judge pierro has one that will have you howling. later, watters talking to regular folks, democrats, about donald trump. those reports after these

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>> bill: "outrage of the week" segment tonight. as we reported last night, some far left loons demonize president trump for bringing the widow of slain seal ryan owens to the speech tuesday night. >> this poor woman who has lost her husband, she is in desperate grief right now. >> she is in love with her husband still. >> to put that another notch on his belt, what is he thinking about? ratings. a record applause. i am going to get done at me for this. most applause for a dead soldier on my watch. i mean, this is the sickness of this man. >> bill: here now, george jeanine 37. you see her saturday nights at 9:00 p.m. look, i think we all know, we don't have to discuss that man. we know who he is, we know what

he does come and the fact that he could sit there on national television and say this file stuff, you know, look. if you patronize the people who give him a forum, that is up to you. but the general thing, he is not alone. he is not alone created this problem, using the woman, this kind of thing. it is despicable. >> it is not only despicable, but it is pointedly political, it is transparent, it is disgusting, and it is small. but more than that, it is part of their agenda. it is divisive. i just want to say one thing. for that man to look at this woman and call her a poor woman and to say that she is being used. first of all, he ought to know that she is not a poor woman, she can't take him, if you look at those guns, and a second. she is a strong, brave woman.

the fact that congress, both houses, applauded tells me that both sides of the aisle understand the respect that we as americans owe two members of the military. that man is french. everyone else who has been criticizing this widow, also, the widows of all of those killed. >> bill: i am just wondering what the presidents of the networks that do this are thinking. we are going to roll another piece of tape and this is on abc news. go. >> i thought that was so exploitive. i thought he exploited that widow. my god. how do you exploit the woman who is grieving over the loss of her husband, the father of her children, when you sent him there without the appropriate ground support? >> bill: that woman has no idea what that mission was, number one. so, she speaking about something she doesn't know. to imply that this widow isn't capable of making her own decision about where to go and

how to basically grieve about her husband is so insulting to her and other women, is it not? >> it is. for a woman to make the claimant say she is being exploited, as if she can stand in these issues of carryn owens, the wife of the navy seal, -- >> bill: in the halls of power at these networks, do they have any -- are they hearing this kind of thing? >> they don't care. >> bill: i worked at abc. it was a wild back. it never would have happened when i was there. >> it is about ratings. >> bill: that show is dying. you think that it's going to get ratings? i think that turns off 80, 85% of the american public. they are going the same thing that you and i are going. it's outrage. >> 78% in a snap poll said that we do owe her. they had a positive reaction. these people are small,

divisive, they have an agenda. you know what, bill, it is going to flare for the next four years. >> bill: i think they will destroy themselves. i am of the opinion that this crew, this far left crew is going to destroy themselves. >> i agree. >> bill: judge pirro, check her out at saturday night at nine. bernie goldberg on the anti-travel industry. they are making money hating the president. later, watters talking to regular folks, democrats, finding out if they find anything attractive about president trump. >> trump says he wants to buy american at higher american. is that something you can get behind? >> yes. >> i think you are coming aboard to the trump train. >> bill: we hope you stay tuned for those reports. nexium 24hr is the #1 choice of doctors and pharmacists for their own frequent heartburn. for all day and all night protection... banish the burn...

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>> bill: "truth serum" segment tonight. took a very interesting situations beginning with a judge in michigan sentencing a woman to jail because she mocked family members of a man killed by a drunk driver. >> these people are here grieving, saddened, because a senseless act took away their loved one and you all are sitting around here like it's a joke? not in courtroom 502. not today and not any other day. ma'am, you are being taken into custody for criminal content. your distrustful and disrespected behavior disrupted today's behaviors and you are

going to the county jail for 90 days for direct criminal contempt. anybody else want to go? try it. >> bill: wow. with us now, "truth serum" correspondence. eric shawn and shannon bream. tell me more about this story. >> she admitted she was drunk at the time she killed a man, severely injured his fiancee, who is in my car, they have five kids come with a woman is not a single mother. this 25 euros admitted to all of that. she is in court, getting ready to find out her sentence. they are giving victim impact segments, talking about him, the children left behind. there are people sick snickering and laughing during that segment. the judge was having none of it. she called a couple of them out. >> bill: so, the woman who was sentenced to 90 days in jail that we saw leave the courtroom, she was the mother of this 25-year-old? >> admitted to being drunk. she was the mother come apparently come when she was being taken outcome i got even worse, louder, and the judge said, that is it, 93 days in

jail. since then, she came back the next day, got a full dressing down, i will give you one night in jail for the help you've learned your lesson because although your daughter is being sentenced and she got three to 15 years in jail on this, she said, you've taken away someone else's family member and you should ever be laughing. >> bill: she didn't get the full 93, just one. we don't know if her attitude has changed. we don't know. >> she says that she was under a lot of stress and that she acted inappropriately. >> bill: that was her excuse. now, the 25 euros, which she sentence? >> three to 15 years is what they are giving her so far. she admitted to the whole thing. there are a lot of grieving people in that room. you know how it is when families come into give the statements, they are pouring out their hearts and their emotions. >> bill: sure. as outrageous. i applaud of the judge. too bad we didn't see her do that. i applaud her for what she said and how she handled it. okay. now come on tuesday night, we wanted eric shawn, one of the

true theist guys ever come a very truth the camera okay, to check out president trump's statement, roll it. >> according to data provided by the department of justice, the vast majority of individuals convicted of terrorism and terrorism related him offenses since 9/11 came here from outside of our country. we have seen the attacks at home from boston to san bernardino to the pentagon and yes, even the world trade center. >> bill: so, he says most of the terrorists who have done damage emanated overseas. what is the deal? >> not completely true thief. it seems to be that he was relying on a study from jeff sessions last year and the doj, 580 convictions, 380 were foreign born. you have the majority. >> bill: lets explain that. 580 terror convictions and 380 were sentenced to foreign-born

individuals. what's wrong with that? >> some of those cases were overseas terrorist attacks. there were other issues on crimes. >> they weren't all domestic. >> exactly right. the latest we have is the new american foundation, they found of the jihadi attacks and jihadi plot since 9/11, 192 were born in the u.s., 180 were foreign. >> bill: about 50-50. >> about that. not overwhelmingly foreign. >> bill: incentive, though, when anybody makes a point, i do this every day, because i write to "talking points" memo, sometimes, you make a point, you exaggerate it slightly. slightly. in this case, it looks to me like the president exaggerated slightly. he said that they were more overseas than here. it's about 50-50. what i be too kind to mr. trump? >> i think he would be near correct. if you look at some of the attacks, for example, sayyid farouk, san bernardino, his wif. they were foreigners, --

>> bill: the boston marathon. >> going back to some of the cases, the subway bomber plot from afghanistan, the latest -- >> bill: look at the blind shake, he -- everybody in 9/11, everyone of them, all 19, they are all overseas. i think the net thinking is what i am disturbed about. i appreciate your accuracy and i appreciate, i don't know what i appreciate about shannon bream but i know i will have it next week. >> we are going to take about something. >> bill: when we combat, bernie goldberg on people making money on hating donald trump. and watters on regular folks who vote democrat if they see anything good in the president. when we come back.

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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. in this "weekdays with bernie" segment, profiteering from despising president trump. >> trump may have changed his tone but that doesn't change the content of what he said. once in the right has official even told a reporter that the speech was just nationalism with an indoor voice. you know who also said troubling things in a calm voice? hannibal lector. >> making a list of immigrants,

rounding up the bad ones. make america great again, clarice. >> bill: joining a star from miami, bernard goldberg. mr. colbert's ratings have skyrocketed since he took a drastic anti-trump posture. that sends a message to everyone in the tv media, you can make money doing this, right? >> bashing donald trump can be very good for business, no question. it isn't just colbert at night. msnbc, last month, finished second in cable news. so, they are doing better than they have done. it is a simple, uncomplicated basis model. they know what their audience wants, they give them what they want. i'm not accusing anybody of hypocrisy. i think colbert and msnbc people really do detest donald trump. but they are giving them what they want. we live in a polarized america, people want to hear what they want to hear, they want their own view is cover that is what is happening.

but just for the record, bashing barack obama was also good for business. not a late-night television because there were no conservatives there. but bashing barack obama was good for talk radio, was good for conservative media in general, was good for web sites that were created during his presidency. it's business. i don't like it personally but that's the way it is. >> bill: okay. but you never saw, and if it had happened, that they used a movie clip from a heinous villain -- >> absolutely true. >> bill: about barack obama. >> you're right. >> bill: people would have been fired. let me get my question out. people would have been fired, there would have been demonstrations, charges of racism, all of that would have happened. so, there is one president who, there were rules of engagement,

rules of engagement. all right? barack obama him. now, there are no rules, none. about donald trump. so, i raise this question, i don't know if you heard the discussion with judge peter about how "abc news," which runt kind of stuff that this woman was somehow hauled in to the floor of congress and manipulated, how they could allow it. i couldn't. if i were the news division sheep, that never would've happened after me. i don't care how much money they made. >> i agree with what you said. the level of animosity against donald trump is different from anything we have seen in the past. there is a feeding frenzy. there is a feeding frenzy aimed at donald trump and a way that there wasn't aimed at, let's say, ronald reagan or george w. bush.

they salivate more when they go after republicans. by that this is different. there is no about that. >> bill: when you are decision-maker, and a media landscape, should there be any rules at all for what the anchor or the comedian or the host, whatever it may be, is allowed to present when you are talking about a president or some other really notable person? should there be any rules that all or nothing? >> no, there should be rules but in a way, you are asking the wrong person because i would change about 10,000 things that i see going on. >> bill: if you are producing the colbert show, and he is number three in late-night, as he was for the first two or three years he was on, then, you discover the magic egg, if we go after trump every night, the other two, camel and fallon, they are more entertainment oriented, they are not doing that, boom. would you continue to do that?

>> bill, i'm telling you, you are asking the wrong guy. i don't do things for ratings. i appreciate ratings. i know this is a business we are in. i would rather get good ratings than mediocre ratings. but i would not say to colbert, i would not say to him, do anything you have to, basham and the most unmerciful way, because it is going to get us bigger ratings. i would not do that. and i would lose my job before he would lose his job. i just can't do that. it is not something -- i don't like the kind of stuff. i'm not against doing jokes. by the way, johnny carson did jokes about everybody. i have no idea what his politics were. everybody -- >> bill: you can do satire and satire is fine. but spread it out a little bit. watters on deck. he talked to some democrats, regular folks about president trump. is there anything they like?

watters is next. [ rumbling ]

>> bill: "back of the book" segment. "watters' world." this nap poll showed overwhelming support for what the president said of him includes democrats. we sent waters out to talk to some of them. ♪ >> are you a republican or democrat? >> i'm a democrat. i am a moderate, actually. >> i guess i'm a democratic. >> you sound really proud of that place because the democratic party kind of let me down. >> hillary actually won. >> why isn't she in the white house? >> the russians. praise bigger

the russians are coming, the russians are coming. >> is there anything you like about donald trump? >> not particularly. i'm not a fan. >> what do you like about donald trump? >> i think he is transparent. >> i like that he honor to owens, the navy seal who lost his life in the raid. >> is there anything you like about donald trump? >> i don't like nothing about donald trump. nothing. they should impeach him, it's a crime for him trying to deport people, the immigrants. deporting illegal immigrants was a crime, then, obama would have been impeached. >> he didn't deport anybody. >> no one? >> not that i know of. >> you are never too old to learn something. tonight, i learned something. >> do you think on the policy front, there is anything that you can get on board with with the trump agenda? >> i don't think he is very open minded and i am a pretty little burro person. >> don't get -- >> is there anything you like about donald trump? >> um...

i like that he... >> don't you think i'm brilliant? >> do you think there is anything you can get on board with donald trump's agenda? >> no. nothing. >> so, you don't want to destroy isis? because they ain't doing nothing to me. >> bought? >> trump says they wants to buy american and higher american. >> we could use the work and i am for americans working. >> i think you are coming aboard the trump train. >> perhaps diane. >> i like that he says he is trying to bring manufacturing jobs back but the way he goes about it, i don't really agree with. >> told mike he wants to get rid of nafta, which i think is a tee idea. it is not just about america. >> do you believe in america first? >> no, i guess i don't. >> that will be your decision to make. >> do you believe in america first?

>> well, i think... >> it's a "yes" or "no" question. >> wake up, honey. >> trump is man promising massive tax relief to hard-working americans. >> that is a great thing. i'm a shopaholic. >> where can i get shoes like that? >> mandy's. >> you call? >> do you support the construction of the wall? >> no. >> by not? >> because i don't think that all immigrants are bad. i do like the aspect of border control and more immigration control. >> so, you believe in open borders? >> pretty much, as long as people are well vetted. >> how do you vent them if there is no wall? >> i have no idea. >> are you sure you're not a trump supporter? >> not officially. behind closed doors i am. >> i think it is time for you to come out of the closet. >> i am out. ♪ >> do you know who i am? >> you're a good-looking man. >> thank you.

stick a soft, delicate features. >> you look familiar. what is your name? >> david schwimmer. >> okay. >> i don't know, i don't understand. >> i am watters and this is my world. >> of course i know this is your world. >> bill: here is watters. i think you confused a lot of people during that segment. what you have coming up saturday at 8:00? >> we have someone that says that this woman who was a navy seal but i was a prop so, i will debate that person. they are in for the fight of their life. we have this pro-trump priest which is making waves in new jersey saying all these wild things and has the congregation going wild. >> bill: a priest? catholic priest? from the pulpit? >> quite a provocateur. >> bill: watters at 8:00 o i want you to get down to mandy's for the shoes. do a little shopping. do whatever you want. i'm sure mandy will be happy to see you. "the factor" tip of the day, even if you don't believe in god, there is a theological lesson for you this week.

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>> bill: factor "tip of the day," some spiritual advice in a moment. but first, some comments from the factor factory. good read during lent, killing jesus. "old school: life in the sane l. get it free if you become a premium member. you still can see me, jesse watters, and dennis miller in omaha. so do i, president trump is a

candidate and that happened with him on my interview with him on super bowl sunday. many of them have.

excellent point, jim. it is the french far left doing that, they are true believers in the democratic platform. there's no difference in the presentation and you are very smart to point that out. you should catch us in person, talk about vaudeville. factor "tip of the day," talk about a spiritual lesson. this week, mardi gras was celebrated all over the world. the party signifying the run up to ash wednesday, yesterday. you have fun before you repent. so i asked someone what they

were giving up for lent. what christians do for the 40 days before easter sunday. he is not giving up anything, he is doing good acts. it might be considered by everybody, not just believers. if we all did at least 40 acts of kindness over the next six weeks, that would make a huge difference in the world, would it not? factor "tip of the day." that is it for us tonight. please check out the fox news factor web site, different from billoreilly.com. we would like you to spout out about "hannity" "the factor" fe in the world. word of the day, do not be contentious. i love that word. it is a really good word. look it up. as my third grade teacher told me, if i tell you the word, william, you will not remember

it. but if you look it up, you will. and i said sister, do you have to be so snippy? again, thank you for watching. i am bill o'reilly, please remember the spin stops here. we are definitely looking out for you. >> tucker: good evening and welcome to "tucker carlson tonight," attorney general jeff sessions is joining us exclusively. he will recuse himself from any investigation about the russian meddling. "the washington post" reported that sessions had failed to disclose meetings with the russian ambassador during his confirmation hearings. democrats on the hill have been going all out with many demanding he resign immediately. the president issued a statement describing the attacks on the attorney general as a witch hun witch hunt. general sessions joins us now. thank you for coming on. here is theim