you have yours pico and colm has suzanne james and mark for example. this is not just getting the facts straight or even getting the story coherent. is a much deeper kind of commitment. evened their bare rises more specifically this whole mystery of influence with or without anxiety or agony. julius to return. >> there are two different thoughts going on in relation to what you are talking about. and your relationship with the subject. obviously i think that anybody who starts to do a biography of somebody and you learn about their inner selves and their outer selves and you think of yourselves as a person. i have a sort of interesting horrible experience having to found a bag of diaries that i wrote in the 80s. when i was in my 30s and it was horrifying because as i read through these things i thought wow if anybody ever found these they would think i was the most depressed semisuicidal terrible person that ever existed. i sounded so disgusting that i hated myself. the narcissism. and i don't think that was the person that i portrayed to the world. i

colmes, i'm not going to argue with you on this the facts are with me. whether you have a country of 320 million where 50% of the households have someone receiving some government assistance. >> many of them are reference veterans. many of them have paid into the system. social security. >> bill: colmes, it doesn't matter who they are, the nanny state provides some of the provisions are absolutely necessary and some are optional. whether you have more than half of the homes now dependent on the state for their largess you have a nanny state. >> you have to break it down entitlements paying into. >> benefits for serving. >> do you see anyone on the horizon in the traditional realm that can become a leader and galvanize traditional forces in this country? anyone? >> i think there are young conservative leaders like marco unionio. >> he will be on tomorrow night on the program. >> scott walker in wisconsin who are willing not just to talk about conservative economic principles but traditional values. >> take for them to rise. because the media will try to p

your turn colm -- colm toibin about the boy games and the girl games and the gender games and this whole landscape of biography. >> bad like to say two things about. lady gregory i wrote a short book about lady gregory who is worn and 1864. i'm sorry 1852 and died in -- she is perhaps best known living in the shadow and being the founder of the theater of wb yeats. every time she mentioned it is in terms to her relationship to others whom she helped. my book is called lady gregory's toothbrush. an unfortunate letter. her handwriting was dreadful. she is very rich and rich people tended to have very bad handwriting i found. she said it was about the riots in the abbey theatre and the people are writing again at the new play. it's the old battle is and is between those of us who use a toothbrush and those who don't. [laughter] the interesting thing i think if you are writing about anyone especially if you're writing about of women born sometime before the 20th century is to look at the struggle. look at the amount of self -- that she was offered and the first 40 years she was so dutiful an

colmes, crowley thank you very much. plenty amore as the factor. some immigration agents suing their employer obama administration for not enforcing the law. is it legal tonel aize? also ahead krauthammer on president obama's immigration vision. that should be interesting. we hope you stay tuned to those reports. >> bill: unbelievable proposed new law here in new york city. by a vote of 44 to 4 the new york city coup sill passed a measure that would allow unemployed people to sue if they don't get jobs for which they apply. they could sue the company. here now to explain the inexplicable. fox business anchor john stossel. are you kidding me stossel? that means any unemployed person who goes in for job interview with news corps or any corporation. they don't get the job could file a lawsuit in new york city. why would any corporation even give any unemployment person an interview? >> because they can sue you if you refuse to give them an interview. >> but, you don't have to basically that would be imhoble to prove. companies schedule interviews. the

pico iyer, julie salamon, colm toibin, rosalind brackenbury. i think you all to this panel. >> coming up next, at the key west literary seminar, trent eight talks about his book, "the novelistic essay & the essayistic novel." >> hello, i feel that it is great being here with other writers. so many writers here are so tall. will ferrell, i don't know. [laughter] i feel really pleased that i usually do. the fact that i managed to get here and sneak in on this kind of biographers thing. without having written a biography. it's one of the great things. today i'm going to move slightly to one side of the biography issue and talk about a related thing. and i hope you have that hand out which i hope exceeded and grabbing your attention. i would like to frame this talk about the essay and the novel and the supposed compatibility or incompatibility between the two with a few quotations from different people. that is one of the great things about the essay form. he put in quotes to show how clever you are. especially when you narrow it down. i'm actually

colmes, crowley thank you very much. plenty amore as the factor.e immigration agents suing their employer obama administration for not enforcing the law. is it legal tonel aize? also ahead krauthammer on president obama's immigration vision. that should be interesting. we hope you stay tuned to those reports. ♪ [ male announcer ] to hold a patent that has changed the modern world... would define you as an innovator. to hold more than one patent of this caliber... would define you as a true leader. ♪ to hold over 80,000... well, that would make you... the creators of the 2013 mercedes-benz e-class... quite possibly the most advanced luxury sedan ever. see your authorized mercedes-benz dealer for exceptional offers through mercedes-benz financial services. for exceptional offers ♪ fare thee well ♪ farewell ♪ mr. gloom be on your way ♪ ♪ though you haven't any money you can still be bright and sunny ♪ ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah >> bill: unbelievable proposed new law here in new york city. by a vote of 44 to 4 the new york city coup

crawl and colmes will get into that. and we hope you stay tuned to those reports. >> bill: is it legal segment tonight, today marks the 40th anniversary of roe v. wade legalizing abortion in the u.s.a. now there is an expansion of abortion rights going on here in new york state. here to tell us all about it is are kimberly guilfoyle and lis wiehl what is the expansion. >> if a woman in her third try nester she can only get abortion if her life is in danger. what this act would do is make that she could get an abortion in third trimester if her health is in danger. >> it's objective there are no standards that say if there is a condition that is irreverse tillable cybil? >> it's just health but a doctor has to say under his or her good judgment. that's medical term. no judgment what metheny's. >> you can and this is going to be a broad expansion because right now is criminalized to receive an abortion. >> i think it's 24 weeks. that is an -- andrew cuomo the governor doesn't want any criminal deal. isn't this contactually

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alan colmes, host of alan colmes radio show, tucker carlson editor of "the daily caller" and fox newsributor. great to have you both on. >> happy new year. bill: happy new year to both of you. i don't know, tucker, i guess if you thought this fiscal deal was a big matter, buckle up. >> well the president says he won't debate it. he will debate it. this will be a debate. nobody argues a debate over the fiscal cliff is the best way to cut spending but there is no other way. it is not a republican talking point to say the debt is out of the control. at end of the bush administration the debt equaled 65% of the gdp we're now over 115% of gdp our debt is bigger --. bill: that is double. >> so using this debate as he have leverage not to not pay our bills, that is talking point that is false thing the president said, but to curtail future spending is really the only option. the ps has shown no willness seriousness to cut significant spending period. bill: alan, what do you think about that. >> there congress, if they really cared about the debt and really cared about the financial security

alcan combs -- alan colmes, host of the "alan colmes radio show". good morning. big day in america.ve you both with us. you heard david plouffe's remarks. you worked for president george w. bush. is there common ground that needs to be sought on this issue in this country, do you think? >> i think there can be. look, i have two daughters who are the exact same age as the kids who died in newtown. there are a lot of things the republicans can support like the president announced. better gun owner and safety education and mental health support and helping develop emergency responses and the rest but when the president goes to gun control i think the public support and bipartisan support drops dramatically. there is a fox news poll shows only 22% of americans believe more gun control would have actually stopped an incident in newtown where as 71% think the criminals will get guns anyway. the 71% are right. there sim peer call evidence that shows it. i think it is a mistake to go after gun control. >> criminals will always get guns. go ahead, i'm sorry. martha: go ahead, alan. >> crimin

martha: joined by alan colmes, host of the "alan colmes radio show" and tucker carlson, editor, dailyand fox news contributor. good to have you here. i'm kind of two minds about issue and you guys are probably of two minds as well. alan, what do you think, good move or not? >> i think it is a great move. these are kids that wrote to the president, doing it with their parents, with the permission of the their parents. senior bills, affect seniors, when george w. bush signed no child left behind there were children there. how is this any different than any other piece of legislation that affects a group that has particular interest and the group is present when the signing takes place? martha: yeah. >> or when the announcement takes place. martha: the children wrote letters to the president, tucker. and they have been asked to stand by him. they're having their voices heard in america. what is wrong with that? >> well, this is not, this is very serious, very adult and incredibly complicated issue and to bring children on stage is to engage in a kind of moral blackmail. if you're against

alan colmes host of the alan colmes radio show and author of thank the liberals for saving america.o he said we barely had enough time to scratch the surface of their complicated relationship. jim, assess what scratching they did? >> no scratching whatsoever, that is for sure. every journalist has to make a choice. if you want the interview you sometimes have to take the terms that the interviewee wants whether the termser explicit or implicit. when oprah winfrey be began to interview lance armstrong. was tough question, tough question, tough question, a tough interview at least the first half. steve croft has set himself up for puff tee interviews with the obama administration. it was quite striking. ron forneau of the national journal said the president and mrs. clinton were like an old married couple, happily sitting there and happily married. that is the kind of tone the whole thing set. jon: it was weird seeing the president on there beaming sometimes. >> i think it was a great send off for 2016. does it always have to be a gotcha interview? is that always the case in? is it ok

joining us now from los angeles leslie marshall if for alan colmes this evening here in the studio monicarowley. i thought some of these people would respond. if they really believe that the newspaper is doing the right thing and gun control is paramount, very important issue of the day and certainly all of the aforemention have had bloviated almost beyond belief, why wouldn't they step up. we didn't have them sitting where you are sitting, which is frightening, isn't it, monica? >> it's very scary. >> bill: we didn't ask them to do that we said give us a paper statement and tell us how you feel. >> too busy to do that. >> not only are all of them committed liberals and very outspoken. >> bill: yes. >> most of them have been on the record in the past and even most recently after the newtown shooting being on the record as supporting stricter gun control laws. >> bill: ravel narrowed will come to your house if you ask him to. >> yes. >> bill: he will will if you give him a snack. >> to the opening of an nfl he will envelope and he will come. >> bill: if you are wyoming promise a snack -- >

there is a massive hidden cost to a lot of these regulations in the form of job losses, increased colmes of consumer goods and a lot of times those real life consequences get lost in the shuffle. >> and by the way. anyone can submit a comment and weigh in on the proposed regulations. just go to regulations.gov. jon? >> jon: shannon bream, thank you. >> um-huh. >> jon: new signs the obama administration may have gone after terror suspects abroad without rights to due process. it's a very controversial case and many details are still stop secret. fox news has learned authorities arrested three suspects last year in the small african nation of gentleman beauty. u.s. agencies agents say the men may have ties to operation in somalia. the lawyers spent months in jail without knowing the charges against them. now they are facing trial here in the united states. catherine herridge is live in d.c. for us. catherine, what else do we know about these suspects? >> well, jon, the men are alleged members of the somali terrorist group al shabaab. secret interrogations overseas only became public when d

joined by domes combs host of the alan colmes radio show.rad blakeman, former deputy assistant to george w. bush. welcome, gentlemen. brad, let me start with you. these are questions that i think a lot of conservatives have wanted to ask of colin powell point-blank. how do you think it went? >> i don't think colin powell made the case that the republican part tear is intolerant. by the way if it's everything that he says we are, then why would you still call yourself a republican? and the general has done nothing to change the party from within. did he run for chairman of the party? no. did he run for office? did he join the platform committee? was he even a delegate to the convention? did he attend. no. he voted twice for democrats. the question rhetorically is when does a republican cease being a republican it's when you act like general powell you make accusations with no back up, you taint the party, you call yourself a republican. martha: he says he's a nixon-reagan republican and he feels the party has left him. >> this guy has had a s

jackie colmes. >> mr.yeah. >> i like to ask you, now that you reached the end of your first term, starting your second, about a couple of critsims. one longstanding, another more recent. the longstanding one seems to become a truism of sorts that you and your staff are too insular. that you don't socialize enough. and the second, more recent criticism that your team taking shape knit diverse, isn't as diverse as it could be or even was in terms of getting additional voices, gender, race, ethnic diversity. i would like you to address both of those. >> let me take the second one first. you know, i'm very proud in the first four years we had as diverse, if not more diverse a white house and a cabinet than any in history. and i intend to continue that. because turns out when you look for the very best people, given the diversity of this country, you will end up with a diverse staff and diverse team. that very diversity helps create more effective policy making and better decision making for me because it bring

according to dana colmes, federal welfare spending expected to skyrocket 80 % over the next decade. stew varney is here. how did he come up with that calculation? >> that is government numbers used by republican members of the senate budget committee. it represents a whole new america. in fact, it represents a total reversal from the days of welfare reform in the mid-1990's. welfare has made an enormous come-back. there are no plans to rein it in. it is going to go up by $11 trillion. spending on welfare up $11 trillion in the next ten years. that's astronomical. >>steve: is a portion of it a sign of the times because the economy is so bad and it is hard for people to find work and they need assistance? >> absolutely not. there has been a shift in the eligibility for welfare during the obama years. more people are getting heating assistance, cell phones. you name it, you can get more of it in the obama years. point is there is no plan to rein this in. the president is adamantly opposed to any spending cuts or any reining in of these run-away programs. >>gretchen: one in six american