murdoch took faith in roger ails.e clearly stated the anythings of fox news to report every side of the story unbiased and unfiltered. >> the american people are smart. they know the difference between news, fact, analysis, commentary, opinion, spin and bs. the other news organizations won't tell you the difference, we will. >> you are about to enter the no spin zone. >> is it better for our country to know the details of what the elected officials are doing? >> i would argue yes it is. >> there aren't people who live in los angeles and san francisco and boston in those big cities weren't served all of the time. >> it was a market sitting there waiting to be served. we served them. >> fair and balanced. taking friem time to the next degree. >> i think i am fair and balanced and fiery. i ask the questions here. i do not answer them. >> what does fair and balanced mean to you? >> i think fair and balanced means you bring the news accurately, truthfully, with contact and perspective. when it came out a few weeks ago that

but i think roger ailes would hear what you're saying and say, yes, and? certainly television is a visual medium and roger takes advantage of that. he likes his men confident and his women attractive. there is something -- there's a show called the five at five now that replaced glen beck, and it's usually about four to one or three to two conservatives to liberal, and usually the main stay of liberals is the guy bob, who ran walter mondale's campaign, one of the least fruitful presidential campaigns and then personally caught up in personal scandals and ailes was redeeming people on the left and would owe him. he is not a dumb guy but he is not the most forceful advocate for liberal rhythm --ism or democrats. one of the thing is i learn, just didn't make the cut in the book, there's a camera they have and they -- i'm told this is absolutely true -- they're sort of sort the women who are on because there's a slightly -- by the degree of attractiveness and attractiveness for the legs and it's the seat of the front right where they have put the woman with the

neil: talking about young roger ailes. >> exactly. of my producers for mike douglas, when i filled in for like douglas. neil: wow, sure. >> got to get out of san diego to go up hollywood and replace steve allen on a job they had. roger ailes was there. neil: there you go. isn't this rich? bill gates swinging for the fences and republicans are saying you better be guarding your wallets ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] the mercedes-benz winter event s back, with the perfe vehicle that's just right for you, no matter which list you're on [ santa ] ho, ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] get the all-new 2014 a250 starting at just $29,900. ogressive direct and other car insurance companies? yes. but you're progressive, and they're them. yes. but they're here. yes. are you...? there? yes. no. are you them? i'me. but those rates arfor... them. so them are here. yes! you want to run through it again? no, i'm good. you got it? yes. rates for us and them -- now that's progressive. call or click today. re shoppin mo dining out. and a with it, more identity the

fox news chairman ceo roger ailes on today's decision. >> today's ruling is a major landfall on journalistsces was necessary to preserve and protect journalism and democracy itself, in my view so the highest court in new york did the right thing. lou: let's turn to a journalist, a distinguished journalist who has gone through much the same thing facing her own trials and tribulations as others sought to breach, force you to breach your ethics in their obligations as a journalist. what is your reaction? >> great relief because i think the new york court decision was not anticipated by many, many first amendment people. and something i have to say, lou, that she had the support of fox news. having a major news organization behind you and someone like roger ailes who cares about the first amendment and cares about backing reporters is so essential. this was an enormously expensive to more than yearlong fight. and thanks to the perseverance of this news organization and this young, brave reporter, she has won a very important decision for journalists everywhere. a very close decision, even with

fox news chairman ceo roger ails praised this decision. >>> today's ruling is a major win for all journalists. the protection of her confidential sources was necessary to preserve and protect journalism. the highest court had a victory. >>> if they did not rule in her favor she would have faced jail time. >> the light shined bright for country music awards. ♪ >> florida george you line was tonight's big winner taking home six trophies including new artist of the year with the remix from nelly. they love brian they named him the artist of the year. and blake shelton wasn't there but still earned four awards including album of the year. the show hosted by danica patrick and leann rimes. she made a tribute to music legend patsy klein. ♪ >> taylor swift was in australia serving the first ever artist award from olivia newton john. >> there's no snow falling today, but many across the country are bracing for the bitter cold temperatures. >> yesterday we picked up 1.4 inches of snow. the forecast didn't verify but for other areas it did verify when across maryland we picked up half a foot of snow in

roger ailes praised this decision. >> today's ruling is a major win for all journalists.l sources was necessary to preserve and protect journalism and democracy itself. in my view. so, the highest court in new york did the right think. >> the case is over and she will not have to testify. >> for those who work in the media capital of the world in this nation, at least, we can take the rights and privileges guaranteed to us by this decision to states all across the country, and since we work in so many of them, that's an enormous ruling. the disdissenters had a opinion. >> they said as new york reporters, you can't always take the new york state shield law to wherever you go. here's what of the dissentsers said, seems to be ang expansion of the new york jurisdiction. this court ruling cited john peters, 1735, major landmark ruling protecting journalists in colonial america. the judges say to the rulings protect folks like us who continue the tradition. >> thank god. studied that case as a college sophomore in the history of journalism. jana winter, thank goodness. she said

and a huge story that roger ailes would come out and actually comment about that.stic. great stuff. thanks, lauren. >> absolutely. tracy: we've been talking about this snowstorm, totally sweeping up the east coast causing headaches for travelers like me who commute, people who want to fly anywhere. total pain in the neck. more than 1300 flights canceled thus far. all federal government offices in the d.c. area are closed but they don't know how to handle snow anyway. business as usual for congress, supreme court and financial regulators thankfully. we have up to the minute forecasts. we have to head to the fox weather center. janice dean the weather machine is with us right now. i am such a baby when it comes to snow but it is here for a while, isn't it? >> it is. we'll see one rival this weak thing you're complaining about, tracy. this one was a weak storm but of course came on the heels of the storm over the weekend that really affected much of the country including dallas, texas. this wave of low pressure is almost offshore but we're still seeing light snow in a

fox news chairman and ceo roger ailes praising that decision.. the protection of her confidential sources was necessary to preserve and protect journalism and democracy itself, in my view. so the highest court in new york did the right thing. >> if that court had not ruled in her favor, she would have faced jail time. >>> a soldier's life saved by complete strangers. an army national guardsman crashes into a pillar in syracuse, new york. that car bursting into flames. >> my god, somebody must be in their truck. and so we pulled right over on the median and we ran. >> you react. you get out. you run and that's what we did. >> really good samaritans right there. they were able to crack open that door just a bit, cut the seatbelt and then pull him from the burning car. the soldier was burned and broke some bones, but he will recover. this happening in upstate new york. >>> a lazy boy for babies? a bouncy seat with an ipad attachment is now under fire from children's advocates. the campaign for commercial free childhood now starting a petition that

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roger ailes used to work for richard nixon. that is where he became famous. he has a theory about the political media call the orchestra pit theory, and that is you have two candidates standing on the stage. one guy says he has got a solution for the middle east peace process, and the other guy falls into the orchestra pit. what is the media going to cover? they will cover the guy who fell into the orchestra pit. the back of the plane for us was a bunch of reporters waiting for mitt romney to fall into the orchestra pit. he would do a speech about an important issue, and then he would say something goofy about rihanna or chris brown, and that is the story. that is our incentive today. >> you also mentioned tupak. >> rubio is good with talking about rap. it is a tough cycle. talking to campaign operatives, no one sees a solution to this. i had lunch with a fairly prominent governor a few weeks ago out in arizona, and this person said, how can the media get better? how can we work with them better? i did not have an answer for them. they are scared. editors at