ben stein who is going on here? >> pure insanity. this is a country built on faith and cultural conditions. christmas is one of them. christmas is a great, great holiday. i'm a jew, a thorough, full-on jew. >> you are? >> i know you thought i was swedish, but i have no problem saying merry christmas and no problem celebrating the birth of the prince of peace. i have no problem with people gathering. i think this idea is extremely -- we have to eliminate all reference to christmas. >> good for you, ben. to me, it read like the university didn't want to be bothered. it was a hassell that anyone would come along and sue them. lawyers don't come cheap. ben stein, to get his services, $1,000 an hour? >> at least. >> that's why they are doing it. they are saying celebrate at home anyway you want to, but here on our property, we are not going to deal with it. it is my way of saying, thank you for destroying the country. please justify. >> yes. right on. >> well, i think you have analyzed their perspective. >> like you don't know. >> they ha

ben stein, what do you think? >> i think if they are doing favors, why not have nothing down mortgages. this is begging for problems. the slightest deviation in a work habit, they are under water, put the house on the market and we have a new crisis. i think the stock market is better for people than a house in any event. the idea is when you have little skin in the game, you don't really have skin in the game. you are not really caring that much about what's at stake because you don't have a lot at stake. >> i agree. i don't think they should be involved in anything less than 20% down loans. i agree with ben, it's stupid. where i disagree is i don't think the young people have no faith in the american dream, i think there's a shift in interest in home ownership. that might be a good thing. >> this goes to all time low birthrates, family formations an getting married. the different things people save for. they are saving their money so they can buy the bag they wanted or go on a trip they wanted. listen, i'm telli

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and so does former nixon speech writer, ben stein. to bring out the hypocrisy.t is weird. >> it's extremely weird, and both items are enormous items, war, which is far more tragic than obamacare, was built on a lie about thelégnkin gulf incident. the obamacare is based on a huge lie. won't have to change your doctor or insurance company and not going to cost the taxpayers anything. so they have to be playing a flimflam game and mr. gruber owned up to him and give him credit for that. nobody else has. >> you're right about that. you know, for consistency stake, i agree that obviously that dan daniel ellsberg and the release of the pentagon papers an egee yous revelation the media found we were lied to at the highest levels, going back to president johnson, and now we have essentially the same thing on a smaller scale, financial scale of the health care law. for consistency sake just as zeg to get to the bottom of this? >> they should be but they won't be because the media hated the war in vietnam. the media hated president nixon and president johnson for prosecut

we are on it with ben stein, charles payne and adam and charlie. they call that giving the false profits the business. >> the biggest of all the false profits. al sharpton is a flame thrower. there's a pain in the hope of the future. he takes that pain and it's like taking uranium. you can make a nuclear weapon with it or a power plant. he builds a nuclear weapon. martin luther king was eloquent. look where we are and where we can be. he wanted everyone to have an opportunity, if you work for it. judge my by my character. if i can live up to it i want to advance. al sharpton says forget about the open doors, go burn something down. >> i always think of that incident in 1956 where his house was fire bombed. there was a gang gathering outside the house avenue afterwards who wanted vengeance. he told them to stop. his family was almost killed. there would be many other incidents. sadly, one that ended hids life. he urged the opposite of the thing al sharpton doesn't like. >> because dr. king and many leaders in this country today know this, whether it

. >> what is the deal with ben stein calling al sharpton this. >> i think of martin luther king jr.,hink of a lion, a man of peace, i think of al sharpton i think of a weasel, his purpose is self-promotion. >> a lot of tweets on, that calling al sharpton a weasel this morning to the chagrin of weasels everywhere. tweets, ben owes, weasels an apology, he is not a weasel he is a wienie, get your facts straight. kennedy writes, cavuto you are a bigot looking for any uncle tom to preach your raceiv racist rau say any african-american who does not agree with al sharpton, is an uncle tom? then look around, there are more and more uncle toms then. you might raleigh brought up the fact that racism is a live and well with alveda king, the difference is not every black, who i see a as i pass by at nig, does not protest violently. i think that guy recognized you, and wanted to give a star a ride. jay, former taxi cab driver, neil, i'm black, late at night, i'm going to be extra leary of picking up a black guy, especially if i am in a black neighborhood, sorry, it is not personal, it is just. >>

more with our guest, comedian judy gold, bill nye the science guy, talk show host, lonnie love and ben stein, radio host bethany watson, actor fred willard, cnn contribute tor van jones and our own brooke baldwin. all the best, all the worst 2014. >> welcome. i'm tom foreman and even a carnival huckster would have a hard time to describe the year that just past. 2014 full of baffling mind bending moments like no other and we're going to look at all of them over the next hour. so we'll take down the lights. you pull out the popcorn and let the side show begin. >> 2014 went by really fast. really, really fast. >> i think for the first time in a long time, i'm going to be celebrating that the year is over. >> it wasn't too bad. it wasn't too good. >> it was nuts trying to keep up with the news. it felt like you couldn't stay on top of it. >> big stories. one of the biggest and worst after all. the missing malaysia air jet. took off with 239 people aboard, disappeared and despite a global effort to track it down, that continues to this day, not a single scrap has been found. >> look, how could t

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. >> reporter: but economist ben stein says last week's logs shouldn't worry -- losses shouldn't worrytors. >> the dow is up 30% in the last two years. that's an incredible unbelievable gain. the dow has been fabulously good. >> reporter: lower gas prices also mean consumers have more cash to spend this holiday season. last month's retail sales gain was the highest since march. in new york, brenda butner, fox news. >>> we have much more, including more on a protest on the golden gate bridge. >> what did you get when you mix code pink with international orange? protests on the bridge. >>> bill cosby breaks his silence. >> and why the high cost of airfares could soon be the center of a federal investigation. >> download the ktvu ipad app. watch all all of our newscasts live and breaking news any time anywhere. >>> the golden gate bridge draws tourists and locals alike. today it drew a few protesters. the group code pink stages a peace margin on the golden gate bridge every month. this time the event had a message that has been shared in protests across the country. >> we ain't got the to

the point is to come together, no matter why, and no disrespect to ben stein who said say whatever you message is, just get together and have a drink and enjoy yourself. doesn't matter why. and if it's going to upset somebody, then put up another piece of holly. >> they took everything down. the menorah, the nativity scene, santa got heaved. >> christmas should be done away with. >> it's a shame these institutions are so afraid of getting sued. >> because they have, because they have. >> but it's time they stand up for themes. stop letting -- >> the straight lawyer you are, as soon as an individual raises a suit or files one you don't answer it you don't respond it to, you lose by default. >> yes. >> so you have to, and universities -- >> the response could be this is a frivolous lawsuit. that could be the response. >> year not going to take the time baasy to hire either of you could break -- >> they have us on standby at the university. isn't this something to stand up for? if you're going to stand up for something, stand up for the holidays -- >> so, i worry that this is the way the

former presidential speech writer ben stein on that next. good morning, ben. >>> fox news alert.partment releasing the latest monthly jobless numbers. the unemployment rate held at 5.8%. >> there are word 321,000 jobs added in november, well above expectations. what do these numbers really mean for the u.s. economy? here to discuss is former presidential speech writer, ben stein. good morning to you. >> and economist. for many years as long as all of you have been living put together. >> we know you've done good work. when you see those numbers, what do you think? >> i think we're in a good recovery. i think compared to western europe and japan, we're in a superb recovery. will it outlast the collapse of the energy sector? i don't know. but we're in a very, very good recovery. we paid a lot for it in terms of deficit spending. but it's working. >> okay. you would know. you're an economist. >> i know there are many economists who differ from me. >> they had over 300,000 jobs. unemployment rate will stand at 5.8. jobs important to people who want to be president of the united state

ben stein with a message everyone needs to hear. >> and he sued the widow of veteran sniper chris kylethe truth. i would have been a big-time loser had i not pursued the lawsuit. >> well, that apparently not enough for jesse ventura. who the former governor is going after next as we roll on live from new york city. ♪ ♪ >>> the shot of the morning has been chosen and it's this. one family gets a christmas surprise when they open up their front door. ♪ don we now our gay apparel ♪ fa, la, la ♪ troll the ancient yule tide carol ♪ >> see the blazing yule before us ♪ ♪ fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪ ♪ follow me in merry measure ♪ fa, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la ♪ >> the carolers growing to include some singing elves and a brass band that just unloaded from that truck. >> what a great idea. >> then finally, santa joins in on the party. the skit put together by a group of performers who call themselves improv everywhere and they pick homes at random. can you imagine this showing up at your home, opening your door? >> the family looks like they're casting as family. >> look at them. >