>> i did. >> bill: you went? >> that's the least crude thing she says in her concert. >> bill: you don't think you're going to see -- >> i went to hear the music! >> bill: old yeller. come o. you got to hear an hour of her bloat crating. >> first of all, that's a disgrace to young women and men, for that matter. >> bill: her trying to raise money in that way is a disgrace? >> you know -- >> what do you do to a woman who takes off your clothes? you throw money at them? how degrading is that. for these women who wasn't to be equal and liberal and everything else, they're like, bringing women down. here is the bottom line, keep your pants on and go out and collect money is a way -- >> bill: she doesn't have to collect money. >> maybe she's trying to prove she's -- >> bill: you agree she should be keeping her pants on. the audience will tell me what they think tomorrow. anyway, carlson hit it. take one of your dopey concerts which costs and pays 4 or $500 to see. take the money, pay your people first, good-bye the to

>> bill: no, no, no.u listen to me and then you answer my questions. >> i'm trying to answer your questions. go ahead. >> bill: what religion is involved with christmas? what religion? >> christianity. >> bill: that's not a religion. that's a philosophy. >> okay. so, since the dawn of time the winter soltis has been celebrated by multiple religions. >> bill: winter soltis. >> shortest day of the year. evergreen trees they don't die giving presents. >> bill: do you like the winter soltis. >> yes. >> bill: celebrate t we do. >> bill: can you celebrate winter soltis. >> yes.>> bill: anyway you want. >> the way you celebrate christmas the government can't take sides. the government doesn't this is a good or bad religion. the government can't say this is a christmas tree. >> bill: it is a fact that christianity is not a religion it is a philosophy. if the government were saying that the methodist religion, all right, deserves a special place in the public square i will be on your side. >> so you are going to a

-- >> people. >> bill: communistic. >> yes. >> bill: imposition, right. >> bill: you take it and then-- >> fictionalize it. "1984". >> bill: are you in the book? >> no, you are one of? >> i am? >> you're one of the prison guards in it. but you tell everybody a fascinating word every day. it's fantastic. >> bill: word of the day in the penitentiary, everybody. don't abscond. all right? there you go. [ laughter ] you having a good time in texas? >> i'm having a great time. >> bill: you moved down from new york to texas and they like you down there. >> previous it or not, it's like the anti-new york. >> bill: no, no, i lived there a few years. >> everybody likes me, there are a few that don't like they. here, it's everybody hates my guts. >> bill: if they don't like you, they tend to shoot at you down there 'cause everybody is armed. >> and i have no problem with that. >> bill: you still nimble? >> i can still duck quickly. >> bill: all right. good luck with the book. "agenda 21". i hope you approach the success of my books. and if you do that, you'll be happy. >> some of us have to work

>> bill: yes and you said? >> and i was shocked. >> bill: you were?> i was shocked that that is the image that she is learning right now even though she saw sarah palin and hillary clinton four years ago. and i said to her a woman can be president and you know what? i hope you are. >> bill: i think we are wandering a little afar here. let's get back to this dopey catalog. in my opinion, what the toys are us swedish people are doing is politically correct. they want the adults who read the catalog, because they have the money, the tykes don't to say oh isn't that enlightened? isn't that what we here in sweden are promoting that there isn't any difference between boys and girls? and of course there is a difference. but in sweden apparently they don't want to acknowledge that pirro. i think that's what this is all about. >> i think what it is about is the fear of some people that if you give children a toy that is not considered something that their gender would want to play with that somehow we are promoting like homosexuality and reversals in roles. wh

. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight -- >> for more than a year there have been allegations that i knew about the planning of a watergate break in and that i was involved in an extensive plot to cover it up. >> bill: is the libyan situation another watergate or a total waste of time as far as a scandal is concerned? today the senate began hearings and we will have the inside story. >> senator mccain and senator graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. >> bill: president obama angry about criticism of susan rice as u.n. ambassador. but greg gutfeld says the president is faking annoyance. gutfeld will explain. >> also, megyn kelly on 59 places in philadelphia where mitt romney got zero votes. is that even possible? miss megyn will analyze. caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. "the factor" begins right now. hi. i'll bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. is the libyan situation another watergate? that is the subject of this evening's talk points memo. today on capito

>> bill: it is bill. do you have a question or comment?grow up but we need to wake up. we can't be a hypocritical nation where we teach our children one thing and we do something else as adults. there has to be a moral integrity. if we don't have it, the nation does not have a future. it is just very simple. >> bill: all right. i'll take that as a statement sir and a statement that i can disagree with. not that we should be an immoral nation but i think we have to recognize people are human and they make mistakes and that should not necessarily -- this mistake cost them their job in my humble opinion. get back to this tax thing. republicans are in essence saying we're offering new revenue as long as you never never, never raise taxes so they're still sticking to the old grover norquist poopy head pledge. >> 20 senate folks who signed the pledge, lost their seats. about with 55 didn't win. it is not a good political position for them. this fiscal cliff situation from the republican perspective is simple. either everyone gets a faction incre

. >> bill: that's true.u make it big, how do you look back? >> it takes way longer than everyone thinks. and people always say like what was your big break? it's hard to explain that you have had 20 to 30 big breaks that at the time you thought were the break. >> it's been a great day. >> are you in or are you out? it's not show friends it's show business. >> you go do jerry maguire and that's the biggest break you have in your life. >> that was a big break for you. >> i thought i was going to have to fire my mentor carry that in my head for a week. >> bill: have you been around for a while. very successful in the entertainment industry. i have never under stood why actors, producers, directors are so liberal generally speaking. i have had ache tours come up to me he in hollywood who aren't liberal and say i can't tell people how i feel because i might not work. charlton heston said look i used to be a liberal and i became a conservative and i never got invited to another party. my whole social contact list

bill. here he is >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> that's not america that we should be and it's not who we are. >> sandra fluke and jay-z just two of the people "time" magazine has nominated for person of the year? but why? and wait until you see who else is on the list. >> gangnam style. >> there is a lot to be said for a wealth tax and especially a concrete wealth tax. >> bill: far left beginning to push for wealth tax that means the feds would confiscate private property. this is being kept very quiet but tonight you will hear all about it? >> gay marriage or accepting immigrants. >> you are absolutely right. they don't want to believe it's time to change it. >> rhode island governor chafee saying he will not save christmas because the times are a changing. we sent jesse wawfortsz -- watters up to rhode island to find out what the heck is going on. >> isn't it discriminating against christians by calling it a holiday tree? >> caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: i'm bi

. >> bill: and you liked it? >> hollywood super star ben affleck on a new movie about iran that's causing quite a controversy. >> this is really a tribute to the folks in our clandestine services and diplomats and foreign service risking their lives over there. >> plus the strangest moments ever to unfold on the factor. >> i was told you might have snuck across the border. i might have to make a citizens arrest. [ laughter ] no. >> it's the factor's most compelling right now. >> bill: i gave you the opportunity to define for millions of people what you want the law to be and you can't. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. i'm bill o'reilly, thanks for watching this special edition of the factor. we begin tonight with three genuine american war heros. chris kyl and former seal marcus la tremendously. all have remarkable stories to tell us. we begin with sergeant meijer. >> before we get to the book, and what you did and what you were honored for, recently, the u.s. command

>> bill: that can be done.ike unfair pricing and because you don't have any food, you can't afford the food and you are going to die, huh-uh, john stoferl and ron paul, buddies, plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. charles krauthammer on whether traditional america can make a come back. i think it can miller says. no we will hear from charles. but, next, jesse watters in far left waters. >> are you worried about your taxes going up? >> no, i'm canadian. [ laughter ] >> oh. sorry to hear that. >> bill: canadian taxes can't go up very much >> bill: watters world segment tonight. as we told you in the far left memo. some elements running wild after the re-election of president obama. we sent factor producer jesse watters to check out the situation at a bill maher show in new york city. ♪ ♪ >> you are here for the bill maher show. >> yes, absolutely. >> how happy are you about obama's re-election? >> i am thrilled. unbelievably excited. >> nothing is going wrong this time. >> i would have left

the "bill press show." now on current tv. >> bill: all right.e hour. well, the entire nation has been holding its breath, waiting to see millions and millions of americans could not decide how they were going to vote today until sarah palin made up her mind. she finally endorsed -- yesterday, did you see that, pete summer sarah palin day before the election finally endorsed mitt romney. >> oh, wow, what a shock. >> bill: what a shocker. that probably sends larry sabato's predictions all to hell right? he's going to have to start from scratch now. larry sabato, dr. larry sabato, head of the center of politics at the university of virginia. hi larry. it has been awhile. good to talk to you again. >> great to talk to you bill. sarah palin saw mitt romney from her porch. [ laughter ] >> oh, you beat me to that one. >> i wanted to be first. >> bill: now you have been looking in your crystal ball, larry and we have -- in the last two years, we've been talking about this. >> i was just talking to dan there and saying what in the heck are we going to ta

bill is coming up. and here he is. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> governor romney has been using all his talents as a salesman to dress up these very same policies that failed our country so badly. >> i know there are some people who believe we should just stay on the current course we are on. i don't believe status quo is the right course for america. i believe that america finally needs real change. >> bill: brand news fox news poll shows the presidential race in a dead heat. but with some interesting trends. laura ingraham and i will analyze. >> the civil rights establishment has embraced the lie and betrayed the black community and god almighty. >> bill: a black bishop in virginia condemning the democratic party for being anti-god. we will hear both sides of this explosive issues. >> planned parenthood has been far more lethal to black lives than the kkk ever was. >> bill: mike huckabee on christian voting and megyn kelly on early voting. who has the advantage so far? caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begin

>> bill: that can be done.ike unfair pricing and because you don't have any food, you can't afford the food and you are going to die, huh-uh, john stoferl and ron paul, buddies, plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. charles krauthammer on whether traditional america can make a come back. i think it can miller says. no we will hear from charles. but, next, jesse watters in far left waters. >> are you worried about your taxes going up? >> no, i'm canadian. [ laughter ] >> oh. sorry to hear that. >> bill: canadian taxes can't go up very much more. can they. we hope you stay tuned for those reports. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and it finds one, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all you need is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. buy now. save later. introducing the new droid razr maxx hd by

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. >> bill: and you liked it? >> hollywood super star ben affleck on a new movie about iran that's causing quite a controversy. >> this is really a tribute to the folks in our clandestine services and diplomats and foreign service risking their lives over there. >> plus the strangest moments ever to unfold on the factor. >> i was told you might have snuck across the border. i might have to make a citizens arrest. [ laughter ] no. >> it's the factor's most compelling right now. >> bill: i gave you the opportunity to define for millions of people what you want the law to be and you can't. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. i'm bill o'reilly, thanks for watching this special edition of the factor. we begin tonight with three genuine american war heros. chris kyl and former seal marcus la tremendously. all have remarkable stories to tell us. we begin with sergeant meijer. >> before we get to the book, and what you did and what you were honored for, recently, the u.s. command

>> bill: i don't make those comparisons. >> bill, you don't even drink. >> bill: i don't make those comparisonsause they are not constructive comparisons. >> yes they're. >> have you seen these frat boys out there having big bear. >> bill: do you know what word it is, word of the day? he is pettifogging the issue. introducing alcohol discussion that has nothing to do. >> bill: exactly what you did. petty fogged the issue by introducing alcohol when the stats are had 0% of teens are up in marijuana and 80% in heavy use. >> heavy what? >> bill: heavy marijuana use. ignore stats by introducing another topic. we as american have legalize thed. need a drink. >> we legalized alcohol. kids drink alcohol. >> bill: you and calvin coolidge back to 1930. what you did was pettifogging. you avoided the fact by introducing something else to talk about. mary katharine? all right. you have had yours. >> my drink. >> let me take us back to the family stuff real quickly. first of all, conservatives need to understand this is something that i have talked about for a while that we can't wait four people to get mar

>> bill: yeah.en from a presidency since the 1920s, so that is all his legacy. and finally it is catching up with him. >> bill: yesterday he goes back -- why fox news would even allow him back after election night by saying no, this network is wrong. he says fox is wrong by declaring or announcing or admitting that barack obama had been reelected. yesterday he goes back on fox with megyn kelly, and here is his answer to why barack obama won. >> he succeeded by suppressing the vote. by saying to people you may not like who i am but i'm going to paint this other guy as simply a rich guy that only cares about himself. 53% said that mitt romney's policies would only help the rich. >> bill: first of all that is who mitt romney is. but voter suppression? after all they did in these states. >> it's just mind boggling. and the overthing that he said that i wondered does he really believe that people don't like barack obama? people he talks to don't like barack obama, but if you look at polls constantly thro

bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. threat from the far left over the presidential vote. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. in a moment, i will play you a political ad that's very hard to believe. it was financed by moveon.org, which has close ties to the democratic party. move on is financed by people like george soros. and is not a fringe group. it has plenty of money and has direct access to many liberal politicians. just one week before the presidential vote move on put out this ad on the net. >> i want the republic party to know if your voter suppression through the this beautiful country enables romney to oust barack obama, we will burn this mother [bleep] down. if the republics steal this election, i'm going to track down mitt romney and give him the world's biggest [bleep] punch. >> bill: that first woman who is swearing 97 years old. and that spot was helped out by our pal michael moore. so now, the far left is threatening violence if president obama loses

bill. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: >> they are almost reaching pandemonium now. >> what might he have done differently? what could they have done better? >> i think the real story here, obama won but he has got no mandate. >> bill: millions of voters angry today. millions of voters delirious with joy. we will tell you exactly why president obama won re-election and talk about the future of the republic party. >> romney is going to win by 4 to 8 points. is he going to get more than 300 electoral votes. >> bill: very bad night for pundit dick morris he was wrong on just about everything. he will be here to talk about it. >> in a world are where they throw the word great around so capriciously, is he a good man. >> bill: what does dennis miller think on the morning after? the d-man will let it all hang out tonight. >> we're soft in the head. >> bill: caution, you where to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >> bill: i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. what the heck happened las

bill. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on of the tonight -- >> i'm more troubled today. having met with the acting director of the c.i.a. and ambassador rice, the information given to the american people was wrong. >> bill: more verbal warfare breaks out over the assassination of the libyan ambassador on 9-11. three senators met with u.n. ambassador rice today and it did not go well. we'll have a full report with charles krauthammer. >> for those that are not christian, it's a difficult time when the state or the government is soring the religion. >> bill: more christmas chaos in rhode island. why does secular progressives continue to try to diminish this federal holiday? we'll trio answer that question tonight. ♪ . >> bill: what the heck is this? some south korean guy bopping around has now become the most popular video in history. dr. keith ablow will try to explain it. 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'll have the talking points memo in our next segment. it's more

>> bill: that can be done.ike unfair pricing and because you don't have any food, you can't afford the food and you are going to die, huh-uh, john stoferl and ron paul, buddies, plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. charles krauthammer on whether traditional america can make a come back. i think it can miller says. no we will hear from charles. but, next, jesse watters in far left waters. >> are you worried about your taxes going up? >> no, i'm canadian. [ laughter ] >> oh. sorry to hear that. >> bill: canadian taxes can't >> bill: canadian taxes can't go up very much having you ship my gifts couldn't be easier. well, having a ton of locations doesn't hurt. and my daughter loves the santa. oh, ah sir. that is a customer. let's not tell mom. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. fedex office. time for cii price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for

this is the "bill press show." >> bill: all right.parting shot. there is -- it is not just a fiscal cliff. there is another big issue facing this administration and that is pot. the question i raised to jay carney at the white house briefing yesterday is now that voters in colorado and washington state have legalized the recreational use of marijuana, is the federal government the obama administration going to respect that or continue to enforce the federal law? carney wouldn't answer the question. all he said was it's up to the department of justice and by the way, congress has to change the law. which is a total cop-out. if anybody ought to know, barack obama ought to know. he smoked pot during college. he admitted that. he ought to know that potheads can really be outstanding responsible citizens of this country. one of them -- even one became president of the united states for two terms. see you tomorrow.

>> bill: by the way, it is a lie. >> right. >> bill: g.m.or corporations come out and get involved? >> not in an election. >> bill: no. romney doesn't care. >> no. because right now, they have a major problem. that major problem is a four letter word, it is called ohio. and unless that fire wall breaks for the president it's really difficult to see them winning this election. >> bill: yeah. so chris kofinis here for the whole hour as a "friend of bill." we'll take your calls and we're going to be joined by ben jealous, the president of the naacp a little bit later in the hour. chris, we've got a lot to cover but first -- big stories of the day. >> other headlines making news on this thursday, the human rights campaign has been working hard to legalize same-sex marriage and it just received a big boost from a hollywood heavyweight. the hill reports brad pitt is matching up to $100,000 in donations to help fight for gay marriage in states like maryland, maine, minnesota and washington. the actor once said he and angelina jolie would not marry

the factor begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. what if your candidate loses? that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. it pains me, pains me to tell you that i cannot make a prediction about tomorrow's vote. you know me. i'm a big mouth. but i really don't know what's going to happen. however, i can call four states right now, georgia and alabama going for romney. new york and massachusetts for obama. you can mark that down. actually, i could call 40 states right now. only 10 are in play at the moment. but i'm not going to be a total waffle guy this evening. i think mitt romney will win florida. if the governor wins ohio as well, he will be the next president of the united states. but that's a big if. president obama seems to have blunted romney's momentum over the weekend. talking points predicted that would happen last week. because of hurricane sandy, and because the national media simply refuses to cover the libyan situation. so while romney had momentum one week ago, the storm stalled it. and that's where we

of the factor begins rig now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching this special edition of the factor. the great american news quiz spectacular. for the next hour you will get to test your knowledge and play along with us. so let's begin. first topic, will he general gather actor john wayne. >> all right. here is question number one. movie fans all over the world idolize john wayne for his nonsense attitude. >> get out of the way, carrie. >> i haven't got a gun on me. >> no? then we will do it the hard way. that had to hurt. >> yeah. >> many don't know that john wayne was a stage name. what the hollywood legend's less macho birth name? the a is a, that's correct. marianne, the brarn the librarian. don't call him that to his face. e was an imposing character who was usually on the winning end of the fights. >> i have beenok looking forward to this for a long time. >> don't let me disappoint you. all right. i think he won that fight. it lasted three and a half hours. how did he get get nickname dog's name. c he often put up his duke

bill, what angers you now? >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight. >> i just think it's nuts. first of all, it's insulting. >> some conservatives like newt gingrich and george will are attacking mitt romney for actually telling it the truth. this is a bizarre situation and we will get into it. >> i blame the president for making this a death trap. i blame the president for not having assets available to help these people for eight hours. >> bill: drama growing over the libyan situation. the president still has not explained why his administration mislead the public about the murderous terror attack. is this another watergate? journalists bob word ward has some thoughts. also tonight, dennis miller on general prelt and adam corolla on dick tore i can't secret surrendering to p.c. forces. caution, you are about to enter no spin zone. the factor begins right now. >> bill: one of the bad things about america is that some of us feel the need to kick people when they are down. that's exactly what's happening to mitt romney right now. millions of americans are very disappointed that

hey, just call us morning bill. donald francis adds mitch mcconnell's crying about being a minority and not having his voice heard. hey, how about the majority of us whose voice is not being heard because he's so bought off. good point. d says i was absolutely appalled at the number of members of congress who signed the grover norquist pledge. you were spot-on by calling them traitors! and harmony wants us to know her opinion as to why black friday exists peter. i'm from wisconsin she says and grew up with many hunters in the family. the day after thanksgiving was always a big hunting day. black friday started with hunters' wives going shopping because all of the men were out hunting. >> i know a lot of hunting seasons kick off now. >> bill: you know what? that makes a lot of sense to me. they're hunting for deals. >> announcer: this is the "bill press show." [ ♪ theme ♪ ] >> bill: good morning everybody. welcome to the "full court press" this wednesday morning. november 28. great to see you today. thank you for jum

melissa: you too, bill. bill: 19 past the martha.artha: there will be a news conference this morning to announce one of the two powerball winners. then there is this video. watch this video. this is the man some say, like really excited because he is looking at numbers and matching numbers. we'll show you that. he may be the other winner. i love that. bill: there is a clip in there shows the numbers to the guy, do not take this ticket from me. martha: i'm saying sign it. bill: newborn babies becoming a rare site in the united states. the birth rate is plunging. what is behind the drop. martha: look at that beautiful baby. you won't take my life. you won't take our future. aids affects us all. even babies. chevron is working to stop mother-to-child transmission. our employees and their families are part of the fight. and we're winning. at chevron nigeria, we haven't had a reported case in 12 years. aids is strong. aids is strong. but we are stronger. and aids... ♪ aids is going to lose. aids is going to lose. ♪ bill: so this new repor

bill is phrased in that family and bill becomes the instrument of saying that family. he frequently comes up on his stepfather roger for beating his mother and he save her from those beings and promises he will never let that happen again. for one of the things you learn when you read of children of alcoholics is people in that kind of family dynamic is a childlike chill clinton begins to feel like he has the responsibility of bringing healing to the family, redeeming it, creating honor where there is this honor. he basically sets out to be the person who rescues the family. he is an incredible student, at the front of his class, becomes very active in boy's nation which is the junior american league, nominated to go to washington as the nation's candidate for u.s. senate, goes to washington, already six feet tall, at the front of the line when they go to the white house and kennedy finishes his speech, bill clinton looks forward and gets his picture taken a long side of john f. kennedy. he is so proud and he already is dedicated to the idea that he is going to be the

>> bill: right. you mentioned -- i want to come back -- the other thing the republicans have put on the table, of course, is entitlement. they will only consider new revenue if democrats come forth with entitlement reform. by entitlement reform, let's be honest. they mean getting rid of medicare, getting rid of medicaid. >> structural reforms. >> bill: and privatizing social security. >> it was good to hear yesterday jay carney the white house press secretary, i don't know if you were there. taking social security off the table. it's not a problem. it hasn't contributed to the deficit. that's off the table. they're open to medicare. they've been open to changing provider payments which there is a lot of waste there. encouraging pharmacy companies to give medicare and medicaid better rates. those are all positive reforms. those are big savings. so we can take and find savings from the provider side. it is when you go after the beneficiaries that you run into problems but look, you know, romney ran an

>> fine bill. how are you? >> bill: good.ite event of the year, last week which was the pardoning of the thanksgiving day turkey. >> absolutely. he cracked a few jokes, making crack about something like his last gift. and he also made a nate silver joke. >> bill: oh, did he? >> yeah, saying nate silver was right on on which turkey would be pardoned this year. >> bill: that's great. i read in the tribune the fact that there was a big turn out of the press corps. >> yeah a lot of reporters brought family and friends because it's an easy event to get people into. >> bill: well, it is the party season. i got my invitation to the annual christmas party. >> yeah, the number keeps going up exponentially, but i think it is about 20. and he'll be shaking thousands of hands. they stand there in some room off of the white house, and you get to shake the president's hand and get a picture snapped with him. >> bill: right. and they do it for -- of course for the press corps, the staff, and big donors -- >> the congress diplomatic corps an