joining us is the editor in chief, larry o'connor and editor at large ben shapiro.law they have to share the same screen. one has to wear black and the other one has to wear a shirt without a tie. i don't know which one to go to first, but basically i am going to ask both of you what it was like to work with andrew who literally -- you know that stupid joke about something on meth? he is like crystal meth on crystal meth. he is a hard guy to pin down. >> he was a force of naff. you have really nailed it. by the way, he absolutely would have loved this show and he would have kicked your butts for the things you are saying. there was nothing like watching andrew when he woulds surf the giant wave of the news cycle like a champion surfer. he knew the media better than anyone else. his experience and the understanding of it, as you put it, greg, the circus, it was something to behold. it was like watching a master conductor with a symphony. >> he was an impressario, the way he could manipulate the media and throw a story out there. it is easy to -- the shear joy that wa

joining us is the editor in chief, larry o'connor and editor at large ben shapiro.law they have to share the same screen. one has to wear black and the other one has to wear a shirt without a tie. i don't know which one to go to first, but basically i am going to ask both of you what it was like to work with andrew who literally -- you know that stupid joke about something on meth? he is like crystal meth on crystal meth. he is a hard guy to pin down. >> he was a force of naff. you have really nailed it. by the way, he absolutely would have loved this show and he would have kicked your butts for the things you are saying. there was nothing like watching andrew when he woulds surf the giant wave of the news cycle like a champion surfer. he knew the media better than anyone else. his experience and the understanding of it, as you put it, greg, the circus, it was something to behold. it was like watching a master conductor with a symphony. >> he was an impressario, the way he could manipulate the media and throw a story out there. it is easy to -- the shear joy that wa

he attracted guys like ben shapiro and larry o'connor, guys who are going through a series of tapes of president obama at harvard. they will be -- we will come back in a week or two and show them here on the "hannity" show. >> one week, we will have the tapes? >> a week to 10 days. this is something, an driewrks we are very systematic about going through these things and what the information is. buts in one, you can see at c-pac, he was fired up. >> you were about to launch a new web site. >> here is the thing. i mean, this guy -- he's a fighter, in a time that we needed fighters, right? he came at a perfect time in the conservative movement. the sean hannity and the governor palins and the governorman bachmanns. he attracted fighters. we spent the last two years working on a web site -- >> you were scheduled to launch. >> he left the office, i think at 10:00 last night to have a quick bite to eat before going home. he was working 24 hours a day. >> there are horrible things being said about him. "rolling stone" was one. you were one of his closest friends. he did have a heart issue. >

but avery, would it be difficult to establish because she's also pursuing breitbart's aide, larry o'connorto testify as well or he at least will be challenge ed as well by she and her attorney. >> well, that depends on one thing. there is an appeal pending in the u.s. district court of appeals and it claims that the sherrod case is what's called a slap suit. that means it's phony, that it's just brought to make trouble, there really is no defamation. and that, both o'connor and breitbart's lawsuit was based on the freedom of press and freedom of speech, so it may never even get to trial if a three-judge panel in the district of columbia says it's a slap suit. if it does, she doesn't really have to show damages because it's defamation per se and it's district of columbia jurors. i've been there, i know what that's like. there's danger all around so we have to find out what happens in the court of appeals first. >> and people -- just to remind a lot of people, breitbart is accused of using and kind of distorting a video to represent sherri sherrod making her out to be a racist and that is at

. >> we're going to be hearing about larry o'connor a little later today, one of the people who worked for breitbart.com and bretbarttv and he's saying the work must go on. when he left, the 20 people that he left behind will still run it. >> right. they've been apparently working before this to relaunch all the web sites. that's going to happen this weekend plus they have some film projects and you'll hear a lot about some of the stuff they're work on in 10 days. >> in the meantime, president obama is back on the stump talking about his energy policies. and in the meantime, he is slamming big oil now for making a profit. so the question this morning that we have for you is do you think that there's anything wrong with big oil companies making a profit? let's listen to the president. >> i'm asking congress eliminate this oil industry give away right away. you can stand with oil companies or you can stand up for the american people. right now, $4 billion of your tax dollars, $4 billion, subsidizes the oil industry every year. these companies are making record profits right now. tens of