we turn to one of our favorite analysts, charles krauthammer. listen to what happened when senator cruz asked what he meant when he started accusing donald trump of having quote, new york values. >> the values in new york city are socially liberal, pro abortion, pro gay marriage, focused around money and the media. not too many yearsing ayes, donald did a long interview and explained his views on a host of issues that were very, very different from the views he's describing now. and his explanation, he said look, i'm from new york. i guess i can frame it another way. not a lot of conservatives come out of manhattan. i'm just saying. >> new york is a great place. got great people, loving people, wonderful people. when the world trade center came down, i saw something that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully, more humanely than new york. you have two -- we rebuilt downtown manhattan and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loves new york and loves new yorkers. and very to tell you that was a very insulting st

we turn to one of our favorite analysts, charles krauthammer.n to what happened when senator cruz asked what he meant when he started accusing donald trump of having quote, new york values. >> the values in new york city are socially liberal, pro abortion, pro gay marriage, focused around money and the media. not too many yearsing ayes, donald did a long interview and explained his views on a host of issues that were very, very different from the views he's describing now. and his explanation, he said look, i'm from new york. i guess i can frame it another way. not a lot of conservatives come out of manhattan. i'm just saying. >> new york is a great place. got great people, loving people, wonderful people. when the world trade center came down, i saw something that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully, more humanely than new york. you have two -- we rebuilt downtown manhattan and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loves new york and loves new yorkers. and very to tell you that was a very insulting statemen

we turn to one of our favorite analysts, charles krauthammer. listen to what happened when senator cruz asked what he meant when he started accusing donald trump of having quote, new york values. >> the values in new york city are socially liberal, pro abortion, pro gay marriage, focused around money and the media. not too many yearsing ayes, donald did a long interview and explained his views on a host of issues that were very, very different from the views he's describing now. and his explanation, he said look, i'm from new york. i guess i can frame it another way. not a lot of conservatives come out of manhattan. i'm just saying. >> new york is a great place. got great people, loving people, wonderful people. when the world trade center came down, i saw something that no place on earth could have handled more beautifully, more humanely than new york. you have two -- we rebuilt downtown manhattan and everybody in the world watched and everybody in the world loves new york and loves new yorkers. and very to tell you that was a very insulting st

talking point and charles krauthammer will analyze. >> she is a fire cracker. she is a real pistol. she is crazy. >> >> "saturday night live" mocking palin and trump. does this kind of exhibition have any effect on the voting public? >> how am i going to chop the head off the snake if i'm going to be running in the other correction? >> we do need bait. >> waters going to the everglades to hunt deadly pythons. [screams] >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone from southern california. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪ >>> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. reporting tonight from los angeles. thanks for watching us. conservatives versus trump that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. when a bunch of right leaning scribes hammered donald trump last week, some trump supporters were outraged. why? if you do support trump, you surely know his bombastic style and populist statements especially on immigration have angeredb many people. his groups have garnered him massive attention but also much loathing. there is absolutely nothing, nothing wrong at all with some conservat

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krauthammer is not one of those guys. >> he is a smart guy.e to project a year in advance a weak candidate which hillary is. she is not inevitable president. she is going to be a viable candidate but not inevitable president. no one knows what this guy is going to do. i argue he may have a harder time winning the republican nomination than he would winning the general election. >> let's state with the establishment horses. you have been around for a long time. you know this crew. all right. they don't want this man. >> because he is not one of them. they don't have any control over him. he has not been a former governor. he is not a senator. they don't know what kind of president he is going to be. traditionally they want someone that's a part their segment of society. >> krauthammer is not like that. >> well, he is one voice and i think he is probably making an honest judgment as karl is. >> sure, they are. >> it's about opinions. i worked for ronald reagan. ronald reagan in 1966 pat brown senior wanted to run against reagan because he could

joining us from washington charles krauthammer. so are they beyond repair? >> no not at all.t had a very bad seven years. we could argue we have had a bad 10 or 15 years since 9/11. but this a feckless presidency. and i think it's not so much anger that's behind the trump phenomenon. it's a sense of drift and decline. the anger actually is on the democratic side with the bernie sanders phenomenon quite remarkable. if you look at his numbers essentially equivalent to trump's on the other side about a third of the electorate. his anger is that we are beinggy swindled that the system is rigged and the rich are robbing you that's raw anger. socialists are generally angry. with trump it's different. what he is reacting to is that the country has become weak. the country has lost any respect for itself around the world. that it's adrift. look, we are in the middle of an epidemic of terrorism around the world. we have got the rise of isis. we now have iran, saudi arabia. gulf states. really high tension. what is our presidential president doing. he is at paris for a climate conferen

charles krauthammer, everybody. happy new year.d, senator marco rubio will join us. he and ted cruz are having a back and forth. later, watters confronts the force. >> see what you got. all right. you want to hit me with it? okay. [ laughter ] >> factor i3$(j coming right back. getting older shouldn't mean giving up all the things she loves to do. it should just mean, well, finding new ways to do them. right at home's professional team thoughtfully selects caregivers to provide help with personal care, housekeeping, and of course, meal preparation. oh, that smells so good. aw, and it tastes good, too. we can provide the right care, right at home. glad i could help you plan for your retirement. alright, kelly and promise me that you'll try that taco place on south street. and we have portfolio planning tools to help you manage your ira. yeah, you're old 401k give me your phone. the rollover consultants give you step-by-step help. no set-up fees. use your potion. sorry, not you. my pleasure. goodnight, tim. for all the confidence yo

charles krauthammer is with me now, charles, your thoughts. >> hello there. am ready for your question. i thought this was a very interesting evening because the absence, well, i don't say why. there was a very spirited debate, much more substantive than any other and there was almost none of the earlier debate. it did not having to do, i thought with the kind of personal level we heard before. i'll leave it to the viewers to figure out why. secondly, i thought it was interestingly the best night that jeb had in all of the debates and i might say he might have had the best night of the group in this debate. he was very strong. he had one moment where he kind of flipped back to marco rubio on the question of immigration. kind of a reversal. >> i had that. >> yes. >> we have that. >> yes. >> let's take a listen then we'll get your thoughts. >> yes. >> interesting that jeb mentions the book. that is the book where you changed your position on immigration. >> you used to support the path to citizenship. >> so did you, marco. >> when you led the charge with the ga

i would rather hear from krauthammer than you. >> i know that. >> he opened for dawkins earlier this year, let's go to krauthammer. >> people have to understand there's nothing high, he, more secret than an s.a.p. from some people i've talked to, this is worse than what snowden did. because he didn't have access to s.a.p. and that if this is compromised, this is so sensitive. that the reason and the reason it is, is that as a result, if it's compromised, people die. >> kg. >> this is, come on. he knows, this is, to me, this is such a double standard. such hypocrisy. she's getting a pass once again. there's some weird spell that the clintons put people under and it doesn't matter. three-strike offenders it doesn't matter, give them the pass. there should be serious consequences. how is it that now this person is going to be rewarded by potentially being president of the united states. of america, the greatest country in the world, commander-in-chief of our armed forces. it's bad enough what happened to benghazi. it's bad enough the influence-peddling with the clinton foundation. now t

but unlikely. >> all right, charles krauthammer, everybody.you as always, we appreciate it next on the rundown, sean penn trying to justify evil. his last interview with the drug king pin absolutely appalling. why does juan williams continue to defend hillary clinton? why? why is juan doing that? he is going to be here. i'm going to ask him to his face why? and mary katharine ham will weigh in as well. the factor is coming right back. 7 days ago, karen wasn't thinking about joining her daughter's yoga class. she was thinking about her joints. but now that she's taking osteo bi-flex, she's noticing a real difference in her joint comfort. with continued use, it supports increased flexibility over time. karen: "she's single." it also supports wonderfully high levels of humiliation in her daughter. karen: "she's a little bit shy." in just 7 days, your joint comfort can be your kid's discomfort. osteo bi-flex. you were made to move. so move. may not always be clear... but at t. rowe price, we can help guide your retirement savings. for over 75 year

but unlikely. >> all right, charles krauthammer, everybody.you as always, we appreciate it next on the rundown, sean penn trying to justify evil. his last interview with the drug king pin absolutely appalling. why does juan williams continue to defend hillary clinton? why? why is juan doing that? he is going to be here. i'm going to ask him to his face why? and mary katharine ham will weigh in as well. the factor is coming right back. marco rubio. he ran for senate saying he opposed amnesty... then he flipped, and worked with liberal chuck schumer to co-author the path to citizenship bill. he threatened to vote against it. and then voted for it. he supported his own dream act and then he abandoned it. marco rubio. just another washington politician you can't trust. jeb bush. he's a leader, so you always know where he stands. right to rise usa is responsible for the content of this message. >>> impact segment tonight. sympathy for the devil. rolling stone magazine has published an interview with joaquin el chapo guzman, the escaped and now reca

krauthammer says "..but, i think as of now, i think he's doing what he wants which is to make him the center of all attention all the time." on cam tag and look, this could have an impact on the ratings of this debate as well because donald trump has been a some of those on the other hand, of people watching to see if trump at the last minute. doug luzader, fox news. frank vert mon still to come snow and a warmup forecast catherine is tracking it in 2 minutes. plus... we are thinking spring this morning at the krohn's new floral show we'll take you inside the flowers... after the break a quiet and dry morning but cold with temps in the low 20s. then a sun and cloud mix today with high of 34 degrees. tonight we remain dry with clouds on the increase thursday afternoon and high of 39 degrees. there is a slight chance of some passing snow showers thursday scattered and the chance will taper during the overnight. then a high of 38 degrees on friday. the warm up arrives on saturday with partly cloudy skies and high of 52 degrees. sunday is dry for the first part of the day with rain shower

krauthammer says "..but, i think as of now, i think he's doing what he wants which is to make him the center of all attention all the time." and look, this could have an impact on the ratings of this debate as well because donald trump has been a big driver behind some of those ratings. on the other hand, there may be a lot of people watching to see if trump decides to show up at the last minute. in washington, doug luzader, fox news.>> jeb bush was back in nevada trying to revive his fading presidential hopes. bush held a campaign rally in elko... that's fertile ground for the republicans and bush needs every vote he can get... the rally was held at the northeastern nevada museum. bernie sanders is closing in on hillary clinton in the iowa polls. rocking bernie sanders gear. a man at a rally in des moines on tuesday wore this sweater... a company in vermont is selling briefs, with sander's face. they come in his and hers. and it doesn't stop there. the co-founder of ben and jerrys also feeling the bern. ben cohen has made his own flavor-- 'bernies yearning'. it's described as a mint

let's bring in syndicated columnist george will, mara liasson and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. >> i've never seen the president tear up like this. he's been emotional on the subject before, he's angry, he's frustrated. he's stood up after mass shooting after mass shooting asking congress what he would argue is fixing the holes in the background checks and he's failed. he asked his team to see what else he should do. this is going to clarify, this is pretty modest. it's going to clarify who is a gun seller and to make sure everybody is treated the same. whether you buy a gun at a store or the internet or at a gun show. >> you're using that word clarify. it does expand existing law, doesn't it? >> it expands the definition of a gun seller to include people who sell guns over the internet and on the face of it. why shouldn't somebody who buys guns on the internet face a background check. >> most are licensed now. george? >> except that if judge napolitano is right, he said he was effectively, the president was creating new crimes. again this is another usurpation of the article 1

anthropologist in a strange land certainly whether very conservatives to if you ever go to run into charles krauthammer or george will. so i said to myself why don't i try to talk to these guys and learn about a sign of america but i've never seen. and so over eight months i absorbed what i'm going to call the ideology of the class. i had gone into confinement with having seen the shawshank redemption and i thought these are all those that will profess that they are not guilty. but what i found out is that most of them have a somewhat different and more interesting view. their view is we are guilty, we did do it, but we are the small fry. the big criminals are out of their. of the. the story about alexander the great and the pirate. they had the man summoned before him and said where did you get this crazy idea of taking people's stuff. your conquest is on a much larger scale. the politics have been part of all my life was not so different from the world of the robbers and racketeers but it was disguised as their board was obvious to see a. of the american founding. it's the view of the criminal class

i want to play charles krauthammer who signed a similar tune last evening in more detail.. >> you got to ask yourself this is it, this is what he is spending a week on, we are in the middle of a meltdown in the middle east, terrorism all over the world, shutdown of capitals in europe, attacks in the united states and the president's answer is gun-control. martha: are they right? >> yes. i think paul ryan is largely correct and charles krauthammer is so often the case hits the nail on the head. what we are seeing is a president of the united states in his final year of his term and he is increasingly recognizing his ideological obsessions and his legacy fixations do not a line with the priorities of the american people and so what we are seeing especially in the second term of this president is a string and the parade of executive actions and unilateral decisions by the president cloaked in all sorts of emotional rhetoric which casts barack obama as morally virtuous and his opponents as essentially bad people. so unbecoming to watch. unfortunately i feel we haven't seen the

deirdre: julie, i want you to listen to charles krauthammer. he said something you did as well. it'sb all about the strategy and a move to remain the center of attention. >> the genius of a reality tv show is that it has to be constantly changing. you can't have the same story line week after week or the show dies. he kept his going for 14 years. he keeps changing the story. when he makes taken outrageous statement and he's waiting for incoming, he makes another outrageous statement so all the attention is focused on the second. he used that brilliantly for six months to maneuver himself at the top. deirdre: we just had art laffer on who said president reagan did the same thing and turned out to be a great president. is this a strategic move? julie: what art forgot to mention is reagan lost the iowa caucuses. george bush beat him in iowa. that's just an historical tidbit art didn't talk about. trump's campaign is predicated on the fact that he's a winner. what happens if he does loss iowa as reagan did after boycotting a debate? he becomes a loser as he himself would call it. he

tucker carlson, marah liasson, and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. tucker, let's start with the emails and this democratic rate. -- race. >> this is it. this is the smoking gun. this was not by news outlet but professional investigator who works for obama executive branch it shows dozens of the very most secret possible data points in the u.s. government wound up on unsecured server with the u.s. intelligence server believe was penetrated by foreign intelligence services. i spoke to someone right before the show who has been covering this said if this were a member of the uniform military or cia operations they would be in jail right now. it's impossible to talk her way out of this. i think this is a pivot point in the democratic rate. race. >> marah, can we clearly sea now say now what she said they beginning of this controversy was not true about the classified emails? she said there was never classified information on her private server. now we have an inspector general saying yes, there was and it was pretty high level classified information. we

. >> sharpening elbows on the panel steve hayes, charles krauthammer, thank you.is it for the panel, stay tuned to?mmçiwç'k hear aa new way you can be involved with contenders and it allows you, the voters, to see which candidate you most agree or disagree with and it's right there on the app. you will be asked'morp to rate several series of anonymous quotes from the candidates on how much you agree with their statements. afterwards it will show you1yplç who said each statement and who you sided with or against. every wednesday here with the panel we will highlight how the nation voted on this week's topic, which candidate you seem to agree and disagree with most. and it's right there, easy to get. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for this "special report," fair, balanced and still unafraid. greta goes "on the record" right now from washington. we leave you tonight from des moines. >> it is wednesday, january 27th. donald trump is out. the republican presidential frontrunner bowing out of the fox news debate. >> i am going to have somethi

editor in chief, of "life set" laura ingram and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles? >> this is reminder that history has not been kind to that proposition. north korea has been sort of fiddling with one american administration after another starting way back really with the george h.w. bush administration, which was the one that withdrew the u.s. nuclear weapons from south korea in an effort to win some kind of reciprocity from the north in the first place. and president obama has treated the problem i think with what could be called benign neglect. basically staying away from and hoping it would all go away or that china would somehow take care of it. now we're stuck with this. it doesn't sound like they actually exploded a hydrogen bomb. we don't know, but the evidence that's coming out makes me skeptical. what's revealing here is they think it is in their interests to claim that they're doing so. and they obviously are trying to see what the reaction of the various players in the region will be and then how they can use exploit that reaction to play these countrie

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. >> mara liasson and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer.hat about this back and forth on establishment. >> dole has a point. cruz is going to have i think a tougher time in a general election. than trump. and here's why. cruz is playing by regular political rules. conventional political rules. he's a hard right conservative and based on those rules. it's going to be very hard for him to tack to the middle and i think he potentially will have great losses in a general election. donald trump has been an incredible at rebranding himself, right? we watched him doing it during the primary season. he has ties to the clintons, who once supported single payer health care and he gets away with completely rebranding himself. because he's the entertainer. and i can imagine him in a general election, rebranding himself once again and then he's going to become the i'm the guy who can negotiate. i'm the guy who can get things done. i'm git had can reach across the table, i've done it before. i think he will have a better go at it in the general election,

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and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. >> we thought the race couldn't get any crazier and the race is getting crazier. sarah palin offered her endorsement to donald trump. promising donald trump will be the person to end crony capitalism. within 24 hours of donald trump coming out in strong favor of ethanol of the renewable fuel standards and ethanol subsidies. that just i think typifies exactly what kind of a race we've had and frankly the confusion inside the trump campaign. think it's been a tough couple of days for ted cruz. i think stands up well particularly in the face of these attacks from the ethanol industry in iowa. that makes cruz look good. he's willing to stand up and say, you're not going to fl influence me. i believe what i believe. >> i have had two separate conversations with republicans in iowa, who said those attacks from the ethanol lobby on cruz in effect will help him more than hurt him. but still i think the trump attacks have had an effect on cruz and the fact this these guys are going at each other. >> what about david, the cruz line that the establis

i'm talking on krauthammer. >> those guys -- >> must be nice. >> i think the republican establishment liar the governor of iowa, be charles grassley. those guys are all, it looks to me. they might as well come out and endorse trump. >> i disagree. i think it is unfair to say that about governor branson. he was saying don't vote for cruz. but he was not saying, therefore, not to vote for trump. i think that marco rubio has a lot of appeal amongst a lot of republicans. i think you will see him. >> what a -- that is the most crony capitalistic thing could you ever do. >> you're a man of your word. you're honest. >> ethanol subsidies. >> final thought? >> iowa, iowa pork queen. here i come. >> how could you not at least see that there is a lot more that interest by people who haven't necessarily been political prior to this? you're seeing it. >> they're definitely new voters. >> the question is, do they come out? that's what the poll difference is. >> why would they not? >> people are saying, this trump thing is a phenomenon but they won't show up. >> they waited for hours to see him at r

today" and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. >> the major trump collapse is happening.was at 39 last month and he's 34 today. there's no trump collapse. he has an incredible lead over ted cruz. the fact that he can sustain the lead and has sustained it for six months i think is a credit to his candidacy. we'll see how long it lasts now that he and ted cruz are fully engaged. one of the most remarkable things about this election so far, and we talked about this the other night. is that donald trump really hasn't been hit on the air waves at all. there's been virtually no republican paid media campaign against donald trump. either attacking him on his positions, views or ideology or character. it appears that's beginning now. >> today rush limbaugh was talking about this battle between one and two. donald trump and ted cruz. and here's what he had to say. >> it is fair to say that hillary clinton is the candidate of the democratic establishment. all right. every other day -- >> obviously that was not rush limbaugh. that was bernie sanders. tell me when we have rush limbau

host: you have charles krauthammer, george will, michael gersen. do people not recognize that or not want to? marty baron: you would have to ask them if they do not recognize it or do not want to. i don't know. i'm not in charge of the editorial page, to be clear. we have a wide variety of voices on the far-left to the far-right. it should be.y to listen reporters to a wide variety of voices. dave wigle has done a tremendous job of listening to people and try to understand why they support what they support. and recall go back when i first mentioned, you leaving lehigh, going to los angeles times. first, you want to the miami herald. what were you doing there? marty baron: i was a reporter in a small town of 12,000 people. martin county only had 50,000. we were responsible for producing news and features six out of seven days of the week and sometimes we had to struggle to find a story in a place that did not have that much going on. when they made a movie theater, it was big news stop i worked there for nine months and i was reassigned to a bigger

charles krauthammer weighs in on the impact it could have. >>> this will not hurt him a bit among hisre followers. as far as they are concerned he could take off all of his clothes and rundown broadway tomorrow they would say look, it shows he's not politically correct. this won't move the needle with them at all. my question is whether it is a smart move by the voters in iowa who may be looking at this and expecting to see him in the debate and perhaps those who are undecided and there are some number of those are hoping to get a better sense of him and of the other candidates. if he doesn't show up i don't know how well this will go down with him. it is impossible to say. >> the genius of a reality tv show is that it has to be constantly changing. you can't have the same story line week after week when the show dies. he kept his going for 14 years. he keeps changing the story. when he makes an outrageous statement and he's waiting for incoming. he makes another outrageous statement so that all of the attention is focused on the second. he is used that i think again brilliantly for s

ron fournier of the "national journal" and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. >> i think the world may be a hypochondriac in this case. international trade is about 23% of the u.s. gdp. of that 23%, only 16% is trade with china. as an interesting echo in the american presidential contest. because the leader for the republican nomination has for six months been telling the american people they should live in fear and trepidation about the strength of china. now the weakness of china seems to be preoccupying us. and mr. trump with his unerring sense of how to make matters worse has said today what we need is a 45% tariff on imports from china. which would not only raise the cost of living for americans, but would certainly deepen the slowdown in china this is all very reminiscent of the late 1980s when we were told japan was at the wheel of the world, we were just going to be passengers in japan's world from now on. since then japan has had decades of stagnation. it's not clear that the china phobia that we've been urged to have looks quite so scary as it used to. >> yeah, china has

tucker carlson, charles lamb, and charles krauthammer.about that explanation over the weekend? >> greatest explanation ever. first of all turning something into nonpaper. i hope she doesn't tell somebody to turn me into a nonpaper. it's not true because that's not the way i do it. it's basically their explanation for the catherine harris story on the fbi. can't be true and isn't. they are telling this out loud because they want donors to hear it. there are a lot of democratic donors that are concerned. they don't want an fbi investigation hanging over them with no budget or time constraints. it's really, really troubling, obviously. but it also suggest as very high level of denial when she says that you get the sense she believes it and this is of a piece with a lot of other evidence we have. that's not what i want reality to be and therefore it isn't. >> let's be clear. the investigation, the problem is the server, not any specific e-mail. but the server in general to begin with. the fbi is continuing its investigation. the real circumst

and charles krauthammer. first in des moines, ron, the intrigue.'t know what the percentage is that he'll come but we're prepared. >> donald trump is like trying to nail jello to the wall. we know as he big on the, a selfist and a thin skinned candidate. >> i'm pretty sure he won't come now. >> i'll not a moderator but i'll tell but megyn kelly. i came out of ap. don't want to be part of the story. the question she asked that has led to all this. it was a perfectly reasonable hard hitting question. the kimes of question you want your presidents asks. she made a presidential candidate eat his words. that's her job and the baby couldn't handle it. >> i don't think this has as much to do with megyn's kelly actual question as it does with donald trump's interest in generating excitement and enthusiasm or questions about his candidacy. that was five months ago. we're well beyond that. we've had that fight. i think it is interesting. i think we'll see it reflected on the stage where the candidates who do show up if he does not, will do their best to appe

charles krauthammer. >> we're in the middle of elite terrorism all over the world, shutting down capitols in europe, attacks here in the united states and the president's answer is gun control? that is the reason the country and the world is in trouble? we have a president who is not asleep at the wheel, he's not at the wheel, he's somewhere else. >> joining me now, general michael smith, serving as the director of intelligence agency under president obama from 2012-014 and served at the united states central command, general, great to see you. >> thank you for having me. >> the white house saying this is the lack of leadership. and to hear them tell it, it's all rosie. >> yes. i mean, just watching your lead in saying what is going on, i think that a couple things, and i'll be brief. the importance of this next national election is huge because whoever is the president of the united states is going to deal with an absolute mess on their hands. it's going to last their entire presidency. when there is a void of u.s. he'dership around the world and i've seen this in many stages, it will be

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and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. >> this is sort of an old habit for the president, executiven, jam it down congress's throat. he's not going back. >> essentially the president wants to disarm law-abiding residents in the name of making the country safer. it's a an surd strategy, he uses these tragedies to push gun regulations that would not have prevented the tragedy in the first place, the recent shootings, like san bernardino. the guns were purchased legally. he continues down this road. plus, ed, san bernardino was a terror attack. inspired by isis. the response to san bernardino is to defeat isis, not push for more gun control. >> i want to get to karen. jason as a conservative why not go with the low-hanging fruit and do some of the gun control measures that are smaller, that are not sweeping and that have wiped support in the country? >> there was some evidence that gun control controlled the supply of guns out there, i would be with you. but we have no such evidence. i think he's doing this because it plays well with his base, it's a good fundraising opportunity for th

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and right at the beginning of the book i quote a conservative charles krauthammer who says you can choose your reagan. because i think one of the ways in which conservatives can hold ronald reagan up is -- there's different kinds of conservatives, remember different reagans. a lot of the tea party conservatives remember the movement reagan. at the beginning i quote chris mcdaniel, that right-wing candidate down in mississippi who remembers this really hard-line reagan. and then i quote governor haley barbour who remembers ronald reagan as a very flexible guy. purity is the enemy of victory says hailey barbour. but if you actually go back at that time, there were a lot of conservatives who were very critical of reagan, among other things for being too dovish. he committed those troops to lebanon. i was there at the time. it was a terrible mistake. but then he pulled them out. and he -- >> he said he wouldn't pull them out and then he pulled them out. >> which was the right thing to do. only it was too late. there were conservatives who criticized him for not sending troops down to central

talking point and charles krauthammer will analyze. >> she is a fire cracker. she is a real pistol." mocking palin and trump. does this kind of exhibition have any effect on the voting public? >> how am i going to chop the head off the snake if i'm going to be running in the other correction? >> we do need

talking point and charles krauthammer will analyze. >> she is a fire cracker. she is a real pistol.turday night live" mocking palin and trump. does this kind of exhibition have any effect on the voting public? >> how am i going to chop the head off the snake if i'm going to be running in the other correction? >> we do need

of "meet the press" and author of the book "how's your faith" and syndicated columnist charles krauthammerat about this? >> i would be shocked if what jen psaki just said actually holds through the president's speech. it's inconceivable that the president of the united states would have ten u.s. sailors detained by a hostile powers and not address it if only to give us an update. maybe he'll have news, provide assurances that the united states is expecting their profit and safe return. certainly what we've seen from the administration differs from what we've seen coming out of iran's state news media you have the administration saying that this detention was not a hostile act. that's what they were reporting, that's what they were briefing reporters on background. telling them that the detention of sailors was not ann a hostile act. you have the news agency saying the united states was trespassing illegally. that the americans are under arrest. being detained. you have the administration now saying we can't really respect their prompt return because it's the middle of the night in iran. as

steve hayes, senior writer for the "weekly standard," amy walter and syndicated columnist, charles krauthammer>> post debate. >> donald trump came prepared for that question, he did it particularly well and continues to hit it well. think what ted cruz was looking for were other people to help pile on to the new york issue. which is to go after donald trump, for his statements that he's made in the past. pretty liberal statements, the position that he's taken. the relationship with the clintons, waiting for the cavalry to come in and they haven't and he's been hanging out. and allowing donald trump to once again seize the moment and sort of insulate himself from attacks from past statements and past positions. >> i mean, the 9/11 card, it ends a lot of discussions, but in iowa, you know, the new york values thing, does that hit home? >> i don't think so, i thought trump's answer on that was really terrific. he was understated. he was unemotional. in some ways, the anti-trump, right? but i thought it was a very good answer. i thought cruz in general was terrific last night and particularly on t

expect on monday night, joining me from across town is editor and chief laura ingraham and charles krauthammer is your sense of the race? >> the momentum seems to be in my mind still with bernie sanders although hillary clinton seems to have shored up support the last few days. you get the sense that some of the caution that iowa veters known for could be helping hillary clinton. on the opposite side, here in des moines which is not that representative, it is more liberal than obviously other parts of the state, people are coming up to me, since i arrived it a lot of rubio supporters and i am thing is there a possibility that rub coe could do something really surprising in iowa? the polls do not indicate that. but the mood and comments. will that rick people the wrong way? we don't know, but he has an amazing operation, the cruz crew ready to go and they are bringing in the almighty to help them they have to win this. >> there were mailers from the cruz campaign and the rubio campaign under some controversy. charles, let me ask you, laura make as great important about the split of the you stat