@w@wowowg >>> bob costas is one of the most recognizable names in sports casting. he covered a media storm with his take on va lead mreer putin. why does he keep stirring things up with his comments? we sat down for a conversation in new york. >> bob costass, welcome. >> thank you. >> you have a knack for hitting hot button issues. and you have become a lightning rod for many conservatives, including here at fox -- >> yes. >> -- who seem to feel that you are way out there on the left. >> i would be disingenious if i said generally speaking i don't lean somewhat left of center. i'll use an imprecise example, though, that might be relatable to the fox audience. so the extent that i am liberal, i'm like a juan williams liberal who will call out the excesses and contradictions of the extreme left. to the extent that i am conservative, i'm like a bernie goldberg conservative. there are certain issues which i would getaway with him. on the other hand, the know nothing part of the spectrum where people just reflexively defend a phil robertson type person, i'm not in that

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and bob costas says a media culture unfairly targeted him. >> i don't respect the heat over light voices which can be found in some corners of fox news and can be found on the radio, as well. nbz sports is not an extension of msnbc, no matter what anyone may think about msnbc. >> but is the msnbc commentator imposing his personal views on sports? i'm howard kurtz and this is media buzz. there were reports in the last 36 hours that some journalists in crimea have been beaten. the ap had some equipment confis indicatesed and a cnn correspondent told she would be kicked out of her hotel if she didn't stop broadcasting. given these difficulties and the diplomatic fol fog surrounding the situation in ukraine, our news organization is helping us you cut through that fog. >> what's happened here are the russian troops have come in. they've in essence taken the place over and told the ukrainians to sur renders their weapons. >> i saw soldiers for the first time in my life and i was scared. >> we put that to russian soldiers outside the ukrainian base. >> are you allowing the ukrainian army to go

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>> and should bob costas just stick to sports?of russian president putin. >> this is a controversy only for those looking for the most flimsy pretext for a controversy. >> the verdict is in. he doesn't agree. the different tune costas is now singing. >> and it is the selfy that took down twitter. but did they snap it just to make a quick buck? the story behind that selfy snapshot revealed. thank you for joining us on this mardi gras tuesday because mornings are always better with friends. >> hi, everybody. this is kristen chenowith, you're watching "fox & friends." stick around. >>> live it up. >> steve requested that song. >> it's my theme song. >> why is that? >> because today is shrove tuesday, mardi gras. that's the french quarter down in new orleans. people are going to be living it up on that particular street, bourbon street, right up until midnight because then at midnight, it's ash wednesday, lent begins and 40 days of sacrifice. >> steve has been partying. >> it looks like it hasn't quite stopped yet on monday. that's my

and bob costas says a media culture unfairly targeted him. >> i don't respect the heat over light voicesan be

and bob costas says a media culture unfairly targeted him. >> i don't respect the heat

. >> well, one of the big headlines this week came out about bob costas.ing the olympic coverage, what actually went on there. of course, the rumors that came out, did he have botox? so will you get to the bottom of that? did he not want to touch that story, howie? >> this report unsourced about whether he had botox had come out at the time i sat down with him. but he did talk about his battle with pink eye and how frustrating it is. but also, bob costas in this interview talks about he hits back at his critic owes fox. he defends his treatment of vladimir putin, he talks about msnbc, his personal political views and his views of the culture that targets people like him. he has a lot to say. so i think our viewers may find it pretty interesting. >> yeah, certainly, at 111:00 a.m. eastern time. check out media buzz and check out howie's interview with bob costas. >>> coming up here on the show, your tax dollars booelg being used so people can get high. how is that allowed? meet the lawyermaker who is trying to put an end to that free for all. that's coming

this is going to be -- howie kurtz talking to bob costas about something i said about mr. costas. >> fox's greg gutfeld said you were a hypocritical buffoon because you're in new york and surrounded by armed guards and you don't have to worry about safety. >> in truth, greg was accurate if you consider 180 degrees from the truth to be acrtd. i have never had a personal body guard, a sickle day in my life. there are security people at nfl games that the nfl employs, and there is always massive security at the olympics, and that is nbc security. >> that's kind of what i said. he spent his life wandering in and out of new york buildings where he's flanked by people who are armed. i was talking about security. people on tv who talk about gun control have the luxury of walking around while other people carry guns. much like we do when we at fox. >> he could have walked down the hall and asked you. >> i know. what's up? >> today, a birthday present. here's a kimberly, kimberly is 29 years old. >> i didn't see that. thank you. >> happy birthday. >> thank you. >> where did that co

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bob costas will be here. >> invading countries is something united states knows about from really raw trotting out the moral equivalency. how can the

. >> it seems like bob costas changed his angle only after he praised putin now he's trying to spin ite. costas is politically correct left wing spokesman. liberal arts majors like you are not the sharpest knives. why don't you go over to cnn and enjoy dinners with obama's wife. >> is michelle obama at cnn? did i miss that? is she cooking me dinner? did i miss that? >> sounds like a reasonable guy, don. >> scott minio. just purchased two vip tickets. i grew up just three miles away from there. >> also we'll see everybody in cincinnati, honolulu, grand rapids. details on billo'reilly.com. the pittsburgh show is going to be lights out. huge crowd coming, check that out march 14th. our auction to benefit the fisher house is over. my notes for the super bowl interview signed by the president and me go to connie and fred sepelak of troy, michigan, they're donating $30,000 to the fisher house, of course they're patriots, we really appreciate it. thousands of you have donated $25 or more and are getting a replica of the notes suitable for framing. it's really good to help the fisher house, th

last fall my nbc colleague bob costas did a great job of explaining just why it's so offensive. >> aske equivalent would be if directed toward african-americans, hispanics, asians, or members of any other ethnic group. when considered that way, redskins can't possibly honor a heritage or a noble character trait. nor can it possibly be considered a neutral term. it's an insult, a slur, no matter how benign the present day intent. >> this kind of pressure building against it, it is getting harder and harder for dan snyder to defend the team's name. to defend what is really indefensible. now, there's a very simple solution to snyder's problem. he could just change the name of his team. and sure, adopting a new name would be a headache and would surely cost the team some money. it's hard to imagine the cost of a name being all that painful to a franchise, but according to "forbes" is worth $1.7 billion. dan snyder will not change his team's very offensive name. famously telling "usa today" last year, "we'll never change the name. it's that simple. never. you can use caps." instead, snyder

also remember when bob costas had to sit out of olympic coverage? past the hour. quick look at some headlines. illegal immigrants, including those who moved to the country as children, can't practice law in the state of florida. the supreme court issuing that ruling just yesterday. the justices said federal law prohibits illegals from getting professional licenses there. >>> is this bad botox? new york post reporting bob costas may have gotten that pink eye from a botched botox job. nbc sports saying there is zero truth to that claim. the 61-year-old was hosting olympics coverage when he got the infection in both eyes. he was taken off the air for six days. >>> well, it's time to get our hands dirty. our own anna kooiman took a trip to toledo, ohio, where she took a job making something you're all pretty familiar with. right? >> absolutely. you find them in your backyard and you see them on mile marker signs, the department of defense uses them for razor wire. they're absolutely everywhere. i even got to do a little bit of welding and get in on the

>> i just want people to know, you're not channeling the spirit of bob costas here. >> you should see the 5-year-old on the other side of this. >> what happened? >> we were just playing and my son, jackson, just got me in the eye. my contact lens flew off. never even really hurt that bad, woke um the next day and i look like bob costas with protein. >> and it still doesn't hurt at all? >> no, not at all. not au at all. >> the red eye joke again? >> no, one and done. >> i don't have to go to the doctor on national tv. i'm good. >> blood vessel thing. >> might want to get it checked up, though. >> it's fine. i'll be all right. >> having kids is great! >> see what you have to look forward to. >> in two weeks when you come on with an eye patch and a pipe -- >> hey, well wishes keep coming in, savannah. actually, not here, i just picked that up for prop reasons, but we have somebody over here who wants to wish you well. enrique iglesias in the studio. >> enrique! >> i'm all covered up. >> all right. >> you guys good? nice to see you. >> good morning. >> congratulations. >

i know you've got a special guest this weekend which'll be a very interesting interview, bob costas.ur conversation with him. >> thanks, jenna. an extensive interview with sports caster who pushes back over the comments he made about vladimir putin at the olympics. he has a lot to say about the media culture which he sees as thriving on sort of false or manufactured outrage, but he doesn't exclude msnbc from that indictment, and he also talks about h)ta >> reporter: we're here in long beach, california, about a hundred of these containers looked at every single day. one of these cargo containers comes into the port of los angeles about every six seconds. >> so they appear to be the real thing, but they're knockoffs as well. >> reporter: every day thousands of boxes arrive filled with items that may look harmless are r but -- >> perhaps it works for a few weeks, perhaps it catches fire and burns the house down. >> reporter: more than a billion dollars in counterfeits are seized by customs and border protections annually -- >> this shipment was -- >> reporter: as federal agents crack d

>> i think you need to go read that story by my colleagues phil rucker and bob costa.d 30 top republican donors, a lot of whom are in las vegas this weekend. others across the rest of the country. it illustrates this primary within the primary. there are factions of the republican party and various candidates are vying for supremacy of those particular factions. in this case, we're talking about the establishment republicans based in d.c., based in new york, the big donors in megacities. and the contest in their mind is between chris christie and jeb bush. they want somebody who won't embarrass the party, who won't represent the far right wing or some really ideas that don't conform to their ideology. on the other side, you've got people competing for that more activist base, the people outside the beltway, outside new york. people like rand paul, people like ted cruz who really the activist class, they're the ones who show up and vote in iowa and new hampshire and south carolina. so beyond this jeb bush-chris christie feud, there's sort of a larger fight here within t

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costa. i call him bob.ing on the program. >> great to join you this afternoon. >> all right. you did some reporting about this, about what we could see in the gop plan, the ability to buy insurance across state lines, guaranteed renewability of policies, changes to medical malpractice, tort reform, children on parents' plans until they are 26. a lot of this reads like a rehash from are the ideas of 2010. what are we seeing? is there a big difference from 2010 until now? >> not so much. i sat down with kevin mccarthy, the republican whip and the gop conference chairman soon after florida '13. they were enthused about the republican chances. they thought obamacare was a big help to the republican candidate david jolly but recognized that just opposing the affordable care act may not be enough to keep the house majority and maybe pick up the senate squormt. they are tying to craft an alternative. as you mentioned it will be difficult to get a bill on the floor to win consensus and support of all house republic

and bob pisani pointed out the fear indicator was up 16%, a gain of two points to 1626. peter costa of market response you would expect -- >> absolutely. >> for what's going on. >> i'm a little surprised we rallied back. if investors are really looking at this realistically, this could be a much longer situation than we'd hoped for. >> does that make you less inclined to want to buy this dip right now? >> yes, as a matter of fact it does. you know me. i love buying on dips. this one i'm going to lay out of and i will probably not be back until i have some sort of -- i don't need closure, but i have to know there's some sort of end in sight. i don't see that. i think the russians, you know, putin he's one who can wait things out, he doesn't care about his people. you can put all the economic sanctions on the table you want. when he's hell bent on something, it's going to take a while. >> what about the money managers that were with us at the top of the hour who said, i'm buying this dip. this is a distraction, this doesn't have an impact on our own economy right now. this won't affec