>> sean: it's not.hey are not getting their money back. >> and bunch of guys get to start businesses. some businesses are going to work and some not. benefit is going to company but the rick is being borne to the taxpayer. >> and risk is going to the workers because they are being outsourced. >> sean: they are being forced to. environmental regulation cars being designed. -- bad drilling policy. >> two reasons, management made bad decisions about what kind of cars to make and the unions drove up prices so it was much easier to make cars elsewhere. >> okay, let's sta stop with the blame game. let's talk about ford, half time in america. that is what this is about. half time in america. you know what.... >> this is half time? count up the debt four years. you want another four years of as much debt? >> sean: this is the question.... >> if this was the first half, we should be playing the same game in the second half. >> we are seeing positive growth. >>. >> sean: what have we gotten www.trillion debt? >>

. >> sean: welcome to hannity. polls have cloud in missouri for that state's primary and caucus gores are gathering in why and minnesota. ail be joined by herman cain. we'll get his analysis but first bret baier is standing by with an update. >> bret: voters in minnesota, colorado as an missouri are participating. the caucuses are convening right now all across colorado. polls closed about an hour ago and caucuses are just ending in minnesota. here is the latest in minnesota. there you see it's very early, just the first caucuses, all these they are non-binding, for minnesota and colorado this the stirs step in awarding delegates. in missouri, it's essentially a statewide straw poll. take a look at the numbers here. you can see rick santorum has an early lead of 2%. the votes cast in missouri won't be awarded delegates. newt gingrich isn't on the ballot there. please join us for 11:00 p.m. eastern a full recap of tonight's voting. you'll see the raw total all night long. >> sean: we'll be watching all night long an

>> no, what you are doing sean, you are mixing religion and women's rights in the workplace. >> sean: you going to preach to me or can i finance. >> sean: hallelujah, go ahead. >> this is an attack on women. women who work and devoted employees they want protection, they want healthcare protection and want birth control. it may not necessarily be to get pregnant. they could have cysts or problems with their skin, all the health benefits that contraception provides to women. why should the church be in someone bedroom telling them what they can and cannot take. these are women that are working for, this is women who are entitled to equal healthcare under the law. healthcare by their employer. >> free exercise clause of the constitution protects religious institutions, that would be like saying, government that pork would be appropriate meat and a requirement. >> that is conservative analysis people will laugh at you. >> i have argued several cases in the supreme court. >> i know you have. >> hold it. sean, this is what the left is doing. they are ignoring the free exercise clause. this

>> sean: we'll get somebody that is infinitely better than obama. >> that is what is the fact. >> sean: i say mr. president you failed. you get what you asked for. turn it around or he failed. one term proposition. >> i hope not. i hope somebody who has some real ideas, real success, real belief in american optimism. i love you, i like talking to you all the time. listen to scott. i like his new book. >> sean: read his book. i'm getting high blood pressure. >> voters like to balance the budget in the book. >> sean: when we come up, get this, who is bank rolling hope and change this time around. let me give you full hints -- hollywood elite and people that donated and got back big kickbacks from solyndra. >> and we'll tomorrow night we'll be in vegas where you'll hear from the presidential candidates. you won't want to listen it tomorrow from vegas on the strip and preview of saturday night's caucus. [ ma annncer ] wouldn't it be cool if you took the top down on a crossover? if there were buttons for this? wouldn't it be cool if your car could handle the kids. ♪ ...and the nurbgring? or

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it's the message, sean. i think what you see is the liberals understanding that someone called them out. when you look what is happening in this country with the debt, the deficit, the cbo coming out and saying once again we're going to have a triple dollar deficit in 2012, fourth straight year, unemployment may be going back up to 8.9% by the end of the year. these are serious situations that are going and last week, state of the union address you heard the president say nothing about the debt, nothing about deficit or dodd-frank or the failed stimulus package. nee we need to call the people out who we are. we are now 1007 days without a budget in the united states of america. >> sean: what is amazing to me, i remember the bush years. we followed a lot of comments by top democrats, al gore saying george bush betrayed his country candidate obama calling bush patriotic and all this. here you make these comments, you would think the world never heard a controversial statement from many democrat ever. what do y

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of it. >> sean: fair enough. understand that. you have a pretty big crowd as i understand. let's get into this a little bit. when you came on this program, and you have been involved give some history here. you were involved in one of the pioneer debate cable shows and n cable. which was called "crossfire." on that program, just remind people who were the people you would interview over the year years? >> we brought on, because what we want to do is introduce people to america that they have never heard. they just read about. we brought in meyer cahani, and ruben of the jdl. david duke came on the air. minister farrakhan. they all had what people said are extreme ideas. my idea and journalism was people should hear this. they should see the ideas confronted and challenged in real debate. and the highest rated show on cable for years and years. of course, we only had cnn. that is my idea of journalism. what bothers me about what is going on now is this. it is quite clear that the people of media matters and others

is. >> sean: welcome back.president made his announcement adjusting his position on the contra september active mandate i spoke to top faith leaders across the country. here is what they said. >> rabbi i didn't get a chance, you said earlier you were one of more liberal, you didn't get arrested, right? >> i said ways liberal and i would make two points. first of all, the american people support the administration on this issue. they've done a whole series of polls, various groups, they all show support. you wouldn't know hearing from today. second of all, i would suggest. >> sean: show support for what? >> show support for support for policy of this administration. >> 39% are against it. >> sean: who are you referring to. >> i would be happy to provide. i read four or five coming in. i don't think this is a religious freedom issue, this high school h to churches of america. i would be leading the battle, this has to do with institutions with a broad public purpose that employ people across the spectrum. >> sean

>> but not to force one religion upon you. >> sean: it's not about one religion. >> it is. >> sean: butn the exercise of the free religion against their principles. we're not talking about what the doctors have to do. >> look most evil and catholic churches have far more employees in the schools and charities than they do have at church proper. if you only feed members of your own churches and house members of your own church to mechanics of your own church, you can do whatever you want, but if you go out and help anybody who is hungry or homeless or needs free health care, i thought we were for that. then if you do that you have to violate your conscience and in the case of millions of catholics. >> let me say something. 53% of catholics. >> sean: let me ask you a question. why is david axelrod trying to pull the president back from this? why is he politically after he made a conscious decision, why are they trying to get out of this? >> i don't think they are trying to get out of this. he basically said we have a year and a half, we're going to decide on the final language before the

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i watched that. >> sean: he handled it well. >> he has come a long way. >> sean: i agree with you.ve. bob won't give them recognition they deserve. the interesting thing morris said obama would love for the republicans in this election to be about social issues. you agree? >> absolutely. take your mind off the facts. don't talk about the facts. talk about the theory. >> you are the economic person. >> talk about what have you done and where it is when you came in and where is it now and what the numbers add up to. >> you are a turn-around specialist. you go and troubled companies to help them become financially viable. >> yes. >> sean: you turn the company around and move out. >> i get 90 to 120 days before an investment, bank or private entity will pull out money and close the door. >> how are things now with the economy and obama? what was the difference since bush left the white house? >> we have more companies now in real trouble than ever. ever in mishistory, 25 years of business. >> can you save them? >> some, absolutely. i can save it by doing brand extensions or really focu

it's the message, sean.rstanding that someone called them out. when you look what is happening in this country with the debt, the deficit, the cbo coming out and saying once again we're going to have a triple dollar deficit in 2012, fourth straight year, unemployment may be going back up to 8.9% by the end of the year. these are serious situations that are going and last week, state of the union address you heard the president say nothing about the debt, nothing about deficit or dodd-frank or the failed stimulus package. nee we need to call the people out who we are. we are now 1007 days without a budget in the united states of america. >> sean: what is amazing to me, i remember the bush years. we followed a lot of comments by top democrats, al gore saying george bush betrayed his country candidate obama calling bush patriotic and all this. here you make these comments, you would think the world never heard a controversial statement from many democrat ever. what do you make of the double standard? >> it's a