she host of alan colmes show. i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. >> were on the southern tip of manhattan, the area known as the battery, named the cannons that were defending it back in the 17th century. but nothing could protect the city when the water of water came crashing on shore. >> a huge portion of the eastern seaboard is crippled tonight. millions of viewers cannot see this broadcast because they are heading into another night of the dark. >> millions are trying to recover super storm sandy. >> it was billed the biggest storm to the atlantic coast delivered a crippling storm to the northeast. >> jon: hurricane sandy. the media often get criticized for hyping or overhyping these things. how did they do this time? >> howard kurtz, this is the rare storm that lived up to its hype. this is everything the forecasters would said it would be and maybe worse. i think the coverage, the elections were uncertain and talking about the storm. i think rightly so it's a bigger story. >> jon: did the media approach it with

so, you, even alan colmes who is in that crew. >> what crew? >> bill: you dent behave like they do but your mind set is like them. even you, and this evidenced you are fightable. even you know what this is all about. now, it's a cabal, they use the same words, they read the same web sites. when it gets into places like the "l.a. times," the san francisco chronicle which did the same thing, when it gets into the variety which is where he picked it up. and then it comes back and i'm david duke. >> no, no, no. address this. does that concern you? >> yes, because you should not be categorized as someone like david duke. you are nowhere near that. >> what you are answering my questions. >> okay. >> bill: then what should be done? >> what should be done? >> bill: yes. >> you have you say the media like it's one monolithi entity. there are certain people who will be over the top. >> bill: there are a lot of them. >> it happens on both sides. >> bill: well, hold it come on. it doesn't happen on both sides. >> sure, it does. >> bill: there are a few con

i am sure that alan colmes loves this idea. here are the problems.ess has the authority to authorize the debt. they also have the authority to authorize the bill that pays the debt. so now the president wants to take that away. this guy has shown a tendency to say that i don't need congress. i can pass laws with a stroke of a pen on executive orders. he doesn't need the supreme court because he declares laws unconstitutional, like doma. he says he wants an unlimited credit card, and you all will have to pay the bill. we have a debt ceiling, as much as people anguish over it, we need to have a conversation about what we are spending and why. will this be a problem if the president followed through on his 2008 comments to cut the deficit in half? no. he but he is not only not cut the deficit in half, he has actually proposed $1.6 trillion in new taxes. it is the kind of thing only alan colmes would love. >> so much for that. >> he didn't declare doma -- [talking over each other] [talking over each other] megyn: the defense of marriage act which defines

oldman, talk radio and jim pinkerton contributing editor the american conservative magazine, and alan colmesauthor of thank liberals for saving america and i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> this is about the role she played around four dead americans when it seems to be that the story coming out of the administration and she's the point person, is so disconnected to reality, i don't trust her. and the reason i don't trust her is because i think she knew better and if she did know better she shouldn't be the voice of america. somebody has got to start paying a price around this place, but i am dead set on making sure we don't promote anybody that was an essential player in the benghazi debacle. >> as i've said before, she made an appearance at the request of the white house, in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them, but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador, who had nothing to d

megyn: alan colmes and mike gallagher.gy noonan writes maybe in the wake of hurricane sandy people will be feeling angst and leaning towards the status quo or maybe they will feel he failed to slow the ocean's rise. there is a question about whether that promise, that rhetoric and what happened with hurricane sandy with the oceans is somehow h emblematic of the problems the president faced these last four years. >> it's a powerful metaphor. there is a great story there, too, as well in terms of the government's response. if this had been a republican president and people on staten island were screaming into the cameras please help us, we have no food, they are running the new york city marathon. there is a real controversy there as well. many people are saying we are katrina. of course, obama gets a pass because it's a few days before the election. all the promises going back to a fundamental promise that his chairperson of the economic council said 5.6% unemployment after the stimulus. it went up to 7.9% today. the promis

. >> bill: continuing with christmas chaos, with us here in new york, monica crowley and alan colmes.olmes, why do you think this happens every year? every year? >> i think there are people like chaffey who good heartedly believe they should reach out and be as inclusive as possible. it's what it's all about. >> bill: just for 24 hour period. >> no. >> bill: he backed down after 24 hours. >> obviously there was political pressure. this happens in a number of places, you pointed out, because of the attempt for inclusiveness. that's why it happens. >> bill: you think that in the spirit of goodwill toward men, governor chaffey wants to ban the word christmas? >> it's the christmas spirit. >> if he really -- >> bill: according to colmes, chaffey is actually promoting the christmas spirit by refusing to call the christmas tree a christmas tree. >> you think progressives are the men knee -- christians are the men knee? >> bill: anybody who opposes the word christmas this time of year because it's a federal holiday is a loon. >> all right. >> bill: that's what i think. >> christians are not

father jonathon morris, a fox news religion contributor and alan colmes.folks on the left wing blog say there is a reality and he missed his opportunities to just admit the reality as opposed to trying to hedge. he's a catholic, father jonathon. >> i'm not off within the liberal left wing blogs. he needs to learning how to answer this question. the answer would be simple. the bible is not a science or genealogy book, it's not a medical journal. it's about humanity, life and salvation. this is not a question between theology and scientists as if they were opposed. but i go to science to find out about science and i go to my faith which in his case the catholic faith says nothing against nose science books. megyn: then why do we have an on going debates. >> there is a small percentage in america that when the bible talks about genealogy. that means the is only,000 years old. not true. why? because science is not opposed to faith and science is very clear about this. megyn: science says the earth is 4.5 billion years old. i wish i could have said i knew that

i am joined by alan colmes. host of the alan colmes radio show.iuliani pulls sir. thank you for coming. >> great to be here be to susan rice, a potential to replace hillary clinton. what do you think? >> i think it would be a horrible idea. especially in the wake of the cover-up of benghazi. the misinformation that susan rice ran out and told all americans on the sunday shows. anyone who has ever done a sunday show knows that you don't do that without getting talking points from the white house, without having a briefing from the political shop there. you have two choices. one is a horrible choice, but we actually want to get to the bottom of what happened and benghazi, no better way than the senate confirmation hearings. martha: given night, the white house, we see this happen a lot. it puts some names out there and allows us to be what the reaction is. do you think they would change their mind? >> i disagree. there is some kind of cover-up that went on, the initial reports said it was about a video. the fact of the matter is that the administrat

megyn: they may have fallen from grace but you were wrong about alan colmes. he's here.e had huge approval ratings when he came in. the republicans were demoralized, the party was fractured. the stars were were effectually. at a certain point he lost the room. she talks about the stimulus bill and the healthcare law. >> peggy noonan is a great writer. it's not the most objective observer. megyn: she is a republican. >> there was a time when peggy noonan was swoong over obama and battering romney. she is a republican. someone who is -- megyn: do you deny that the president came in with the wind at his back. >> i don't deny that. megyn: look at him now. how did he go from "a" to "b"? >> the problems were worse than he anticipated. i know conservatives hate when i talk about we had to inherit. you can't look at this presidency without talking about what he had to deal with when he stepped into office. megyn: we knew he was walk into a mess. but her point is he fractured the country, in particular by the divisive healthcare law without focusing on jobs and squandered the goo

alan colmes host of the alan colmes radio show and author a new book.re what we saw in the president's speech. >> i don't think so. he clearly wants to work with the other party. i think -- martha: what was preventing that from happening over the past four years? >> i know you're going to think i'm partisan wao we sa when i say this. mitch mcconnell said moy whole goal imy whole goal is to get him not rereelected. >> bill did a great interview with john boehner out in ohio. boner said hjohn boehner said he hasn't had a face-to-face meeting with the president since july. >> i think the president as the victor doesn't need to be the one to reach out. the no gloat zone and show humility. it's a good way to put it. it's up to the victor to heal the country and reach out to the side that may not be feeling so well right now. tucker i think he should call you personally. >> humility is not a quality associated with second term presidents. all of them look at the election results, see a man date and act on it. he has this political capital, how will he spend i

oldman, talk radio and jim pinkerton contributing editor the american conservative magazine, and alan colmesor of thank liberals for saving america and i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> this is about the role she played around four dead americans when it seems to be that the story coming out of the administration and she's the point person, is so disconnected to reality, i don't trust her. and the reason i don't trust her is because i think she knew better and if she did know better she shouldn't be the voice of america. somebody has got to start paying a price around this place, but i am dead set on making sure we don't promote anybody that was an essential player in the benghazi debacle. >> as i've said before, she made an appearance at the request of the white house, in which she gave her best understanding of the intelligence that had been provided to her. if senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. and i'm happy to have that discussion with them, but for them to go after the u.n. ambassador, who had nothing to do wi

alan colmes is host of the alan colmes radio show, and author of thank the liberals for saving americaeery of stories that break on a friday afternoon, a couple of days after a presidential election. what do you make of the timing and the coverage so far? >> i mean, it's pretty amazing that a story that ron kessler at news max says that the fbi was onto this in the spring and of course the spring is a minimum of four and a half months ago, and how they managed to keep it quiet, i mean, mike baker was on the fox era while ago, said listen there is no way that the fbi wouldn't have to tell other people what they are up to. catherine herridge pretty much said the same thing. it is kind of mysterious to me how they could keep this investigation secret from apparently the administration, the director of national inte intelligence mr. clapper, the president and eric holder and nonetheless get rid of petraeus before the hearing on capitol hill before this coming thursday. rick: he may still testify, that's been talked about over the last day or so. alan, genuine surprises in the news business

alan colmes is the host of the "alan colmes radio show".is new book is, thank the liberals for saving america. jim, i'm sure you agree that is exactly what is clear as according to "the washington post"? >> jon, there are so many slavering things in "the washington post" profile. you left out this could be the most iconic figure in, one of the most iconic figures in american history. i think that is sort of shows the tone of this piece which, as you said, does mention benghazi but doesn't mention such interesting questions, why, for example, hillary clinton as opposed to susan rice was unable available to be on the shows all those sunday talking points we know now have been to be so erroneous. that didn't get mention the at all. jon: we replayed the tape from the october 16th which said i'm responsible for what happens in my department. if that is the case why wasn't she on the sunday shows? >> i don't know why she wasn't on the sunday shows but there is no issue about benghazi. there is no cover-up. this is purely invention by conservative

alan colmes is host of the alan colmes radio show also a fox news contributor, and author of the bookwhy you should." jim, i imagine you looked at these results and said surprise, surprise. >> well, not really, because it still showed governor romney getting negative press after october 3rd. that was kind of striking. look, even president obama admits that he was quote, asleep unquote during that first debate on october 3rd in denver, and yet even after romney wins a huge victory the press still manages to be negative against him. i would point out lest the viewer be confused here the pew center survey that shows on net over this year president obama has got even much better press than governor romney over the whole course of the period of time the survey ends on october 21st, that was to say two weeks ago. since then we've seen another reversion back to the norm i think. jon: alan you would agree that the press ought to be fair, right. >> sure. jon: are they. >> yes, the press goes with the momentum is. there was certainly more momentum for mitt romney after the first debate an got a

here now, alan colmes and monica crowley and you say? >> absolutely.ot just recent, this stuff has been happening for decades. we all bill ayers, owl wall street, van jones, code pink during the iraq war. this stuff -- this is the left. what you're seeing, these are the radicals of the left. this happens all across western societies and they've got one objective, which is disruption. it's all about tearing down and destroying so that they can then turn around and rebuild their -- >> bill: isn't there a difference between an antiwar movement, which is fairly intense, and gay marriage? right now who -- look atare the the difference. the people who want traditional marriage, colmes, are peaceful and they have their signs. they're trying to get their point across. these are the people who disagree. why can't they be peaceful, too? >> that's not true because in this demonstration, there was physical violence by the antigay people. they were the ones, antigay group, physically attacked in that particular demonstration you were showing, they were the ones phy

here is alan colmes and tammy bruce, fox news contributor and radio talk show host.hat do you think. how are states going to move forward with this? >> i have to tell you, politicians generally are saying there is certainly people want bread and circuses, now it's bread, circuses and pot. people were voting under the influence of something. when it comes to when it comes to colorado and washington has done. california we did that a couple years ago. in our ballot in november 6th many cities reverse that had because of crime rates surrounding these dispensaries. look, this is a serious issue. not only it conflicts with federal law and conflicts with parents tell their children. for those of us who have had marijuana and actually inhaled in our teens and early 20s. i don't know how a nation full of pot heads are going to help the direction of this country. >> heather: i want to expand on tammy just talked about. we actually have some of those numbers, some of those developments following california's legalization of marijuana. 50% spike in burglaries in that stated. 5

shannon: alan colmes is here and my gallery there is a fox news contributor and author of the thingsming. is it fair to say that he respects some of these short-term visas that he has granted under special conditions be met like every other issue that has been all over the place, he refuses to say whether he would keep the dream act as president obama sign it as the elected president, he never answered that question. hebert said he was against the dream act and later he clarified he would keep in place for those that served in the military and never answered the question about whether or not he would renew the dream act signed by president obama. basically saying what the obama people said about this, that it was accurate. >> there is no question about what obama did. the question is what romney really stands for. >> he has been all over the place the. shannon: alan, when he was asked whether he would veto the dream act, he did say yes, but immediately after that, he said he would provide a pathway for military service. >> he never said whether he would renew the dream act signed by

megyn: joining me now, mike gallagher and alan colmes. we talked about this a little bit yesterday, but now james clyburn, who's a powerful voice on the hill, is jumping into the mix and suggesting that the criticism of susan rice is racially charged. eleanor holmes norton, the sort of, you know, the d.c. delegate, she doesn't have an official role, was on in this show yesterday, and she was saying i don't agree with that at all. she disavowed it. mike, your thoughts. >> well, he may have a powerful voice, but it doesn't make it right. i don't know what it's like to be discriminated against because of the color of my skin. ful, i'm a white -- obviously, i'm a white guy, but it seems to me this argument precludes any criticism from ever being leveled against her. i mean, a lot of president obama's defenders have said the same thing, oh, this is code. we started this sort of talk about the dog whistle, the fact that some people hear racist thoughts when there is no racist intent, and now clyburn who is a longtime race baiter, he's done this

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and alan colmes author of the new book "thank the liberals for saving america and why you should."out this on his show before last night about how he feels we are morphing into a society where too large a sector is dependent on the government and not self-sufficient enough. >> it it's been one of the fund atal tenets of the debate between liberals and conservatives for a half century. it is now reaching crisis proportions, if you will. in one of the great pairiers to governor romney's success electorally was the presence all of that federal money. but not in the typical forms people would expect because of the military industrial complex and the defense facilities. not because simply social security to food stamps. but an absolute structural delivery for 40% of the population. in ohio, 40% of the population receiving disability, social security, medicare and medicaid against a cad who is saying, and with his vice presidential nominee, we are going to be pulling that money back from you at a time when we have lost net 9 million jobs in this country and we don't have that balance bet

alan colmes is the author of thanks for saving american. the headlines and pictures and so forth tend to be not fair. what do you mean? >> they tend to follow the explosion. so if four days ago the palestinians fire 500 rockets at israel indiscriminately aiming at anything they can hit and since then as you said in what you just said, jon, that quote the israelis are, quote, targeting, as best they can where the missiles are coming there the problem with the media is the media covers the israelis getting hit four days ago and every since they cover palestinians getting hit and they seem therefore to miss the issue of causation, who went first. the palestinians fired first and the israelis are responding to the palestinian attacks that is perfectly within international law but the pictures for the last four days or the period of days will be of palestinians getting blown up, and the media don't seem to make the distinction between who actually started this. jon: yeah, alan we've all seen probably that picture of the palestinian father holdin