there had been two prior assassination attempts on patton because patton wanted to fight the russianssaid to truman and fdr, "hey. these are your enemies. these guys aren't gonna pull back." and pat was absolutely right! so stalin wanted him out of the way and that's what we believe might have happened. the evidence is pretty compelling. >> seth: and stalin was driving the truck? >> stalin was in the back seat. [ laughter ] >> seth: the back seat? >> yeah. >> seth: he was in the back seat? >> yeah, he was in the back seat. >> seth: yeah, i got it. you actually have a great -- you have a great story about stalin. you have a story about stalin and christmas which is -- i did not know. >> what we try to do in this book is, it's not just about general patton, it's about world war ii the last five months which is the most brutal time in the history of the world. people were just dying and brutality and everything. stalin was a monster. and he was in moscow, a total dictator, just like hitler, same deal. kills anybody he wants. death camps, all of this. and the communists rejected christmas

o'reilly, i bought three sets of your books, killing patton and killing jesus and gave two pattons to that's very nice of you. killing patton's the number one hardback book in america even outselling grisham and patt patterson. we thank everybody who supported killing patton. "the factor" tip of the day commercializing christmas, here's the bad news. santa con, an annual display of debauchery in new york city where people dress as santa pub crawl and get blasted out of their minds. that happened over the weekend. no reason for this just a bunch of pinheads raising hell and defaming santa. here's a better christmas story. you hear a lot about commercialism and people dwelling on material things to celebrate the birth of jesus. commercialism is not a bad thing. giving other people gifts is a positive, makes them happy. jesus might like that. although i can't speak for him. also, spending money helps the american economy, which in turn helps the american worker. that's a positive. so the next time you hear someone bemoaning all the commercials, tell them there is an upside if you don't o

, george patton. patton was in command of the third army and knew that the third army had to trudge through the snow and cold to somehow relieve the siege of bass tony, a town in belgium which was holding up the german advance and if he captured bass doan, he was stop the germans all together. he tried to figure out how to do it because the weather was terrible. he went to a chapel in luxembourg on the edge of the border between belgium and luxembourg medieval chapel. he was not roman catholic. he was an episcopalian, but he knelt at the chapel and prayed to god as if god were a superior general and said, god, i need your help. i need good weather to kill germans. i need good weather in order to have the bombers fly again so we can beat the germans. and he got up from his prayer. it was overheard by his aides who were with him. so it was not anything i made up or anybody else made up. and they went back to war. they broke the siege of bass tone. the sun came out and the bombers flew and patton was the

patton was not and it might have gotten him killed.da, just bought killing patton using my nice billoreilly.com premium member discount. i also got 50% off killing kennedy. you are a smart guy, gary. that deal is amazing. it really is. i know i say this a lot, but boy what a good deal that is. i want everybody to check it out. because you can give a lot of gifts that way and save yourself a ton of dough. steve, salinas, california. o'reilly, enjoyed seeing you and miller in las vegas so much i bought tickets for the show in san jose. glad you bought them, steve, the san jose is sold out, so is boston. so is san antonio. there are tickets for dallas on saturday march 14th, saturday april 11th and westbury, long island at the music fair saturday may 2nd. tickets make outstanding christmas gifts. check it all out on billoreilly.c billoreilly.com. link you right to the box office. >>> "the factor" tip of the day, there are 24 days before christmas. and lots to do. so here are the essentials. number one, always say merry christmas to your c

killing patton explains what happened in great detail, vince.ned in that battle is relevant regarding the war on terror today. sergeant patrick kelly, kansas city, missouri, russell simmons absolutely knows that blagojevich drug gangs are a direct cause of much of the devastation in the, as we in the kansas city police department know well. perhaps he won't admit that his hip hop industry is extremely popular in those neighborhoods. bill, problem is not young black males committing violent acts, the problem is they go to prison for them. not fair, he believes violent criminals should be incarcerated but does not believe trafficking and hard drugs is violent. i told him he's desperately wrong and i stand by that statement. tampa, florida, i agree that russell is a standup guy for debating you, o'reilly. dr. steve albert, scottsdale, arizona, o'reilly, nther you nor miller will be described as mawkish. looking forward to seeing you guys in new mexico for the don't be a pinhead show. should be a blast, doc. dallas, saturday march 14th verizon theat

but quentin patton fumbles the football. one of three turnovers by san francisco. san diego marched right down on the field and set up novak to win it. the chargers and the 49ers, their fourth straight loss. >> i thought it was over. san diego kept fighting. and they go our way. they made plays when they have to make plays. >> not much to say other than keep fighting. get our last regular season win. that will be the goal. but it's a tough one. everybody feels it. >> so jim harbaugh could have just one game left. a poll on kpix.com show 67% wants jim harbaugh to stay. a decision on his future will not come until after the season which is next week. >> that had a range of emotion. >> never seen the 49ers play a game like that. it was a microcosm of their entire season. >> when you sea decision at the end of the season, do you mean within 24 hours after the end of the season or a few weeks or what? >> the speculation is they want to work out a trade. jim harbaugh want has a another year on the contract. speculation is it is going to happen. >> thank you dennis. >>> w

people don't know the story of the young george patton. to me, it is much more interesting than his later stuff. i would have to say patton and custer are very similar guys. >> there's this old thing when it comes to the courtroom they say custer had it coming, which a lot a tribute to the think the arrogance and like his, he didn't have the preparation for the battle. is tactical skills out on the plains were probably only a third of what they were in a typical force on force. do you think that when he went out on the plains, he was doomed because eventually his missteps that this would happen sooner or later? >> not necessarily. he could have survived little bighorn right up until the end is when he made that last move. that was the problem. when he put his battalion out of any kind of realistic support. it instead of going north he had gone south back up the way he came, instead of being like four miles a way, he was maybe two miles away, or even if you've been tracking more closely what is other battalions were doing, that was his fail

and patton was the hero of the battle of the bulge. one never knows how something is going to turn into a christmas book. and this is something that continued for me. i wrote a fifth look about a -- fifth book about a wartime christmas because i had written an earlier one about pearl harbor. i don't know if bob has it on the shelf. "long day's journey into war." "long day's journey into war" was an experiment on my part. i wanted to write about every hour of december 7, 1941, becausehe world, franklin roosevelt, who i was writing about at the time, said in his declaration to congress december 11, 1941, is a date that will live in infamy. he did not say day. he said date. people confuse the two regularly. i wanted to deal with the date. it becomes december 7 or any other date on the west side of the international date line. that is where the day begins. it is just east of new zealand that the day begins. i began where december 7 began, and i covered every hour. it was december 7 until december 7 ended west of hawaii, west of pearl harbo

i have a book on world war ii, killing patton. bad things happen in war. ar the germans mass kerd americans during the battle of the bulk, u.s. troops shot and killed germans were their hands up to surrender. that was wrong. the u.s. command overlooked it, understanding tremendous emotions involved. it is the same thing with coerced interrogation. but opinion lines are drawn on ideology. listen to this exchange between nbc news anchor brian williams and former cia chief michael hayden. >> what if you, got forbid members of your family, had to undergo some of the treatments we are reading about in this report. can you personalize it in that way? >> i actually think, brian, that my concern or my outrage, if that were ever done to any of my family members, would be somewhat mooted if my family members killed 3,000 of my citizens. >> then there's president obama who doesn't really know what to do here as this sound bite makes clear. >> i don't think that you can know what it feels like to know that america has gone through the worst attack on the continental u

. >> what about killing patton? are you going to get that. >> though wrote that. >> a guy named bill o'reilly. >> oh, him. >> 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. america, the torture nation. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. ever since we were attacked on 9/11. there has been ongoing debate over how to fight the war on terror. there are some folks like me, who believe we must use harsh measures to defeat the jihadists who would slaughter us all if they could. there are others who say we must obey the geneva convention even we are fighting an enemy that does not fall under that treaty. then there is the definition of torture. some believe that subjecting a captive to loud noise or verbal threats is torture. so, it's useless too debate the issue because minds will not changed. enter a report by democrats on the senate intelligence committee it says that the cia tortured captured al qaeda s

i write about it in kill patton. stalin invaded own atheist holiday father frost.ot of frost in russia. anyway, along with the christmas deal. traditional americans have won a fierce battle to protect children. 46 states, 46 now have some semblance of jessica's law. tough mandatory prison sentences for child molesters. that's a big win. even though to their shame, idaho, illinois and vermont continue to ignore the issue. as far as the war on terror goes. the media went wild over the t the folks solidlyg coerced support the limited use of enhanced interrogation when it's necessary to protect american lives. americansy not persuaded by the anti-cia campaign. all the polls say that support for the u.s. military remains very high. support for less government is growing. as voters demonstrated last election day. in fact, the only place where traditionalists are not gaining momentum is on the social scene. gay marriage, a reality. legalizing drugs, a terrible idea. has some support. but unfettered abortion, not gaining ground. even among young people. so, if a traditiona

[inaudible] >> george patton? no doubt.george patton, similar west point experience, kind of communism as they say the statue of him at west point was returned to the library for a reason. [laughter] when you look at his early career starting in the mexican expedition where he did some heroics off-the-cuff things ended world war i. people don't know the story of the young george patton. to me, it is much more interesting than his later stuff. i would have to say patton and custer are very similar guys. >> there's this old thing when it comes to the courtroom they say custer had it coming, which a lot a tribute to the think the arrogance and like his, he didn't have the preparation for the battle. is tactical skills out on the plains were probably only a third of what they were in a typical force on force. do you think that when he went out on the plains, he was doomed because eventually his missteps that this would happen sooner or later? >> not necessarily. he could have survived little bighorn right up until the end is wh

o'reilly, thank you for sending me a free copy of killing patton for renewing my billoreilly.com premiumill, my wife demanded, demanded, that icrdñ take her te you and miller when you come to rio rancho. my marriage would be over if i did not so i have tickets. we'll see you and casandra on no better place to be than new mexico in the springtime. that's why i booked a showy there. i'm going to be running around. don't get scare first-degree d . tickets make great christmas and hanukkah gifts, but you got to go quickly. billoreilly.com has details. finally tonight's "the factor" tip of the day, next week marks battle of the bulge, which mark dugard and i write about in killing patton. 19,000 american soldiers killed in that battle alone. 50,000 wounded. more than 100,000 germans killed. now, a good place to learn about the battle of the bulge is the world war ii museum in new orleans. louisiana is a great place to visit, love the bayou country. and the big easy is a blast. stay away from bourbon street. that's gone downhill. but the rest of the town very interesting. all right. and then y

is there an audio version of "killing patton." yes. i'll send you patton for merry christmas.night, the tip of the day. according to a website called ranker, there are annoying people on tv and here are the worst offenders. nancy grace number one. al sharpon. piers morgan. donald trump. dr. phil mcgraw. oprah winfrey making the list. glenn beck and bill o'reilly at number ten. i think i should be number one. am i not unbelievably annoying? don't answer that. life is not always fair. i should be the most annoying person on television. fact, that's going to be my new year's resolution. i'm going to work to be more annoying. that's it for us tonight. please check out the fox news website. also, we would like to hear from you. name and town if you wish to opine. do not be loutish when writing to "the factor." all right. that's it. i got time to kill. i don't really have anything more to say and i don't want to be more annoying than i have been. thanks again for watching us tonight. please remember, spin stops here. we're definitely looking out for you. >>> breaking tonight, awaiti

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patton was in command of the third army and new the third army had to charge -- trudge through the snow and cold to somehow relieve the siege of bastogne, a town in belgium which was holding up the german advance. if he captured bastogne, he would stop the germans altogether. he tried to figure out how to do it because the weather was terrible. luxembourgchapel in on the edge of the border between belgium and luxembourg, a medieval chapel. he was not a roman catholic. he was episcopalian. but he knelt at the chapel and prayed to god as if god were a superior general. and said, god, i need your help. i need good weather to kill germans. so we cand weather beat the germans. he got up from his prayer. it was overheard by his aides with him. not anything i made up or anyone else made up. they went back to work. they broke the siege of bastogne trade the sun came out, the bomber's flew. thepatton was the hero of battle of the bulge. one never knows how something is going to turn into a christmas book. something that continued for me. look about ath wartime christmas because i had written an

killing patton the best selling nonfiction book in the world.ve three days to get the orders in. if you are a billoreilly.com premium member or become one, you get super discounts and you get both patton and killing jesus in a special deal. so please check it all out. now the mail, charlotte moon, wilson, michigan. bill, you are saying what many of us feel about race relations. it is my nature not to be prejudicial towards anyone, but my husband was bullied by some blacks in his job as a high school principal. i have had some bad experience with blacks as a nurse. all of us, every human being, has had a conflict with another human being, charlotte. that's just the way it works. some black people are big gotting and expect special treatment. human condition is tough. struggle between good and bad behavior -- here's my rule. be fair to all. if you see someone with a neurosis, that's bigotry. either walk away from them or prepare a calm way to deal with them. kindness usually wins, but not always. be the best you can but do not demonize any group o

government would not pay to have general patton's body flown home for burial."y in the book, herb, glad you enjoyed it. we thank everyone who has made it the best selling hard-backed book for adults in america. i think that elf thing, but that's it. we're outselling all the big fictional authors. "o'reilly love the word urchins. but does it refer just to little kids" all kids up to 15, they're all urchins. jesse watters is begging me to tell you. he's begging. that he will be co-hosting the fox news channel celebration which begins at 9:00 p.m. eastern time on december 31st. to get watters out of my office, i'm telling you. also appearing kimberly guilfoyle, anna coyman, kennedy and bob beckel. bob beckel? are you sure? can you just see him in a little paper hat and noisemaker? can you just see him like that? come to think of it, beckel is a noisemaker. so that's in context. anyway, watters is thrilled. check out fox news new year's eve celebration, factor tip of the day. that's it for us today. please check out the factor website. different than billoreilly.com

cap, to patton, he fumbles, novak completes the pass, 38-35, the niners' fourth straight loss they fall 7 and 8, still alive for the chargers, all right moving on. philadelphia and washington, eagles fighting for a playoff spot. 28 right here, 10-17, washington, mark sanchez, threw for 374 yards, two touchdowns, vogel went to riley cooper, minute 36 left in the game. sanchez, oh, come on, interceptions. breland. into the chip shot and the win, 27-24, washington wins, the cowbo cowboys win tomorrow in philly, they will be eliminated. and clayton valley, under eight minutes to go, for the ugly eagles, hannah argues there is no such thing. one-point game, heartbreak, daniel failed attempt block, missed earlier in the game, costly for the eagles. division three state title game, morraga facing he wiel capitain 35-28, ensuing kickoff, tiger garcia, forced the fumble. touchdown, they complete a perfect 16 and 0's eagles with hockey, the sharks winning eight of their last nine including seven straight at home. they start a difficult stretch with seven games and the playoff teams starting tonig

patton,patent -- ms. the existing standard, 70 parts per billion, was criticized at by thee it was adopted clean air scientific advisory committee. they actually took the step of writing to administrator johnson to say they do not endorse the new primary ozone standards being sufficiently protective of public health and that decision "failed to satisfy the explicit stipulations of the clean air act that you ensure an adequate margin of safety for all individuals, including sensitive populations." you were at e.p.a. for a while. you are familiar with the scientific advisory panel. was that an unusual step for them to take? step.was an unusual why thehighlights committee in its recommendations to the administrator in june was so clear about its findings. it wanted to leave very little room for ambiguity about the foundational science that supports two central conclusions. one is the current standard is not adequate to protect public health. that is what that body found in june in its recommendations to the

i have a book on world war ii, "killing patton," so i know what i'm talking about.ad things happen in war. the truth is mistakes were made, but they were made in the fog of war to protect americans. >> stephen: i'm going to miss that good man. >> he's not going off the air. you are. >> stephen: yeah, but no one's gonna pay me to watch him anymore. so (bleep) that noise. >> you have to admit bill's right. you can't judge what happens in the "fog of war." >> stephen: what fog? this wasn't low-level troops making split-second decisions in a free-fire zone. it was over seven years of lawyers at the highest levels of government writing legal briefs about simulated drowning... >> sorry, stephen. i can't hear what you're saying. it's too damn "fog of war" in here. >> stephen: you can't hear me because it's foggy? >> can't hear you! foggy! >> stephen: you're holding a (bleep) fog machine! >> oh, this? i didn't see that because of the "fog of fog." >> stephen: look, fog or no fog, we said we don't torture, and now the world thinks we're the bad guys. >> that's only because p

it is sliding to the southeast and headed to the east with the wind patton changing a little bit. that will slide right down the peninsula to the dumbarton bridge in palo alto and east palo alto and stand ford and to 237. >> the winds are light and they will remain that way better part of day. what happened last night, the parent low is here and here is another low that hooked up with the cold front increasing our winds and the heavy rain yesterday morning. that has since moved down to the south and we are right now between systems where you can see another front coming this without that low and it is not going to be so strong but we are going to get heavy rain as we head into the evening hours or more i'd help spread rain. it may now be that heavy than what we have this morning. hopefully quarter to half an inch. >> scattered showers through the commute and less numerous by lunch. they start coming in the north bay at 5:00 and roll law everyone else's neighborhood and from 7:00 through midnight and they taper headed to tomorrow. tomorrow is going to be mostly dry with more sunshi

george patton was a big part of the deception because he was given command of a nonexistent army, an organization of probably eight or 10 divisions. that is why she was so visible throughout britain in the days leading up to overlords so that the germans would keep focused on him. his appearances coincided, so it seems, with the planned landings and methodical way. >> he didn't mention it, but do then if you watch the three wrote a great james bond novel was who's also an extremely fact that agent allies because of his action ability. an address in uniform and put information on it and floated off. you didn't mention it. i didn't know if that was true or apocryphal. >> it wasn't in the book. >> if you see the germans as to read the sicily landings. >> at the sicily, not germany quite >> a wonderful concept. he was probably a british sailor in the royal marine major's uniform with a briefcase. >> the spanish undercovered wreckage. and of course immediately told the germans, look what we have and that deceives them must do for the landings would occur. >> and not very named james parvi

patton the motion man for san francisco. keep it on the ground. gore slices for two. san diego. dan: they've got all three of their time-outs. make a stop here, you can save your time-outs. if you don't make a stop here, you're going to have to start sing them. ian: john pagano's defense came up big a few weeks ago against baltimore late in that game, when the ravens were trying to put the game away. all they needed was a first down to seal it. the chargers stopped them. this is third and 5 for san francisco. from the chargers' 40-yard line. kaepernick does not have the angle and he's out of bounds. the chargers have done the job defensively. dan: just tremendous defense. this was a run all the way for kaepernick. you can see he's got blockers out in front. but san diego looking for this run from kaepernick. they saw it last week against seattle. string him out all the way to the sideline. ian: 3:38 left on the clock. dan: that's the other thing. they forced him out of bounds. stopped the clock. ian: andy lee will punt it. eddie royal the returner at the 9. dan: kaepe

york times" best seller list, some of the books you might be reading, this is from hewens, "killing patton," number 2. george w. bush's book, "411" is 3. "yes, please" by any poehler is number 4 caller: good morning. how are you host: jerry. caller: i am just retired. host: jerry, we are having trouble hearing you. i apologize. we will go to monica next in fredericksburg, pennsylvania. good morning. caller: good morning. mertry christmas. host: to you, too. ca go ahead, monica. caller: we are about the same, i feel, under this administration. we have voted between republican and democratic parties to signing on to the biggest promise how things will change and they will be different. and we never see any changes. it is like i always say about time, we go to vote. select your poison. it's like you just don't have any control over anything coming our way. hear about immigration and think how are we affording that? we are sending all of this money overseas. and i have neighbors that actually have lost their home unable pay their taxes. there is no help for them. there is nothing available for

rickey patton is next who is the counselor of the fund and manages the clean air programs.cell biology at the washington university school of medicine. in addition to his work at the school, he is the president of the american thoracic society which is an international organization with over 15,000 members. he serves on the subboard of pediatric

the firm was purchased by patton boggs and he is now senior counsel at squire patton boggs. jason vermeil earned a specialist degree from brown university and along the way became the 1988 national collegiate debate champion. he has a lot of -- a logically from harvard and founded and directed the national commission on energy policy. in 2070 cofounded the policy center along with former senate majority leader baker daschle dole and miller. he is a present at the bipartisan center and his new book city of rivals restoring the glorious mess of american democracy. the biographical portion of the program now i'm morning's mechanics. america's natural gas alliance sponsoring a number of moderate breakfast including today's. our thanks go to marty durbin at the table back there with his colleagues helping ensure this survives another year on the monitor payroll. as always we are on record here. please no live blogging or tweeting and no filing of any kind while the breakfast is underway to give us time to actually listen to what our guests says. there is no embargo and the sessio

i say billy bain my favorite guest who has committed twice and backed out was mike patton from face no year bangd, but he hasn't done it. clint eastwood would be lovely. >> one from me is what is my favorite thing to do outside of work? >> that's easy. >> work. >> read articles. >> take jasper for walks. >> if i have a chance to be in south carolina ilike to be there, and i like to go on my roller blades, i like to go for my long walks. >> you like red wine, you like to cook in your crock pot or slow cooker. and you like to do core fusion. >> kimberly knows me better than i know myself. kimberly, one more for you, for kimberly, my favorite patriot, who do you credit for being the biggest influence on your political and life views as you became the woman you are today? >> easy answer, my father. the first thing he did when he got the opportunity to be here, enlist in the united states army. he was so proud to earn the nickname irish. >> bob from emily m., is there one thing that obama has done that you disagree with, if so why? >> there's probably more than one, but i think the pipeline

. >>> now our quotation of the evening, this from general george patton.ar is maybe fought with weapons, but they are won by men. it is the spirit of the man who leads that gains the victory. we're coming right back. >>> the fbi says north korea carrying out the cyberattack against sony. the president says sony made the mistake. we take up the president's position on all of this next. >>> the fbi placing the blame for the sony cyberattack on north korea, warning there will be, quote, costs and consequences for the attack, but giving no details on how the united states would respond. joining us now is a former cia deputy division director for korea and a senior fellow at the heritage foundation. thank you for joining us. how serious is this situation, and why is there -- even though the fbi has placed the blame squarely on north korea holding them responsible, is there no clarity in how the united states will respond? >> well, i think, first of all, it is a very serious threat. a lot of people have been surprised that north korea was fingered as the culprit

. >>> now our quotation of the evening, this from general george patton. is maybe fought with weapons, but they are won by men. it is the spirit of the man who leads that gains the victory. we're coming right back. >>> the fbi says north korea carrying out the cyberattack against sony. the president says sony made the mistake. we take up the president's you owned your car for four years. you named it brad. you loved brad. and then you totaled him. you two had been through everything together. two boyfriends. three jobs. you're like "nothing can replace brad!" then liberty mutual calls. and you break into your happy dance. if you sign up for better car replacement, we'll pay for a car that's a model year newer with 15,000 fewer miles than your old one. see car insurance in a whole new light. liberty mutual insurance. ♪ (holiday music is playing) hey! i guess we're going to need a new santa ♪(the music builds to a climax.) more people are coming to audi than ever before. see why now is the best time. audi will cover your first month's payment on select model

before making the movie that he had really hoped to be able to make, which is the movie that became "pattone author of "five cameback" a story of hollywood and the second world war, and among the directors he features, william wyler. thank you very much for being here with us on c-span3's american history tv. >> thank you. >>> you've been watching a special presentation of our reel america series. join us every sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern for more archival films by government industry, and educational institutions. watch as these films take you on a journey through the 20th century. again, that's reel america, every sunday at 4:00 p.m. eastern here on american history tv on c-span3. we want to tell you about some of our other american history programs. join us every sunday at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern for a look at american artifacts. travel with us to historic sites, museums and archives to learn what artifacts reveal about american history. again, our show is american artifacts every sunday at 6:00 p.m. and 10:00 p.m. eastern, here on american history tv on c-span3. and we'd like t

paramount to all other considerations, could have been spoken by generals 0 mar bradley or george pattons they smashed their way through another german town. or curtis lemay as he ordered the fire bombing of japanese cities. history has deemed them heroes, because their actions were against their country's foreign foes, while sherman has been vilified as a terrorist because his actions although less severe, were against his country's domestic enemies. rightly or wrongly, sherman did what he deemed militarily necessary to win the war within the rules laid down by his government, and to save his country. rather than an aberration, his hard hand of war fits well within the american military tradition. it is no wonder that such distinguished generals as john personing, george patton, and norman schwarzkopf would revere and emulate swarmen. schwarzkopf even kept on his desk during