down. did you make any tangible with him or chinese president who in finding a way to stop the blood shed there. thank you? >> these were major topics of conversation in both meetings. and anybody who has seen scenes of what is happening in syria, i think recognizes that the violence is completely out of hand. that civilians are being targeted. and that assad has lost will legitimacy. when you massacre your own citizens in the ways that we have seen, t is impossible to conceive of a orderly political transition that leaves assad in power. now, that doesn't mean that

that process of political transition is easy. there is no doubt that russia, which historically has had a relationship with syria, as well as china, which is generally weary of commenting on what it considers to be the internal affairs of other countries are and have been more resistant to applying the kind of pressure that's necessary to achieve that political transition. we had a very candid conversation. i wouldn't suggest that at this point the united states and the rest of the international community are aligned with russia and china in their positions, but i do think they recognize the grave day, of all-out civil war. i do not think they condone the massacres that we have witnessed. and i think they believe that

everybody would be better served if syria had a mechanism for ceasing the violence and creating a legitimate government. what i said to them is that it is important for the world community to work with the united nations and kofi annan on what is a political transition would look like. and my hope is is that we can have those conversations in the coming week or two. and that we can present to the world, but most importantly to the syrian people a pathway whereby this conflict can be resolved. but i don't think it would be fair to say that the russians and the chinese are signed on at this point. i think what is fair to say is

that they recognize that the current situation is grave. it does not serve their interest. it certainly does not serve the interest of the syrian people and where we agree is that if we can help the syrian people find a path to a resolution, all of us would be better off. but, it's my personal belief and i shared this with them. that i don't see a scenario in which assad stays and violence is reduced. he had an opportunity with the plan. they did not fulfill their side of the deal. instead, we saw escalation and murder of innocent women and children. and at this point, we have the international monitors that were sent in, having to leave because of this violence that's being perpetrated, and although you'll hear sometimes

from some commentators that the opposition has engaged in violence as well and obviously there is evidence of that, i think it's also fair to say that that -- those haunting images that we saw in places like homs were the direct result of decisions made by the syrian government and ultimately mr. assad is responsible. [inaudible] >> we had an intensive conversation about it if you are asking me whether they signed on to that proposition i don't think would be fair to say they are there yet. i'm going to keep on making the argument and my expectation is at some point there is a recognition that it is hard to envision a better vision for syria while assad is still there. julianna goldman. thank you, mr. president. one of mr. mitt romney's

advisors wrote in a german publications that your recommendations to europe and to germany in particular reveal ignorance of the causes of the crisis and he said that they have the same flaws as your own economic policies. i wanted to get your response to that and also to follow up on bebb's question. europe has been kicking the can down the road for years. why are you any more convinced that we don't see another three month fix emerge out of brussels at the end of the month? >> well, you know, first of all, with respect to mr. romney's advisors, i would suggest he go talk to mr. romney about his advisors. i would point out that we have one president at a time and one administration at a time. and i think traditionally, the notion has been that america's political differences end at the water's edge. i would also suggest that he may not be familiar with what

our suggestions to the germans have been. and i think sometimes back home there is a desire to super impose whatever ideological arguments are taken place back home on to a very complicated situation in europe. you know, the situation in europe is a combination of things. you have got situations where some countries did have undisciplined fiscal practices, public debt. you had some countries like spain whose problems actually arose out of housing speculation and problems in private sector that didn't have to do with public debt. i think that there is no doubt that all the countries in europe at this point recognize the need for growth strategies

inside of europe. that are consistent with fiscal consolidation plans. and, by the way, that's exactly what i think the united states should be thinking about. the essence of the plan that i presented back in september was how do we increase growth and jobs now while providing clarity in terms of how we reduce our deficit and our debt medium and long term. i think that's the right recipe generally. not just for us but across the board. you had a second question. what was it? >> [inaudible] >> why am i confident? well, look, i don't want to sound polyanish here. resolving the issues in europe is difficult.

as i have said, there are a lot of players involved. there are a lot of complexities to the problems because we are talking about the problems of a bunch of different countries at this point. changing market psychology is very difficult. but the tools are available. the sense of urgency among the leaders is clear. and so what we have to do is combine that sense of urgency with the tools that are available and bridge them in a timely fashion that can provide market confidence. and, you know, i think that can be done. hopefully, you know, just to give an example, when spain

clarifies exactly how t intends to draw down and utilize dollars -- not dollars but euros to recap tallize, um, it's banking system given it's gotten support from other countries. what's miss something a set of specifics and the path whereby that takes place. when markets see that, that can help build confidence and reverse psychology. so there are going to be a range of steps that they can take. none of them are going to be a silver bullet that solves this thing entirely over the next week or two weeks or two months. but each step points to the fact that europe is moving towards further integration rather than break-up. and that these problems can be

resolved and points to the underlying strength in europe's economies. these are not countries that somehow at their core are unproductive or dysfunctional. these are advanced economies with extraordinarily productive people, they have got a particular challenge that has to do with a currency union that didn't have all the best bells and whistles of fiscal or monetary union. and they are cashing up now to some of those needs. and they just need the time and the space to do it. in the meantime, they have got to send a strong signal to the market. and i'm confident they can do that. allall right? thank you very much. everybody. >> shepard: president obama completing a news conference

at the conclusion of the g-20 summit in los cabos in mexico. for the journalists of fox news. i'm shepard smith. analysis now in a special edition of the o'reilly factor can w. brit hume, alan colmes, john stossel, and charles krauthammer. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. we will analyze the president's press conference in a moment with brit hume, charles krauthammer, and alan colmes. i have to say one thing, that was the most boring press conference i have seen in 37 years of covering the news. i'm sorry, no spin zone. i have got to tell you. i have never seen anything more boring than that ever. all right. first talking points memo. america in decline. the lead editorial in a "wall street journal" today laments the fact that the u.s.a. is

losing power all over the world. the russia and putin supplying assad with weapons in jerry while the u.s. and the u.n. can do absolutely nothing about it look at putin. you have got to slap him right there. slap him. putin is a villain. he consistently thumbs his nose at america. doesn't care about civilians being massacred with russian weapons. also, iran supplying syria with weapons and military people even as it continues to develop its nuclear capability. again, iran does what it wants, doesn't fear the u.s.a. at all. so this is very troubling to say the least. the question is why are we declining? first reason is the economy. the obama administration is attempting to shift from a market economy to a quasisocialistic approach whereby the federal government calls the shots, not private industry. that's what the jobs bill is all about. the government injects money into the economy. now, that has failed by every measure and also eroded consumer confidence both here and abroad. here is the worst part about

it. president obama has to know that the reason europe is collapsing economically is because they abandoned the market economy greece, spain, italy all entitlement states. all going bankrupt. yet, the president makes no attempt to down size government in this country or to reduce the staggering debt that we have. he wants to spend more money. again, all of that erodes confidence in the united states of america. now, on the republic side, there is no question that the war in iraq hurt the u.s.a. cost nearly a trillion dollars and put heavy pressure on our military and, for what? yes, the iraqs have some semblance of freedom but they certainly don't appreciate what we did for them. the war in afghanistan was a necessity, iraq was not. fighting two wars over a 10-year period has drained our military allowing iran to believe we're not going to confront them. so, the "wall street journal" is correct, america's power is in decline. the good news is the situation can be reversed, a return to

the market economy and aggressive capitalism can rebuild what we have lost. our military remains the finest in the world. our technology is the best. and the working men and women of america have no equal. this country needs to harness those strengths fast. and that's the memo. now for the top story tonight. let's take a look at the president's news conference in mexico where he attended the g-20 summit which wrapped up this evening. first up, brit hume was in washington. that was the most boring press conference i have ever seen. would you say that? have you ever seen -- if you've seen a more boring press conference, i want to know when and where and who did it. >> well, i have seen some as dull and none immediately comes to mind, bill. it's a natural function of the fact that the president really didn't have anything new or dramatic to announce in his statement. and the questions which really probe to see if there was something beyond what he said in his statement really got nowhere. >> bill: but wait wait wait wait, wait. he was asked point blank if putin cooperated at all on syria. and he he gave a four-minute

answer that meant nothing. here's the truth. putin did not cooperate. >> yeah. the answer at great length was no. >> bill: right. so just say it say putin isn't cooperating at this point. we hope he will wise up later. why do you have to do this? this really offends me. i'm trying to listen to barack obama, the president of the united states who is speaking to the world. not just to the united states. make some sense. and he doesn't make any sense. he reiterates what's been said a thousand times. we have a pathway here. they know the urgency there. this is b.s. and you and me if we're sitting in a college classroom we're like this. that's how we are. we're not learning anything. he is not being honest. and i'm really resent it. i resent it, hume. calm me down, calm me down. >> well, bill, look, what was unusual about this news conference is that it was held at the time of day it was. normally a news conference does not occur in prime time in the evening when you expect

the president is going to talk he will have something major so say. nothing coming out of this summit. it's arguable whether something minor came out of this summit. >> bill: nothing came out of this summit. nothing. >> this goes to the situation with the economies in europe. there was a time when the united states, even emerging from a recession, a normally recovering american economy would have put the united states its president and its treasury secretary in a position to have a lot of influence over what would happen in other countries. indeed it was demand from the united states at times, a number of times and not too distant history has led the world out of a recession. the united states economy is too weak to do that because the united states economy is too weak, the treasury is depleted. so we don't have any rescue money available. we can't afford it we have to borrow 40 cents on every dollar we spend as a nation. the president is in no position, really economically or as you suggest militarily to do much about any of these

problems. >> bill: that's what the "wall street journal" said today. >> hopes for understanding and he encourages. that's about all can he do. >> bill: that's what the "wall street journal" said today. our power in the world now is not in any way, shape, or form, effective to solve anybody's problems. we can't even get this thug assaad out thereof because russia and iran are selling weapons propping them up and giving them military help. we can't do anything about it. nothing. >> i think that's an arguable point there are things that the united states could have done in jerry declined to do. imposed a no fly zone. our military is stretched thin no doubt about that war in iraq is ending. some of that pressure has eased to some extent there are things we could have done. the president has chosen for whatever reason not to go there answered prefers always to operate within the framework of some international organization the united nations or whatever, to give him some political cover within his own party, i

suspect. and the result is we don't do the kinds of things we have done in the past. indeed this president has done in certain other places, libya, for example. >> bill: last question, 30 seconds. what was the most important thing about that press conference tonight? >> the most important thing about that press conference is that there was nothing about that press conference. >> bill: you are wrong. the most important thing about that press conference was that it ended. [ laughter ] >> that would have been the best thing about it but not the most important. >> bill: hume, i have got to tell the audience. we wanted hume to basically pick a sound bite to show what the most important thing was. we can't find one. there isn't one. we can't play one. i mean, look, we are laughing and kidding about it, it's a serious matter. and i can't tell you how disappointed i am in that whole dog and pony show was a waste of time. all right, brit. thank you very much. alan colmes will disagree with me. that's why we have him on. he will tell me what the best moment of the evening was. later, city of chicago on the verk -- verge of anarchy. violence there.

the national media is ignoring the story. we will have it up ahead had.

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>> bill: continuing with lead story the most boring press conference will all times. with us now alan colmes. >> you say boring. what do you expect dancing girls fountains? this is an economic summit. what do you expect to go on there? >> bill: you telling me it's not boring? >> it's boring, what do you expect? it was boring. did you expect fountains and dancing girls. >> bill: how about a couple of straight answers? okay? is putin helping with you syria? yes or no? >> i don't know if there is or not. they are still talking about it. >> bill: about what? >> you want him to get out there you said earlier like him to get out there and bad mouth putin and say he is not helping us. >> bill: tell the truth. that's all? >> diplomacy. >> bill: going on right now. >> he doesn't say that say i

can't really comment on it. we have a diplomatic thing going on here. >> that's fair. >> bill: instead of this b.s., meandering all over the place. is he not lying to the american people he is boring us to death. >> we can work with putin and china. they will realize it's their best interest. >> they are gonna. dead people in the street. who is killing them? russian weapons. >> you want him to get up there in front of putin in front of the world in the summit and say these people are killing people all over the world and doing terrible things. >> bill: i told you what i wanted him to do. then don't answer the question. look, it's too sensitive issue right now. >> that's fair. >> bill: don't b.s. everybody. >> he wasn't b.s.ing. >> he believes he can bring them around that's what he said. >> bill: there wasn't one sound bite. we were going to do the same twhing al than we were going to do with hume, pick a sound bite. there is no sound bites. it's all b.s. top to bottom. the president of the united states got out there. it was gobbably guck. wasn't one morning thing. >> what do you expect? >> bill: i expect him to do what i do, straight talk.

that's what ask. >> he did straight talk. >> no he didn't. >> he talked about working with these other countries. >> working with these other countries. >> he talked about mexico, canada and other countries getting together. >> bill: getting together and talking. >> getting together and talking about how trade agreements will bring jobs. >> bill: you are laughing at yourself. >> no, i'm laughing at you. >> bill: you are trying to justify this b.s. as being important. >> talk about how you work with these other countries and come up with these agreements and brings jobs to the united states. that's what he talked about. >> bill: the presidents has no clue what he is going on in europe and has no idea how to solve it? >> you and i didn't watch the same news conference if you think he doesn't have any clue. >> bill: he has no clue to solve the problems zero. >> not to solve their problems. >> bill: you know, what american people, i don't know how to solve the problem. i don't know what's going on. >> he is there to solve europe's problems? he is there to talk about how trade and agreements can bring jobs to the united states. >> bill: the "wall street journal" is correct. our power is ebbing away here

because the leadership of this country conducts itself like that. >> you were right when you said it's because of a war in iraq that shouldn't have occurred. >> bill: that hurt us. >> spending too much time in afghanistan. a trillion dollars in iraq. you are right that did hurt us. >> bill: the president of the united states gets up there and for 20 minutes or 25 minutes speaks in swahili. nobody knows what is he talking about. nobody. is he meandering on a pathway here and a light at the end of the tunnel there. and they know the urgency there. and maybe they have a conference there. >> i don't know what you were expecting. his job is to give hope. >> bill: how do you justify that i understand could of performance. >> talking about how he was talking to the country. >> bill: talking with them? >> yes. these agreements that he is cementing at this summit brings jobs back to pittsburgh and cleveland as he mentioned. that's what this does. >> bill: this is is a carnival. >> you want to renounce the whole thing? >> bill: i am telling you that the president of the united states has to lead the world. all right?

and he is not. because he doesn't know what he is talking about. >> i disagree. >> clear tonight he doesn't know. >> that was clear to you was not clear at all. >> bill: do you think he got one vote from anybody in this country? >> i don't know if anybody was watching except those. >> nobody was watching because their couches collapsed. >> this was not about getting votes. if it were you would talk about how he was playing politics trying to get votes. >> you know i don't do that kind of thing. >> let's get rid of colmes. is he gone. see you later. >> thank you. >> charles krauthammer weigh in a little bit later on. directly ahead. more deaths in chicago as that city careens out of control. the problem mass murder in four precincts. right back with that report.

>> bill: factor follow up segment tonight, we have been reporting on the city of chicago's horrendous murder rate. last weekend 7 dead. 35 wounded in two days including a 16-year-old girl

shot to death on her front porch. the violence rivals afghanistan. it's not being reported much in the national meeting. joining us is radio talk show host and steve greene berg criminal defense attorney. mr. greenberg, begin with you. why is this violence continuing to happen in chicago? >> well, i think that they are a victim of their own success. 5, 10, 15 years ago we had a couple of large gangs that controlled the street and like businesses, like the mob, they targeted each other. they had crews that were out there to enforce things. now what we have got in chicago because the gangs have fallen apart, is we have got lots of little tiny clicks which refer to themselves as gangs, which are like little tiny militias from neighborhoods, they don't know what they are doing. they engage in random acts of violence because they think it's about respect. and so it's like disarray in a third world nation. >> bill: all right. but why is that any different, mr. greenberg than new york city or detroit or any of the

big urban centers and what is it about? is it about drug-selling? i mean, you just don't wake up in the morning and grab a gun and go out and shoot a 16-yr-old girl on her porch. is it drug selling that these people are involved in? is that what's doing it? >> i'm telling you, the people who are young now, it's about respect. they think -- they turn to violence. when you and i were growing up. >> bill: they are no the dealing drugs, if somebody makes a face at them, they want to kill them? >> they are dealing drugs and they are involved in crime. but they don't care who they hurt. they don't have. >> bill: obviously. that psychopathic mentality, right. >> mr. magill, certainly, this must be a topic of conversation on your radio station because it's all minority driven. it's all in the precincts. killing each other, gunning down innocent children, and do you agree with mr. greenberg, first of all? is it just because the gangs have been decentralized.

trying to gain respect by killing other people? is that what it is. >> that's one reason. to your earlier question, bill, that's different about chicago than new york, los angeles, and other major cities that have the same racial dynamic that chicago is is that chicago historically has been the most segregated city in the country. when you have that kind of segregation, the crime is going to be in these separate areas. and as long as crime is in these areas, the west side, the south side, little village, then the main part of the city, the downtown part of the city or the north side of the city where white middle class people live, they are not affected by crime. >> bill: that's true. that's why the nationalled me extra is not on it why doesn't the chicago police force and mayor rahm emanuel say, listen, we have got a crisis here. we have got hundreds of people being murdered. thousands of people, thousands of chicagoens being wounded every year by gunfire. why don't they flood the zone, all right, with all the fire

power they can get on the police side and knock it out? >> you know, what, bill, you said something earlier. you don't wake up in the morning and decide i'm going to go out and kill a 16-year-old. i don't care how many police officers you put on the south side or the west side of chicago, if somebody is intent on committing a crime with a gun, if they want to prove themselves, get street credibility. prove their bravado, get revenge, they are going to do it. they will wait until the police leaves. this is not an issue of whether or not there is enough law enforcement out there. even though law enforcement has its role, this is really an issue about a culture of violence that has been simmering for every 25, 30, maybe 40 years in chicago. and now the numbers are getting startling to people. and we realize we have a crisis. but this is about certain areas of the city being able to operate with the historic gang organization that chicago has had and now that those gangs are breaking up, it's a free-for-all. now law enforcement is in a position where they are trying to figure out how do we reduce crime where really the real

answer is the community has to stop this crime. >> bill: i don't know if the community is going to step up. you don't think the community -- look, if you are an unarmed good person and you are in this neighborhood and you speak up, you are going to get a bullet in the head, too mr. greenberg, are you not? >> well, i don't think that having protests or marching in the streets is a solution. i think what they have got to do is they have got to start not only with education but they have to provide opportunities which they don't do, meaningful opportunities that will interest these youth that will challenge these youth that will stimulate these youth. >> bill: that's pie in the sky, mr. greenberg. with all due respect, there have been tens of millions of dollars poured into these neighborhoods and you can present opportunities at all if you can make $10,000 a week selling cocaine, opposed to 300 a week working a straight job, a lot of people get addicted to cocaine. >> i'm a criminal defense lawyer, most of them are making 100 bucks to stand out when it's 2 o0 degrees below zero or 90 degrees outside.

>> bill: mr. magill said there is a culture of lawlessness in that city. it looks like it's engrained. disagree, mr. magill, i think the cops have got to go down and stabilize it. if you have got to bring in the national guard, bring in the guard. you guys now are having children shot down in the street at a rate more horrific than afghanistan. and everybody should know the scope of the problem. gentlemen, we will continue with the reporting on that. thank you. plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. charles krauthammer has some thoughts about the president's news conference this evening. and is it legal on how roger clemens beat the rap. we hope you stay tuned to those reports. summer road trip, huh? as the hotel experts, finding you the perfect place is all we do.

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shoulder and can't work. his left arm sure looks strong here. this man also claimed to have a nonproductive left arm and can't earn income like he used to negligence slipped on a can in the store. injured his back has to avoid any impact on his lower back. worker claimed to be incapacitated by low back pain. can't drive or mow the lawn. yet, he got another job doing construction work. john stossel joins us now from his studio in new york city. this is a billion-dollar crazy fraud deal right now this disability stuff the claims are going crazy. i guess the bad economy, people are trying to game the system. that's what it's all about. right? >> that's part of it the government pays $75 billion for this none how much of it is fraud. it's contagious in a way if your neighbor is out playing golf but clucketting disability then you may feel like you are a sucker if you

don't cheat, too. it's like an epidemic, it keeps growing. >> bill: also we live in a nation that's changed as far as what we can justify it wouldn't have happened 40 years ago. people had a lot of pride they wouldn't have taken the money. now they want the money they feel like they are entitled to it entitlement culture. what you have discovered is and i have known this for years. people will basically get hurt and say i can't work anymore. my injury is so bad and then they will get the check, coming, in rolling, in taxpayer money and then they will be out there lifting the weights. and no conscience, no remorse. did you confront any of these people and say, hey, what are you doing? >> i did not. the private detective doesn't even confront them because they are afraid that they will get shot. and they just take it to court. and then when people see the video, they say oh, okay. never mind. i'm going to drop this claim. but there are two kinds of disability payments. the federal government doesn't do any of this undercover

video. this is workers' comp where private companies are paying. so private companies say i'm suspicious about this guy. we're going to hire this detective and they have these tiny cameras. they caught the weight lifter with a camera hidden in what looked like a paper cup. and they catch those people. the federal government has a computer check. >> bill: let's stay with the private. private company feels they are being gamed. they hire private detective and the private detective agency 72% of the cases that they investigate turn out to be fraudulent. 72%. all right? >> but they are already suspicious for some reason. >> bill: it's each private company so it would be a cisco, it would be a general electric, whatever, they hire their own guys to see if these people are gaming the system or not. >> or the private insurance company. >> bill: or an insurance company that has to pay the claim. now, fast forward to the federal government. they have the same kind of situation. their employees, state, local, feds, i can't work, i fell

down, a sparrow hit me in the head. i can't see. they don't do any of that. >> no. they do a computer check. and if the guy is making more than a thousand dollars in some other job, they may catch that if he he declares the money. but, otherwise, they just assume you really are disabled and they pay. >> do you have to be examined by a federal doctor and get all that done. >> they contract it out. it's not necessarily a federal doctor. once you get examined by the doctor and they say yes, he appears disabled. you are on the dole. on the long island railroad there were doctors arrested because what they did was they made deals with the people coming in saying yeah, i will say whatever you want, you pay me this. >> and the u.s. attorney found workers supposedly too disabled to sit, stand, or walk were out playing golf and tennis and doing aerobics. one with severe disabling back pain went on the 400-mile bike tour.

>> bill: it's a massive fraud, this disability stuff. and we appreciate it, stossel. thanks very much. when we come right back, is it legal on roger clemens beating the rap? attorney general and issa did not go well. a the shocking story out of aruba, the island of lost women. legal is next. our cloud is the smartest brains combating the latest security threats. it spans oceans, stretches continents. and is scalable as far as the mind can see. our cloud is the cloud other clouds look up to. welcome to the uppernet. verizon. if we took the nissan altima and reimagined nearly everything in it? gave it greater horsepower and best in class 38 mpg highway...

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>> bill: intense stories beginning with the meeting between attorney general eric holder and darrell issa fast and furious gun scandal. deciding whether he will be held in contempt of congress that will be held tomorrow.

why don't they give them the documents that they want. >> he should. he went into a 20-minute meeting fairly non-contentious both parties say. he went in and said to the committee, said, look, i will give you a briefing, committee, and a compilation of documents, those were the words, compilation of documents that i, attorney general holder have chosen. noort deal is i give you this compilation and briefing then you stop, full stop this oversight investigation. and the chairman said, absolutely not. we can't agree to that. >> that's ridiculous. that's a nonstart tore begin with that's not acting in good faith. if you don't have anything to hide, then why are you tilling continuing to withhold these documents. >> bill: i don't understand why they are holding these documents back. why? just give them what they want. this is congressional committee. this is a federal operation that led to two deaths of americans. >> right. >> give them the documents and whoever screwed up takes the hit. >> the documents are that are congress ten shut. make sure everybody yundz stands. this are documents after that

february 4th letter. was there a cover up? that's the issue that holder is trying to back off of. >> bill: if i'm the president of the united states i say to the attorney general, give them everything. >> right. >> do you do that? >> i agree. isn't that his job in it's supposed to be seek the truth. truth finding mission and productive. >> bill: transparency. give them all the documents they want. if somebody screwed up, whatever it is as farsz and furious i understand why you don't give all the documents. wait a second. it's after. that it's the cover up that becomes the purview of. i got that look, the attorney general doesn't have any right to hide anything from the american pluck. >> if there is a cover up, that's right. >> on anything. we have a right to know what that operation is. if there are names of informants you redact them. >> exactly. but this is bull. all right. roger clemens real quick. guy beat the wrap? >> basically an issue of credibility because came down to the witness statements of andy pettitte who back pedaled during the trial and then said

it was 50/50 as to whether or not clemens actually used performance enhancing drugs. >> andy pettitte the other pitcher. he said, he said case. >> his testimony collapsed. only had to rely on the prosecutor. cotton ball with clemens d.n.a. on there. that's it. not on the needle. >> bill: just a cotton ball could have been anything. >> it was. >> bill: could have had a bruise. >> lied kin. >> it comes down to this beyond a reasonable doubt. >> didn't reach beyond a reasonable doubt. >> case fell apart and this was a retrial. >> bill: island of lost women. if you are a woman don't go to aruba alone. robyn gardner, 35 years old. goes down there with a 51-year-old named gary gee done know. she disappeared much like

natalee holloway off the face of the earth. authorities obviously suspect the slug, right? >> there he is. >> bill: all right. now they can't charge him. they don't have enough evidence. there is no body. they don't know where she is. gee dan know comes back to the united states and sues american express for what? >> for 3.5 million saying hey, american express you should have given me my 1.5 million which was travel insurance. >> bill: who had an insurance policy. >> he took it out on himself and her travelers insurance policy. >> bill: he buys american express insurance policy on her and him. >> this woman he just met on the internet. >> bill: set beneficiary if something happens to her and she is if something happens to him. >> he said she disappeared snorkeling maybe she is a victim of human trafficking. he goes to american express two days after she was missing and says show me the money. the policy is you have to wait a year. coming up august 2nd. sad thing is he is going to get the cash. >> bill: they haven't charged him. >> he might have killed her.

might have. >> we don't know. >> he might get paid for it. >> correct. if there is no body found by august 2nd and he is not charged. >> recover the 1.5. not the 3.5 million but the 1.5 million. >> disgusting. >> bill: all right. ladies thanks very much. charles krauthammer on deck. he has selected two important parts of the president's -- i'm sorry, i'm laughing. we asked krauthammer. let's see if krauthammer can do it after these messages. you know how painful heartburn can be. for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. try fast, long lasting gaviscon®.

>> bill: back of the book segment. we asked charles to select two important parts of the president's news conference this evening. to calm me down here, all rig t right. in case people just tuned in. i think it was the most boring press conference i have seen in my 37 years of covering the news. i don't think he said anything. i don't think he knows what he was talking about. i think it was pure gibberish. am i wrong? >> i watched the beginning of the show and i thought you are great. beyond agitation. on the search of an apaplectic reaction. had i been there i would have hosed you down with a valium spray. >> i needed it. i needed it. >> it was the worst. it was the dullest press conference since the invention of the radio wireless let alone the cathode ray tube. however, you missed the most

important parts. number one regarding syria obama actually said in this press conference about the russians i'm confident that they do not condone the massacres. the russians are providing the helicopter gunships conducting the massacres. >> bill: putin is a killer but you can't say that. >> the tone obama takes, the conciliatory tone. he had something else to say about the russians where he said i'm not quite prepared that they are signing on to our are idea of a transition where assa steps down. what in god's name is he tal talking about? the russians are blocking that and supporting assad. they block all resolutions to bring him down and all resolutions for arms embargo. they announced they will send antiaircraft equipment so the syrians can shoot down anybody

in the future who might want to do a rescue or some kind of support of the syrian people from the air and we just had the news that the russians are preparing to send three ships from their black seaport to the syrian port where the russians have a base and naval facilit facilities that putin has revived for the first time since the cold war and we have a president who says i'm not sure they are signing on to our program. >> bill: i know. >> this is a challenge to the united states and to it the west. this is a thumb in the eye to the united states. and this is the russians plan planting their flag saying syria is our property, our client, our state and we are o going to do as we wish and the united states has a president who not only says anything to oppose that or to critique is but says we are working with them because i'm confident they

don't condone the massacres wilmington what is the second thing you picked up. >> the subtlety of the gibbe gibberish he offered on europe which is the only thing he can do because the fact that he didn't have anything to say or to offer is the perfect reflex oreflection of the decline of american influence everywhere in the past few years. a bigger decline in all area of the world. in the middle east. in syria. in europe. economically and every other way than any three and a half years since the end of the is second world war. this is a president who speaks for the united states so weakly that nobody cares what he says. the europeans care what merkel says. they don't give a damn what the united states says because it is irrelevant. the same way in the middle east if you are a western oriented

ally and you see the united states get out of iraq without leaving behind any strategyic relationship or residual influence or you see the united states by its own director of national intelligence impose sanctions so weak up until now that by our own admission it hasn't affected the nuclear program whatsoever and standing by on syria why should you care what the united states says. >> bill: everybody should read the journal article today. unfortunately, we don't have time for mail or pinheads & patriots this evening. we will have a rollicking mail segment for you tomorrow. that is it for us tonight. we thank you for watching "the factor." i'm bill o'reilly. remember the spin stops right here because we are are captioned by closed captioning services, inc.

>> sean: tonight there are major developments from the campaign trail of michigan. a short time ago the presumptive republican nominee for president announced despite media reports to the contrary he is in fact considering florida senator marco rubio as his running mate. take a look. >> throw the football was a story that originated today apparently at abc based upon reports of supposedly outside unnamed advisors of mine. i can't imagine who such people are but i can tell you this, they know nothing about the vice presidential selection or evaluation process. there are only two people in this country who know who are being vetted and who are not. and that is beth myers and m myself. and i know beth well. she doesn't talk to it anybody. the story was entirely false. marco rubio is be