we had alan colmes on there but we took it off. so please pick just one. we will give you the results tomorrow. who do you think should run as romney's v.p. should the fbi crack down on americans who traffic in heavy weapons? later, the penn state punishment fair or unfair? coming right back. >> bill: impact segment tonight, was we reported last night the far left is trying to use the colorado movie massacre to promote gun control. the brother of a young woman murdered by james holmes was confronted by that last night. >> do you feel compelled to push for tighter gun laws? >> here's the thing. we can try to politicize this and make some kind of polarizing debate and some pennant of the election that's not what we are here to do we are here to celebrity the lives of the victims who lost. if somebody's to do harm to somebody they are going to do it. >> bill: that makes true. also makes sense for congress to pass a new law that requires the sale of all heavy weapons to be reported to the fbi. in this age of terrorism, that law is badly needed. joining us now

alan colmes is host of the alan colmes radio show. always nice to talk with you both.een watching the coverage, fair? >> i mean he obviously had a rough time in england. the british press is sort of notorious for blasting anybody for anything. however, what i think you see now is he's in israel is that the media are trying to take the narrative of england that romney makes gaafes and turn it into a larger narrative that he does it everywhere he goes. it looks to me like his trip to israel has been pretty well received. prime minister benjamin netanyahu liked him. he got a standing ovation. he's done everything right and yet the media are still trying to take shots at him wherever they can, including ultimately this horrible newsweek coverage which i bet even alan colmes can't defend. rick: we will we get to that in a minute. there it is the win factor. conservatives are complaining that when then senator obama made his overseas trip as a candidate that he had all kind of mistakes as well, and that the media didn't really cover it. he talked at one point about being on

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columnist cal thomas, jim pinkerton contributing editor american conservative magazine and host of the alan colmes radio show. i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> now, we have some rare insight this evening into how the supreme court reached its decision to uphold president obama's health care law. it turns out the ruling almost went the other way. >> well, scott, it was a shift that no one would have expected, jeef justice john roberts, who was appointed by president george w. bush to lead this court in a more conservative direction, initially was poised to strike down the key part of the health care law, but then, he changed his mind and the outcome of this entire case. >> cbs news, and its legal correspondent jan crawford, breaking the story earlier this week that chief justice john roberts originally decided with conservatives about the obama care mandate. while writing the decision changed his mind and the rest, as they say, is history. jim, the question is, how did cbs get that info and was it news for coverage of the court going forward? very good reportr and we assume that sh

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jim pinkerton is a writer for the american conservative magazine, alan colmes is host of the alan colmest and center, guys, we have to put the reporting of brian ross of abc who on the morning of the shooting -- the shooting happened around midnight thursday into friday -- and friday he goes on good morning america and says there could be a tea party link here. here's his exact quote: there is a jim holmes of aurora, colorado, page on the tea party site talking about him joining the tea party last year. now, we don't know if this is the same jim holmes, but this is jim holmes of awe roar ca, colorado. what do you make of it? >> that was george stephanopoulos, by the way. jon jon thanks for the correction, because i was wrong. [laughter] >> the correction is the main thing. ross got it wrong. he googled it up, he looked it up. he went with it, it fits the tea party narrative that the media have, the tea party was behind gabrielle giffords getting shot, this time around it's another tea party guy to blame, and abc doesn't correct it properly. brian ross to my knowledge never apologized to

megyn: joining me now, alan colmes and mike gallagher. came out and said, no, that he's -- that being president is not about telling stories, it's about leading and president obama failed to lead. are the critics being too tough on him? >> i'm shocked to hear the romney campaign say that about president obama. what a surprising response. of course, they will be tough on him, but he can take it. megyn: did he misstep? >> i thought he gave a thoughtful response. i think that the right wing, the conservatives do a better job of messaging than liberals and democrats do. when i believe democratic and liberal policies are better for a wider swath of the american public, i don't think they do as good a job selling those policies to the american people. conservatives have great word smits like frank luntz who do a wonderful job encapsulating policies and telling it very well. megyn: is that the issue, the salesmanship? >> according to alan it is. i probably agree we are just hearing alan colmes confirm what we are all afraid of, that the biggest

joined by alan colmes the host of the alan colmes radio show and tucker carlson the editor of the dalyibutor. gentlemen, welcome. good to have you here today. right now there are two u.s. attorneys who are investigating what happened in the administration, and in the larger circle in washington, in terms of how this information got out. and the information that they are talking about is the details of the osama bin laden raid, which even robert gates was agast at what kind of information got out about that raid and how quickly, also the doctor who helped with the osama bin laden raid who ended up in prison. a cyber attack that the u.s. was able to be part of against iran, those details got out the kill list got out. big, big questions that we're dealing here with tucker. >> these are not even outstanding questions. there is no debate this information came from the obama administration at som some level. "the new york times" said as much. senator feinstein who is the chairman of the senate intelligence committee she made a washington srefrgs the gaat and told the truth. to watch her wal

alan colmes, host of the alan colmes show.ry the editor of "the national review" and a fox news contributor. alan, many liberals did not much care for john roberts until this ruling. all of a sudden he is the best thing on the supreme court since sliced bread. is that how you see him? >> no. listen, the legacy of a supreme court and a justice is more than just one decision. more than just one moment of time. and john roberts is very young in his work on the court has many years to go. we make a mistake to judge any justice by one particular decision. i know conservatives conversely are going after him, attacking him. one called for armed resurrection before he took it back. the court is not supposed to be a partisan court. supposed to not judge whether a law is good or not but whether or not it is legal and that's what john roberts did. jon: rich, let me read for you part of the opinion that justice roberts wrote when he sided with the liberals because some say it is a very conservative opinion. we have it on the screen here,

we have alan colmes, from the alan colmes radio show and tucker carlson. from daily caller.r not surprising. michelle obama told her story before and connecting with middle class voters is key of course. >> that is a good story. if the white house thinks someone went to princeton and harvard and lives in the white house is the key ambassador to the middle class, good luck with that. she make as good surrogate like any president's wife she can say whatever she wants and can't attack her back because that is considered out of bounds. she is not the first to fill that role. but it is pretty effective. she is immune from criticism. martha: alan, i'm guessing what you're going to say is that, you know, she came from humble roots. there is no disputing that. that is exactly what her story is. she is saying i came from humble roots and yet my parents put everything into our family to make sure we could live the dream and go to princeton and go to harvard. >> i don't know tucker you meant to say can't go to the harvard and live in the white house relate to the middle class. once you

joining us now from los angeles leslie marshall in for alan colmes tonight. here in the studio, the author of the big new best seller what the bleep just happened, monica crowley. now, image, very big buddies with president obama. he even referenced the president in his explanation here. this is the slippery slope because president obama did the dream act thing by ordering his ice department and the immigration officials not to deport certain crew. and then rahm image says you know what? i'm going to extend that to everybody in my city so that is the slippery slope and here we go. >> here is the box that rahm image put the president in. remember, when this administration sued arizona and other states that affected their own immigration laws that because the feds would not do their job in enforcing the federal immigration laws, the argument that they made before the supreme court was, well, look, this is federal jurisdiction, we can't have states and communities free-lancing immigration policy. we can't have arizona doing their thing. we can't have utah doing

here now monica crowley author of the big new best seller what the bleep just happened and alan colmesing book thank the liberals for saving america. [ laughter ] >> bill: we'll deal with that -- >> bill o'reilly statement on the front. >> bill: let's hold the drama there. just looks like freedom of speech to me. colmes. >> it is freedom of speech. it's supposedly parody and is a fire. these people have satired the left and the right. biggest offense is bad humor. it's not funny. but, you know, they have the right to do it. secret service should investigate it. if there is question about it. why waste taxpayer money on the secret service coming in to investigate? >> i don't see it as a threat. if the secret service service determines it's their job to determine if it's something to look into. if there is nothing to look into, it's over. the mayor apologized. >> bill: what about the appropriateness on the fourth of july with this display. >> that's my issue with it first amendment protects even bad taste. a lot of people in fact did think that was funny. i think fourth independence day

alan colmes is host of the alan colmes radio show. agree that most americans think the economy is item number one. >> i think so. was that an old tape of hannity and combs? jon: no, no, you guys didn't get that vicious, did you? >> no, no, never. jon: we haven't seen something like that in in country. >> you're right. i think the economy is item number one. for all the things said and all the focus now, and again people don't really focus on it most of the voters until after labor day, i do believe that the economy will be the big issue. jon: so we've got even a couple of back-to-back months, jim of bad jobs numbers, 80,000 jobs created in june, not enough to keep up with population growth. how did the media treat that number, or the story that came from it? >> right, i'm not going to pull a gun but i do disagree with allen. i think politicians are probably not paoeug attention to it but the economy they are paying attention to it. everybody knows that the economy is hurting, they know that unemployment is 8.2. everybody knows whether

joining us to talk about this is mike gallagher and alan colmes. thanks for joining us. you. how is this different from the gsa scandal? >> for one thing, this was done with private money. entertainment to catering and booze was done with private money. it wasn't done with taxpayer money. gsa scandal in 2010 in las vegas was more expensive, that was $822,000. this is $600,000. the las vegas was taxpayer money, this is not. >> patti ann: let's be clear about that. the commerce department says according to their spokesperson, no federal funds were spent on catering, entertainment or alcohol but the tab for the taxpayer still came to $670,000 and change figure. mike, we're going to show you some statistics on how much this conference has cost through the years. back in 2006 the tab was $486,500. in 2012 up to $670,000. they say they need to do this to provide workshops and training and education and networking for the manufacturers and industry experts but that cost has gone way up more than the cost of living increase? >> listen, i'm going to concede that at a time when ou