she just wants her daughter back. >> in the meantime her mother is raising o'reilly's 2-year-old son. good news is her incarceration at the suffolk county jail has kept her off drugs and she has a cell mate she can relate to. >> our view is of downtown boston. you know, beantown! and the men. >> we got a good cell. we can see the men, too. >> yeah. >> the neighborhood that i'm from, the armpit of massachusetts, it's gangbangers, drug dealers, prostitutes, and addicts. i love it. i don't know what it is about that place because it's disgusting, but i [ bleep ] love it. i was 14 when i started shooting heroin. normal 14-year-olds aren't shooting heroin. i think there's very few times i've come in here and it's not direct result of use. there's not many times that i can say i've been in my right frame of mind and walked through these doors. >> melanie reddy's prior convictions have usually been misdemeanors related to her drug use. this time she's been here for a month on a violation known locally as common night walking. >> it is prostitution. it's a form of prostitution. anyone can be

bakari bill o'reilly launched quite a firestorm.'s listen to him describe what he says is the hidden reason behind calls to abolish the electoral college. >> the left sees white privilege in america as an oppressive force that must be done away with. therefore, white working class voters must be marginalized and what better way to do that than center the voting power in the cities? very few commentators will tell you that the heart of liberalism in america today is based on race. it permeates almost every issue. that white men have set up a system of oppression. that system must be destroyed. bernie sanders pedaled that. some extent, hillary clinton did. and the liberal media tries to sell that all day long. 7 left wants power taken away from the white establishment, they want a profound change in the way america is run. taking voting power away from the white precincts is the quickest way to do that. >> so he mentions the liberal media, he's not talking about cnn. what do you think, bakari? >> if you close your eyes, you believe yo

it doesn't matter. >> o'reilly says her drug addiction has even caused her to steal from her own mother i actually wrote a check. it was only for 90 bucks. i called her account. that's what her account said, she had 90 dollars. i was like, all right, i'll write a check for 90 bucks. she said i had overdrafted her account and now it's $150 and the fees keep piling up. my family doesn't have it like that. she gets by paycheck to paycheck and she pays for everything. like, who am i to take her money? she doesn't know who i am anymore. she just wants her daughter back. >> in the meantime her mother is >> our view is of downtown boston. you know, beantown! and the men. >> we got a good cell. we can see the men, too. >> yeah. >> the neighborhood that i'm from, the armpit of massachusetts, it's gangbangers, drug dealers, prostitutes, and addicts. i love it. i don't know what it is about that place because it's disgusting, but i [ bleep ] love it. i was 14 when i started shooting heroin. normal 14-year-olds aren't shooting heroin. i think there's very few times i've come in here and it's not di

she just wants her daughter back. >> in the meantime her mother is raising o'reilly's 2-year-old son. good news is her incarceration at the suffolk county jail has kept her off drugs and she has a cell mate she can relate to. >> our view is of downtown boston. you know, beantown! and the men. >> we got a good cell. we can see the men, too. >> yeah. >> the neighborhood that i'm from, the armpit of massachusetts, it's gangbangers, drug dealers, prostitutes, and addicts. i love it. i don't know what it is about that place because it's disgusting, but i [ bleep ] love it. i was 14 when i started shooting heroin. normal 14-year-olds aren't shooting heroin. i think there's very few times i've come in here and it's not direct result of use. there's not many times that i can say i've been in my right frame of mind and walked through these doors. >> melanie reddy's prior convictions have usually been misdemeanors related to her drug use. this time she's been here for a month on a violation known locally as common night walking. >> it is prostitution. it's a form of prostitution. anyone can be

. >> authorities allege that surveillance footage shows o'reilly robbing a boston bank with a handgun second bank a few days later. o'reilly has pled not guilty to the bank robberies, but she does have a prior armed robbery conviction. she says she turned to robbery to support a drug habit. >> i used heroin and coke. and the way i use, i'm an animal. i don't care about anything or anyone. i don't care who i step on, who i abandon. it doesn't matter. >> o'reilly says her drug addiction has even caused her to steal from her own mother. >> i actually wrote a check. it was only for 90 bucks, but i called her account and that's what her account said, she had $90, so i'm like, all right, i'll write the check for 90 bucks. she said i had overdrafted her account and it was $150 and all this other nonsense and fees keep piling up. my family doesn't have it like that. she gets by paycheck to paycheck and she pays for everything. like who am i to take her money? she doesn't know who i am anymore, just wants her daughter back. >> in the meantime, her mother is raising o'reilly's 2-year-old son. t

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"the o'reilly factor" is up next. good night. see you tomorrow night. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> special edition of the royale factor is on. tonight: >> jesse watters and the folks talk politics. >> did you too party animals vote? >> no, i did not. >> i just wasn't registered. [ laughter ] >> what? >> why? how do every day americans feel about president-elect donald trump? >> i'm very excited for all the great things is he going to do. >> like a cartoon character winning. if yosemite sam became president. >> all of you skunks clear out of here. >> what do people think is truly great about america? >> we're the home of the free people. we have more ingenuity. we are the smartest people. >> it's a factor event the "watters world" political edition and it starts right now. >> i'm watters. >> what? >> and this is my world. >> oh. [ laughter ] >> do you want his autograph? >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ hi i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight for this special o'reilly factor "watters

bill o'reilly is next. don't miss that. >> "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight: >> we're facing the worst refugee crisis since the end of world war ii. and i think the united states has to do more. >> that crisis was caused by the obama administration and now donald trump has to figure out what kind of immigration program he will put forth. tonight, talking points has some suggestions. >> donald trump from the veryning had an instinct about what was really troubling the american people. >> what has happened to rudy giuliani? he seems to have disappeared. is he still being considered for secretary of state? we'll have a special report on that. >> what do you want for christmas? >> i saw this really pretty crystal bracelet over there. are you buying? [ laughter ] >> also tonight, watters, the christmas gift advisor. >> don't you think getting your doll reinforcer is stereotype? >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. coming to america, that is the subject of th

bill o'reilly next. don't miss it. >> "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight: >> whatever force russia that is in control of this information now stands in a position to exert some leverage if it is true over the future president. >> rampant speculation about russian hackers and the election. talking points has some advice for donald trump about this matter. >> over the last few decades, we have also locked up more and more nonviolent drug offenders than ever before than ever before. >> is there a correlation between barack obama's were position on soft drugs. >> term make america great again. >> right. >> what does make canada again a little above average? >> watters going up to canada to talk a little politics. >> leave your opinions at the border and you are welcome here. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. submit to ♪ >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. evaluating president-elect trump so far. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. a few months ago we suggested

. ♪ ♪ hi i'm bill o'reilly.nks for watching us tonight for this special o'reilly factor "watters world" political edition. this presidential election was, perhaps, the most intense in history so we found it fitting, send jesse watters out to gauge how the folks really feel about both secretary clinton and both president-elect trump throughout the process. because it is the holiday season we start things off in a if he has been manner. ♪ ♪ do you say happy holidays or merry christmas. >> i say merry christmas. >> you don't want to offend anybody. >> no. >> i will turn this damn bus around. >> for christmas, what do you think we should get hillary. >> a new job. >> maybe some tissues? >> oh. >> something nice, something to celebrate the holidays? >> soap on a rope? >> no. it's a lot of nonsense. >> if you were to get hillary clinton a christmas gift, what would it be. >> i think trump already covered that by not sending her to prison. >> merry christmas, hillary. >> you're going to finally get your present. >> for

now back to the o'reilly factor. funny and emotionally healing. now back to the o'reilly factor. m segment" tonight, police still trying to figure outford funny and emotionally healing. now back to the o'reilly factor. funny and emotionally healing. now back to the o'reilly factor. . one night after christmas. [screams] >> oh my god. >> get in here. [shouting] >> fox news rob schmidt has much more on the story. >> police evacuating the town center mall in aurora, colorado after several fights in the shopping center. >> we had multiple squirmishes and altercations occurring throughout the mall that we needed to close down the mall for public safety. >> the brawls are said to have started during an arrest when an unruly crowd of some 500 people advanced on one officer. at least five juveniles taken into custody. >> we had a citywide call tore assistance. all officers that were available throughout the city were called in. >> another disturbance taking place at beechwood place mall in ohio where authorities used pepper spray to disperse a large crowd after a fight there a report of

stay tuned, bill o'reilly is up next. ♪ ♪ >> "the o'reilly factor" is on.ight: >> when americans are unified, there's nothing we cannot do. nothing. no task is too great. >> but will it be possible for mr. trump to unite the country? talking points does not think so we'll tell you why. >> we don't care who we hurt or who it destroys. just say it sell it. >> nelson scorching. he is right. united states has become a disgrace. >> battle ship arizona resting on the bottom of the great armored sea fighter is fantastic tangle of twisted steel. >> also today the 75th anniversary of the pearl harbor bombing. we believe the japanese back then were a lot like isis is today. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. will donald trump be able to unite the country? that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. today "time" magazine announced mr. trump is the person of the year. then it took a swipe at him right on the cover saying donald trump president of the

what bill o'reilly is up to, who knows. that's been his brand, that kind of divisiveness, the sort of ugly talk about race, it will probably work for his ratings. we are talking about him now on a rival channel. maybe the worst thing you can do with the kind of platform he's built but that's bill o'reilly. >> i should note that some people think it overrepresents rural voters, largely white, not necessarily white working class voters, but beside the point, what did you make of it? >> i generally agree with bill o'reilly but i think he's oversimplifying it in terms of race. it is a talking point for left and right to single out race in this thing but let's look at the electoral college and why it's there in the first place. so you can't campaign in the top five cities and win the entire country. donald trump won basically 96% geographically of america. typically minorities are harbored most in the inner cities. so the issue is he's making the point that white working class are tying to be marginalized by doing away with the

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o'reilly. >> "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight. >> talking points believes if the intel is correct and russian hackers working for putin did indeed intrude on the american election then obama must take action. >> that was my advice to president obama almost a month before the election. no democrats backed me up. now they're screaming about russian hacking. we'll tell you what's really going on here. >> donald trump elected, in my mind is far from legitimate at this point. >> the far left continuing to embarrass itself even as the electoral college. we'll see to it that donald trump takes office on january 20th. we'll update you on that. >> what has been the general consensus amongst the community about this symbol. >> people are really upset about it. >> watters confronting a satanic intrusion into christmas. >> victims a season of love and that symbol represents hate. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. we have a sp

bill o'reilly is next. don't miss it. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> "the o'reilly factor" is on.: >> we would have a chance to really increase participation in our democracy if we went to a bop larr vote. >> the left demanding the electoral college be abolish. what is really behind this point of view? hint, it has to do with race. talking points is on it. >> local media in berlin reporting police on the ground there saying this does seem to point to some kind of attack. >> with another terror attack in germany. will that country tell the truth about who is behind it? if they do, the merkel government may fall. ♪ >> also ahead, reports are andre bocelli is too afraid of reprisals to sing at the trump inauguration. we will take a look at that. >> you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. abolishing the electoral college. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. after hillary clinton won the popular vote, the left in america is demanding that the electoral college system put i

. ♪ >> hi, i'm jesse watters in this evening for bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight.et's get right to our top story. will there be a new nuclear arms race under president trump. the president-elect raised the possibility yesterday with this tweet. the united states must greatly strengthen and expand nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes. this morning he apparently doubled down even further during a phone call to a reporter. >> mica asked the president-elect while we had the opportunity what his position was on try trying to clarify the tweet yesterday regarding the nuclear arsenal and the president-elect told you, what? >> let it be an arms race. we will outmatch them at every pass. >> and outlast them all? >> and outlast them all. >> that report sparked a frenzy with the media jumping on members of the trump team to explain. >> what does let it be an arms race mean? >> i think it goes back to what i just said with respect to the tweet he just put out. is he going to do what it takes to protect this country. if another cou

now back to the "o'reilly factor".ooklyn lawyer verbally attacks ivanka trump on a jetblueç flight. but, first, what's wrong with the democratic party? according to some political on or abouts the key issue behind the key election defeat secularism. democrats don't know how to talk to a lot of these people who go to church, people of value. the democratic party has become a secular party. it has become a party. >> outside of fo african-americans. >> yes. it also other than a couple prayers at the convention every four years that's it. the thing is a lot of americans and a lot of these voters out in sort of real america where i grew up and okay, sort of where you grew up, these are people with a different value structure. and they don't recognize where the democratic party has become. >> joining us now from dallas to analyze former trump campaign national spokesperson can a karina pierson and here in new york janey zano political science professor at iona college. let me read the two of you some numbers at a recent pol

i'm in for bill o'reilly. because we're looking out for you.ç >>> breaking tonight, new video of that disturbing incident involving president-elect donald trump's daughter ivanka being berated by an angry passenger on a plane. even worse her three young children were traveling with her. i'm sandra smith if for megyn kelly tonight. ivanka trump was traveling with her three children and husband. when another passenger noticed her and went off. the man reportedly screaming at her, jeering at our children and much more. getting himself eventually kicd

do you think o'reilly went too far?guage, as it always is, is used to provoke thought and if you take in context what he's saying, he's saying the electoral college was set up to spread out the balance of power with the election and bring about people in the smaller state, the battleground states, give them equal voice as larger areas, say california, new york, texas and so forth. if we do away with the electoral college, that takes away a lot of the areas where there are large white influence and it changes the way presidents run for office. >> but if i may, we went back because listen, this is all on the twitters. donald trump, 2012, november of that year tweeting "the electoral college is a disaster for a democracy." how do you square that? this is how he won? >> those two statements conflict. contradict each other and if we do away with the electoral college in the future presidential campaigns will be run in california, los angeles, new york, chicago, houston, large cities where there are huge concentrations of pop

i disagree with o'reilly's tip of the day.ds i receive even if not personally signed. cindy sullivan, scottsdale, arizona. bill, i'm getting tired of your interrupting your guests. i can't help you, cindy. all the guests will be challenged on their statements and evasions and filibustering will be stopped cold. that's what the no-spin zone is. i understand if you find it disconcerting. looking forward to seeing the spin stops here on march 25th. how will waters entertain the crowd? it's a big one in tacoma. about 10,000, malcolm. i may have waters run a gauntlet right through the dome. so bring some whipped cream. we'll see everybody in tulsa january 13th, reading, pennsylvania, saturday, january 14, omaha, march 24, tacoma, march 25. ticket for all venues will sell out. they make great gifts. >>> legends and lives the patriots resuming. this sunday 8:00 p.m. eastern time right here on fnc, the episode features african-americans who fought in the american revolution.ç >> i heard major barton is looking for me. >> are you goin

i'm eric bolling in for bill o'reilly.onight, president obama leaving office with a legacy of divisiveness within the country and within the democratic party. in fact, the senior politics editor for the lefty website the huffington post is blaming the president outright for destroying the party. >> you look at the destruction of the democratic party under barack obama's leadership, and you have to wonder, you know, what was the political -- what were the electoral benefits that he gave to the party? he leaves them in a much worse position. the states are disseminated. they have lost control of the house and the senate, the governorships are disseminated. >> a recent pew pole shows the president is leaving behind a divisive nation. 81% of democrats owe approve of obama versus only 14% of republicans. that's a 67%. when president bush left the gap was 58 points. 81% to 43. pollster. washington katrina pierson national spokeswoman for the trump campaign. when you hear stein say hey president obama is the divider in chief not

thanks for staying with us, i'm eric bolling in for bill o'reilly.or flashback segment tonight, one of the country's newest conservative voices is really beginning to make her mark. her name is tomi lahren. she is 24 years old and works at the blaze. she recently entered the no spin zone with bill. >> first of all, how did you hook up with glenn beck's the blaze? >> well, bill, i went viral a while back and i think it caught the attention of mr. glenn beck and the blaze. and we had a great network here, we have a lot of diverse voices as you well know. he saw me and thought i had a little bit of potential and fire. so here i am. >> so you were at the university of nevada, los las vegas, right? >> yes, sir. >> and while you were there you were doing political committecommentary onthe intern. >> i was doing round table show called the scramble and hosted it and produced it as well. i started at a very young age. i got my first talk show when i was 21 years old out of san diego, another independent network called one american news. i wanted an internshi

what bill o'reilly claimed? >> no, no, no. i don't think they're about race. i think they're about more or less conservatives, and working folks, regardless of their color. i think the democratic party has the same disdain for the average black or hispanic person as they do for the average white person. i mean, they've become a party of rich, liberal elites. that's their problem here. they carried -- right here, carried my home state of pennsylvania, which has a substantial black population in philadelphia. they just didn't want to turn out for the democratic candidate. that's the problem. >> and angela, a chance to respond both to what jeffrey said and also to bill arilo'rei. your reaction? >> deal with bill o'reilly specifically because i've asked jeffrey repeatedly not to use this line of thinking. i don't understand where it comes from. we know that racism in this country is a bipartisan and a non-partisan issue. it has nothing whatsoever to do with party. and we know that a republican party, that they, how it is. martin luther king i have a dream party, n

now back to "the o'reilly factor".k to the o'reillyfact. >> the unresolved problem segment tonight, more black lives matter controversy. yesterday wal-mart announced it would no longer sell these shirts on its website. as you can see they say bullet proof black lives matter. wal-mart made the decision in response to a complaint from the fraternal orderly of police who claimed the store was, quote, profiting from racial division, unquote. however, the website is still selling black lives matter t-shirts without the word bullet proof. joining us now at election ferrer. circuit judge also a former police officer. and in washington, d.c. jimmy levay a radio talk show host. so, yo understand why police officers would not like this t-shirt, bullet proof which when it comes to pleart. they believe it's inflammatory and belief it actually hurts their ability to do their job effectively on the streets. do you understand their concern about the t-shirt? >> actually, i think that their concern should be that a shirt that says bul

i'm patricia stark and now back to the o'reilly factor.ll your headlines log on to foxnews.com. >> in the is it legal segment tonight, should president obama pardon bradley and chelsea manning bring the issue of hacking and cyber security to the forefront. clemency. he is wanted on flown charges for disclosing the nsa collection program. serving a 35 year prison term for disclosing hundreds of thousands of classified and unclassified documents to wikileaks. joining me now my co-host on the five is kimberly guilfoyle. k.g., you and i may see differently on snowden. i look at him as a whistle blower, you may not. you may or may not agree. >> we have taken different positions a little bit on this on the five. you think he is a whistle blower. i think he is somebody who should be prosecuted for what he did in terms of turning over the secrets that are important and relevant as it relates to national security here. so then the question remains how does president obama see it obviously a petition forward to get reprieve prior to president obama'

and of course for bill o'reilly, and only for bill o'reilly, it's about nothing but race. >> so if thehed, presidential candidates could simply campaign in the nation's largest states and cities. new york, l.a., chicago, houston. and rack up enough votes to pretty much win any election. talking voice believes this is all about race. the left sees white privilege in america as an excessive force that must be done away with. therefore white working class voters must be marginalized. what better way to do that than to center the voting power in the cities. so-called white privilege, bad. diversity, good. left wants power taken away from the white establishment. they want a profound change in the way america is run. taking voting power away from the white precincts is the quickest way the do that. >> back with us mark thompson. mark, i wanted to get your reaction to o'reilly's take on the electoral college. >> first of all, i know we're not in the same place exactly right now. and i thought i saw an image on the screen where donald trump was suggesting he did something sophisticated. did i

. ♪ i'm eric bolling in for bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight.e're going to jump right in to our top story. is president obama trying to undermine president-elect donald trump? dozens of russian diplomats are now packing up to leave the united states after president obama gave them 72 hours to get out. it's part of a slew of sanctions and penalties the obama administration is hitting russia with over charges of harassment and hacking into our voting system. after hinting at retaliation, russian president putin surprised everyone today by saying he will hold off for now and late today president-elect donald trump tweeted this: great move on delay by v. putin. i always knew he was very smart. russian sanctions along with america's refusal to block an anti-israel resolution last week at the u.n. are part of a series of last-minute actions biobomb matha some republicans say are aimed at hurting trump's presidency. >> i have never seen a president try to create more problems for a future president. first, he double-crosses israel. and after many times

dvr the show and above all stay tuned for bill o'reilly. he's up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hi, i'm jesse watters in for bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. let's get right into our top story. germany still reeling after that deadly truck attack christmas market in berlin. isis is taking credit for the attack leaving former new york city mayor rudy giuliani to slam president obama's foreign policy legacy. >> he is going out of office leaving us a world much more dangerous than the world that he was given. he was given a stable, i wouldn't say stable but relatively stable iraq. certainly not. >> stable enough for him to feel good about pulling the troops out. >> stable enough so that he could have reduced the troops. he never should have pulled the troops out. that was pulling the plug. that opened the whole thing. >> joining us now from santa fe with reaction, new mexico governor bill richardson. former u.s. ambassador to the united nations. so, governor, you disagree with rudy giuliani's assessment that president obama has now handed over

. ♪ ♪ >> i'm eric bolling in for bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight.'s get straight to our top story. obama vs. trump. president obama campaigned campn vigorously for hillary clinton in the 2016 election telling supporters, quote, my name may not be on the ballot but our progress is on the ballot, unquote. despite clinton's defeat he thinks he would have beaten donald trump in a head-to-head matchup as he told his former advisor david axelrod in a podcast yesterday. >> i'm confident that if i had run again, and are a articulated it i think i could have mobilized a majority of the american people to rally behind it i know in conversations i have had with people around the country, even some people who disagreed with me they would say the vision, the direction that you point towards is the right one. >> axelrod was later asked if obama's comments were a thinly veiled wipe at hillary clinton. >> is this kind of a harsh judgment of hillary clinton he would have been able to do what she could not? >> well, he said this until service of a larger point which

o'reilly made the remarks on tuesday's broadcast of "the o'reilly factor." >> what privilege in america as an oppressive force that must be done away. they want the power taken with no white establishment, a profound way in -- change in the way america is run. taking power away from t the whe precincts is the quickest way to do that. amy: in july, o'reilly sparked outrage when he said the enslaved africans who built the white house were "well fed and had decent lodgings provided by the government." in north carolina, lawmakers failed on wednesday to overturn the state's anti-lgbt law, which denies transgender people the use of the bathroom, changing room or locker room that matches , their gender identity. house bill 2, or hb 2, also bill as the bathroom prevents local governments from , boosting the minimum wage. hb 2 has prompted boycotts o of north carolina by companies, sports leagues and performers. , as lawmakers adjourned from a one-day special session without a repeal of hb 2 in place, protesters chanted, "shame! shame!" democratic state representative and equality north carolin

wear one of your unicorn sweaters. >> tune in tonight to the o'reilly factor.d trump will talk to them on the thank you tour. that will probably go into the hour. rudy giuliani will talk about what we were talking about, first time on camera, talking about the secretary of state pick. >> where he will be this weekend at the army navy game with the president-elect. >> tomorrow night at 10:00, slam banging new show. i said it. i got ambassador bolton. we will talk to him about what's going on in the mustache of his. we have a new employee of fox news. >> by the way -- >> bigger than o'reilly. >> do you think i could take him? >> i don't know. >> rudy giuliani said his pick would be bolton. >> all right. since i'm in dana's chair, i feel compelled to do something about a dog. it's too warm in florida. that's oli in his red sleigh delivering gifts. that's my mother-in-law's dog. she got a giant dog. he was out looking for abby huntsman ringing the bell. she was down in a diner. he missed her. he went home to watch a little football and get weather. that's oli, a fa

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now back to the o'reilly factor.lines log on to foxnews.com. ♪ >> in the personal story segment tonight, donald trump's pick for secretary of defense. last night at his rally in cincinnati, the president-elect put his shomanship on display by making a surprise early announcement. >> we are going to appoint mad dog mattis. [cheers and applause] as our secretary of defense. [cheers and applause] but we're not announcing it until monday so don't tell anybody. >> general james mattis served in the marine corps for more than four decades. has the reputation of a general's general. he is the right choice to run the pentagon? joining us from little rock, arkansas general wesley clark. normer supreme allied commander of nato. and from miami, ambassador nancy sotoberg. advisor for president clinton. so, ambassador sotoberg is mattis the right person to be secretary of defense? >> the president-elect has the right to choose anyone he wants. there is no better general's general than mattis who has served our country with enormo

i'm chris wallace in for bill o'reilly., donald trump's deal with carrier. mr. trump is hagel the agreement that will save almost 1,000 jobs as a triumph. >> united technologies and carrier stepped it up. and now they're keeping actually the number is over 1100 people, which is so great. which is so great. companies are not going to leave the united states anymore without consequences. not going to happen i will tell you right now. >> but the deal is not sitting well with some free market advocates. >> i think this is the worst economic speech by an american politician. [ laughter ] 1984 walter mondale promised to reverse reaganomics. sloot worse speech. the idea that american corporations are going to have to try to make business decisions not based on the fact that we have created an ideal environment for economic growth in the united states but out of fear of punitive actions based on who know what is criteria exactly from a presidential administration. i think that's absolutely chilling. >> joining us now from denver, f

trump coming up now but first to bill o'reilly. stay tuned. >> "the o'reilly factor" is on, tonight: >> the script to what we're doing is not yet ready remember, this has been a great, great movement. the likes of which they have never seen before. >> president-elect trump continuing his victory tour. he is in iowa tonight. we are there live. >> this man is already accused in a fatal hit and run in louisville. he was allegedly deported from the u.s.a. eight times. >> another disgraceful illegal crime story. two more innocent americans dead. we'll have details. >> political power used to bring pressure upon a privately held corporation that has a fiduciary duty to maximize shareholder value it's called socialism. >> george will again attacking trump but this one is really hard to believe. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >> hi i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. we're awaiting donald trump. he's expected to speak in iowa any time. so we will take you out there when

. ♪ ♪ >> hi i'm eric bolling in for bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight.'s dive right in to our top story, the feud erupting between donald trump and president obama. critics say the president took a thinly veiled shot at mr. trump yesterday when he said this. >> even when hatred burns hottest, even when the tug of tribalism is at it most primal, we must resist the urge to turn inward. we must resist the urge to demonize those who are different. >> president-elect donald trump responded with a tweet this morning saying, quote: doing my best to disregard the many inflammatory president o statements and road blocks. thought it was going to be a smooth transition, not, unquote. the question now is president obama obstructing a smooth presidential transition? joining us now from washington with reaction matthew miller a former justice department spokesman in the obama administration and brad blakeman a republican strategist. start with you, the smooth transition of power in the presidential level is what distinguishes democracies from banana republics. very im

bill o'reilly is on to something. if you were operating in that system, you focused on boaters that aren't necessarily representative of the population. >> there are very important issues facing urban communities, diverse communities that wind up getting marginalized. not sure that's a great system but we can debate that another day. >> and we shall. >>> up next, president obama has less than a month in office and tonight we ask are we better off now than eight years ago? we'll pose this question to the "hardball" round table. you're watching "hardball" the place for politics. >>> what i can say with confidence is that what we've done works. that i can prove. i can show you where we were in 2008ened i can show you where we are now and you can't argue that we're not better off. we are. >> welcome back to "hardball." that was president obama during what was likely to be his final press conference as the 44th president of the united states. making the case for his legacy and successful stewardship of the country during t