charles krauthammer's reaction to the importance to benghazi. next on the run down, bernie goldberg on how the network news covered the benghazi hearings hearings >> bill: impact segment tonight. we asked bernie goldberg to watch how the benghazi hearings were covered by the network news. on cable we can tell you that the live hearings were carried for one hour:48 minutes on fox news. 17 minutes on cnn. and zero minutes, nothing on msnbc. one footnote i'm not surprised by msnbc. what does surprise me is that nbc doesn't just spin off that channel. make it a liberal concern, take it out of the news division because it obviously doesn't do news. on the network news front. nbc, abc, and cbs did not lead with benghazi last night as the factor did. they led with the cleveland abductions. as for time, brian williams gave benghazi three minutes, diane sawyer 2:24. scott pelley 4:41 seconds. in the morning, "the today show" gave benghazi 3:17, and, remember, "the today show" is on for four hours. good morning america spent less than a minute on benghazi

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joining us now from washington, d.c., fox news political analyst charles krauthammer.g, charles, is a house committee on june 3rd, monday, on the irs scandal any prediction about that? >> look, the irs scandal has a couple of ways to go. it's clear that this thing was truly an outrage when the president uses the word, you know it is. but we don't know how high up it goes. the only way to know how high up it goes is to flip people lower so they expose people higher who, in turn, flip people higher. that's how you do it in watergate. that's how do you it in a murder investigation. now, the question is you go to a special prosecutor. or do you do it in congress? and i think if you give it to a special prosecutor, the story will go away for six months because everybody will say i can't comment on ongoing investigation. so i think if republicans are smart, they will recall lois lerner you know the one who famously said, you know, i know nothing, i did nothing. then she took the fifth. offer her use immunity. in other words, anything you say can never be used against you and

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judge andrew napolitano, fox news senior judicial analyst and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. we were told the statement would be at the top of the 6:00 hour as we wait for the president, your thoughts as we get ready to hear this, charles, the president talking about the irs. we heard what he said with the british prime minister the other day, then a statement in paper form last night. >> look, i think this is a point where the president cannot just speak. i think he has to do something. this really -- the irs scandal is the one that people feel most acutely. it's a powerful agency that can destroy people. the whole notion that a bunch of bureaucrats in cincinnati, some left wing guys got together and did all this is so absurd, the fact that it's so widespread, that we're hearing from so many parts of the country, there was so much intervention against so many conservatives implies there was something happening here at higher levels. i think obama at least has to begin to deflect the heat by letting people go. there's got to be that in this announcement. it's not going do be

joining me he to help explain, syndicated columnist and fox news contributor charles krauthammer.hy fatal? >> the irs scandal is the one scandal that people have a visceral sense about. it is the one institution beside the military that can do you the most harm. it can wreck your life and thousand it has to be treat heed with utmost respect because they have to show integrity. and the fact that it could be deliberately targeting people on the right is a violation that everybody left to right understands is utterly inexcusable. it is the one that has the most' peel. there is no indication that the president knew about this about you you if there is any indication that there were people in the white house who knew, who orchestrated, encouraged or are whatever then it can be a fatal problem. i'm not saying this is watergate but i would point out that the second article of impeachment in watergate was abuse of the irs. benghazi is a complicated story. the one about ap, people are going to argue you need to have financial security but on this there is no argument anywhere and with the

here is what charles krauthammer wants to know. >> the biggest scandal of all.as the president doing in those eight hours? five hours in he calls the secretary of state. it looks as if the only phone call was to construct a cover story at a time when the last two americans who died were still alive and fighting for their lives. there is the scandal and that i think has got to be uncovered. >> you are a big fan of dr. krauthammer. >> a big fan. >> does this designation by him that this is the biggest scandal does that surprise you? >> i think it is a judgment call. some people could look at this and say politically looking at political impact the irs scandal might have a longer run piece but i'm very disturbed by the questions that he raises as well as the main ones about the stand down order and then, of course, how do they get from wherever they were on the friday night to the is sunday morning talk shows. and then they never explained it. it has been eight months and usually with something like this they should just come clean. it is not as if the media is goi

we're coming right back. >> impact segment get to charles krauthammer joins from us washington. so i didn't make any mistakes in the talking points, charles, did i leave anything out? that's important. >> no, i thought it was definitely an a plus. brilliant presentation and the intone nation was excellent. [ laughter ] i think what's going on here is you have got a president who came to washington saying he was going to change washington. change the essence of politics itself and now he is reduced to trying to explain why his whole bureaucracy is out of control. now, his best answer, it makes him look ridiculous but it's the best he can do, the most protective is to take the position on just a bystander. i didn't know what was happening with the irs. the attorney general said i don't even i don't know how the a.p. story came about. i recused myself glow even know when i recused myself. get on benghazi you get secretary of state hillary clinton at the time saying i never saw the memo, the desperate memo that came from benghazi from the ambassador in libya saying this is a death tr

charles krauthammer as right as you get says republicans are overplaying their hand.compared every mini wannabe scandal to watergate, slin dra and now the low level operational questions as i discussed with you should be investigated, igs should be involved, but these are not obama level issues. when you immediately say they are, you give away the game, in the same sense that attorney general holder is the first one held in contempt by the house, but it was a year ago when they did it over fast and furious, over e-mails, about responding to congressional requests. they have nothing left to go after holder, they already did the worse they could do. >> listen to what charles krauthammer has to say about this. >> one advice i give to republicans is stop calling it a huge scandal. stop saying it is a watergate, stop saying it is iran contra. let the facts speak for themselves. have a select committee, facts speak for themselves, pile them on, but don't exaggerate, don't run ads about hillary, feeds the narrative for the other side it is only a political event. it is not.

charles krauthammer will weigh in on the president's press conference today and our terrorism discussionauthammer is next. >> bill: personal story segment tonight. president obama held a press conference today. i didn't get much out of it but i'm not as astute as charles krauthammer who joins us now from washington. what was the headline for you, charles? >> well, there were two things that surprised me. first is that obama was asked about the story that broke last night on fox that the state department, the administration is threatening state department career emplowho want really happened at benghazi. the president's answer, he hadn't heard about that. that's, you know that could be true, a little bit hard to believe. that was, i thought, rather stunning since ed henry is from fox news and big story on fox news last night. the second thing that surprised me was that no one in the press core asked about about the dyeing of the terrorist who was in the hospital. that is a scandal of the first order. here we are scurrying around the world trying to speak to people about who might have kno

real men, to paraphrase the great charles krauthammer.l men do not suck at the teet of big government. >> bill: they make it on their own. >> they make it on their own. listen, bill, historically we have had charleston heston, john wayne, ronald reagan. >> bill: clint east eastwood. >> jon stewart and -- >> bill: wait until stewart hears that. >> every action hero is a conservative. if you are going to fight evil have you got it believe in evil fight it. >> bill: george clooney played batman. >> and not very well. [ laughter ] >> i don't know what arnold has done. he is not really a conservative guy. he is conservative. >> he is not conservative in the bedroom. >> sea conservative guy. all right. thootion enough of that. abercrombie and fitch you shop in there. not allowed in the dressing room. >> bill: you have a colorful life. the ceo of abercrombie and fitch says they are not going to carry extra large sizes they don't want chubby people in the store. they want people who look like they're models and things like that. now they this is

now for the top story tonight, reaction, joining us from washington charles krauthammer. now, i see this intrusion as a growing problem. it's getting worse. agree? >> i'm not sure i think so and i do go back to the 19 1960's when instead of a fringe protest here and there they basically -- these radicals took over the universities. they occupy them.ted they dictated policy. the e stayed out. and then they did even something more effective. they realized well, you know, coming in from the outside is really not going to do much. you get a little attention, publicity. but but the left decided late in the 1960s, early in the 18970s was what let in another marxist prescribed which called the march through the institutions. they got inside. they did it legally. they did it the right way. they got their ph.d.es. they got appointments. they got tenure. they kept out conservatives. that's why you have a lot of conservative think tanks. the think tank is essentially a university without students and it's one that is not run by liberals because a lot of conservatives are denied tenu

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the story because he justov said, you're t going tove cover it. >> i think, getting back to charles krauthammerans, do not treatns this as a witch hunt, but rather as a way to uncover information. and the toensing issue with the state department, that washe pretty clear. either it happened or didn't happen. somebody is lying here. i don't know who, but somebody is lying. if you look at the state department, the cables you talk about, about changing the talking t points, i will say th, that happens a lot in something like this. but that has been another -- it has. point --me >> but changing the intent of cover it up, that is not usual. point out whatto it is alleging. that ambassador rice, after coming out and talking on five separate talk shows and blaming the video that the administration leaned on intel to change talking points 'cause that wasn't -- blaming the individual i wouldn't entwhistle in the original talking points. leaned on the intel committee to change the talking points to fit the administration's rhetoric, to fit it. basically covering up for her lying or fibbing or whatever she

plus, expert insight from charles krauthammer, monica crowley, james carville and bernie goldberg. >> since the obama campaign wanted benghazi, to use one example, to go away and the mainstream media pretty much helped it go away. >> bill: 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 special talking points edition of the factor for you. we begin with a question. what is the biggest problem facing america today? on paper, the biggest problem is the national debt. --roaching $70 trillion $17 trillion with no end in sight and the failure of the pin needs in twught deal with that debt. the economy could collapse. in reality not on paper, iny, n relation, the biggest problem the nation has is est the folks, us. our men tags. it is changing. after america and the allies defeated the nazis and japanese returned home to started families and careers. the prevailing wisdom backlies then was simple. s work hard, respect your country, provide a good education for your kids. the u.s.a. was not ayour f

charles krauthammer is off this week. in his column he says that the president is dead in the water. how relevant is barack obama? >> the president is not dead in the water, charles, i wish you were here to write you personally. what was missing from that press conference was any zest for combat. the president came across, i thought, as a very composed and a list, rather than a compassionate advocate. >> colon fresh, same question. is relevant to that was a very low blood sugar day. i was looking to see if there was a tranquilizer dart. he does not like to do these press conferences. to an extent he did himself no great service with a lack of verve that the answer that question. >> i also think that this is pandit pucky. go into aand then we dither about whether the president is relevant. the president is always relevant. the fourthly into month of his second term. he is going to get a victory on immigration, something will happen here. i think it will come back to the background checks. those who have opposed it in the se

let's take a look at charles krauthammer. a very smart guy of the neocon right. he's urging the gop not to overplay its hand right now particularly on benghazi which isn't even existent. let's take a listen to charles. >> the one advice i give to republicans is stop calling it a huge scandal. stop saying it's a watergate. stop saying it's iran/contra. let the facts speak for themselves. have a special committee. the facts will speak for themselves. pile them on. don't exaggerate. don't run ads about hillary. feeds the narrative of the other side that it's only a political event. it is not. just be quiet and present the facts. >> you know, there's a possibility, although i've been part of the huffing and puffing on this thing, that this could be a good week for the president. for this reason. john boehner, another guy who's pretty smart. goes along with his right wing. he made the mistake this week saying he's going to build the rest of his career on benghazi. there's nothing there, mr. speaker. >> this looks like it was a squabble between the cia and state departm

charles krauthammer has come out on fox news saying he doesn't want to see republicans overplaying their hand on this one and they might need to dial it back. do you think there is the perception being that they may overplay their hand on this? let the facts emerge, then take it from there. >> i think you opened your show with charlie rangel saying this isn't acceptable and the president needs to be more forthcoming. we're not out on an island on our own on this one. everyone from the far left to the middle to the right is in agreement that there are a ton of questions that still need to be answered. this is not a republican thing. this is an american thing. people all around academics to politicians to every day citizens saying what's going on with our government? there are a lot of questions that need to be answered. >> i want to get you on the record about what we're seeing coming out of florida. there is this story about the repair of the image that we've been talking about since the rnc revuled the results of the election and what can be done to bring big mantra. that the former his

like charles krauthammer, jonathan, are saying don't make this so incendiary, don't keep saying nixon and watergate on everything. >> mccain said it. >> why paraphrase the man when we can hear him. let's take a listen to charles krauthammer giving his conservative advice. >> the one advice i would give to republicans is this, stop calling it a huge scandal. stop saying it's a watergate. stop saying it's iran contra. let the facts speak for themselves. there's a special committee, a select committee. the facts will speak for themselves, pile them on, but don't exaggerate. don't run ads about hillary. it feeds the narrative of the other side. that it's only a political event. it is not. >> if only he a wand with a star on top. wish all the insanity away. but it's not going anywhere. rand paul is saying someone needs to go to jail. john boehner saying someone needs to go to jail. >> i said to john before we came on that i'm just scandal-weary. i really am. especially when it comes to benghazi. if there's a scandal with benghazi, we're spending all of our time talking about talking points

opinion writer for the washington post and charles krauthammer. >> charles, the speech was lengthy andailed. >> i give the president credit for moral seriousness. but there is a flaw that has to do with the strategy. he wants to shut down guantanamo and the drones and change and ultimately repeal the law that authorizes a war on terror. and to rise from the notion, that every war has to come to an end. every war in the past has and he said this war must end. that is a naive and utoppian idea. but to end a war you need two sides. you will either have the surrender like the germans and japanese. it was not unlateral. you don't declare the war is over and no response and assume it is over. and the cold war there was not a surrender, but the soviet union disa pored. we are 12 years in and obama stod up in 1958 and said the cold war has to end and i will >> yes, he did. and of course, earlier it was mentioned not by him in the speechlt but there was one of four had been killed in the strikeses, i think as charles said he is in a way doing that wrapping the whole thing up and disclosing retr

so we can't exactly call him as peggy noonan a kind of quacking lame duck but and charles krauthammer said along comes immigration just when he seems to be failing. and next week we can claim credit for that even though we know as krauthammer pointed out that the victory is owed more to republicans losing the hispanic vote than the part of the leadership on the part of the president. the media's mean is going to turn. >> jon: then he went back to guantanamo bay which was one of the issues early from the first administration. >> yes. he blamed congress to some degree. i also, again, blame the media for not going after the length of his answers and the fact that there was not, as you said, questions answered. i mean, that's a little bit filibustering. >> jon: well, all right. >> i don't think the immigration thing. i'm sure richard agrees is not any kind of slam dunk at all. that could also amidst all this boston stuff on him too. >> jon: rich? >> one major legislative thing it seems absent other unforeseen events could happen. it went have anything to do with the president. have to i d

i think the second one is the only way to do it, obviously, says charles krauthammer. representative paul ryan, he was in home this past week, too. he was in janesville, wisconsin. he is a pretty good confident last time i checked. i don't go around making lists of who is a good conservative and who is a bad one. i just think most people in america think of paul ryan as a conservative just as the chairman of the american conservative union does. representative paul ryan to me, i think the concept is right. it's only fair that the local brick-and-mortar retailer be treated the same as the big online sales company out of state. well, mr. chairman, lest you think that the chairman of the american conservative union and charles krauthammer and paul ryan are all on another planet somewhere, here are a few other conservatives who agree with him, art laffer, william f. buckley before he died wrote extensively about this, republican governors book mcdonald, chris christie, bill haslem, butch otter, rick snyder, mike pence, tom corbett. mr. president, this is common sense. this

steve hayes, charles lane, opinion writer for the "washington post," and charles krauthammer. >> the testimony from miller comes under the category of how stupid do you think we are? here is a guy who said that the irs openly discriminated against groups on the basis of their politics, but the action was not a political action. it was a stab at efficiency. you've got to be a fool to say that and you have to be an idiot to believe it. it's simply a contradiction in terms. it's a matter of definition. it isn't even a matter of fact. so he starts off way, way out there and then he obviously was withholding the truth when he went before the committee before and said, well, i answered the questions, but he concealed from them the fact that this was going on. he knew it was a deep concern. he said nothing. let me just add the last bit of news that we got. how this was released by the irs, this is peculiar. i'm not even sure i can understand why. but they decide the ig report will come out. they decide a week ago to plant a question in a closed meeting of the so that lois lerner answ