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i said never mind. >> bill: bernie goldberg, everybody. congresswoman michele bachmann joins from us iowa. what should woo she do about the economy if she were president? we will ask a her very specific questions directly ahead. gas and bloating. with the strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. >> bill: back of the book segment tonight, go out to where michele bachmann is campaigning to be president. congresswoman, get very specific tonight in the face of all of this disaster. if you were president, what would be the first thing you would do economically? the first thing? >> well, the number one thing that needs to be done is i think the treasury secretary has to go. you have to have some fire. you mentioned that in your talking points memo. if your economic team isn't working, you have got to get someone in who know what is to do. that needs to be done. secondly, if i were president today, i would call all the members of congress back into washington, d.c

bernie goldberg has been watching closely. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. what the debt deal means to you. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. the house just voted 2 of 9 to 161 to approve the deal. here is basically what it is. united states government will define at least $2.1 trillion in spending cuts by thanksgiving. the feds will also raise the debt ceiling by 2.1 trillion at least through the year 2013. that's pretty much a wash financially. and, of course, not nearly enough. not nearly enough to bring federal expenditures under control. but, since the government is divided between big spending liberals and small government conservatives, the deal at least lessens the chaos for now. most important thing about the deal is that it challenges you, the american voter. if you want less spending in the future, you will vote for republicans next time around. if you want to continue with the big government

bernie goldberg on big shootout between congressman rangle and laura ingraham. he has a different take on it water terse is living large with the president in martha's vineyard. what the folks think about the president vacationing in the middle of bad economic times. we hope you stay >> bill: in the water tersz world tonight president obama is vacationing on martha's vineyard an island off the coast of massachusetts. some are criticizing the holiday because of the bad economy. what do the folks on the vineyard think about it? roll the tape ♪ >> does it look bad that is he vacationing in a posh spot like this while americans are out of work. >> that isn't that much of a posh vacation spot. >> not a la very la vish vacati. >> obama is in the vineyard what do you think about that. >> it is disgusting can. he ought to be back in washington to take care of business. >> time to get a republican in to turn things around. >> he needs to realize there are people in congress that don't have his best interest at heart and he needs to fight back harder than he has been. >

bernie goldberg has been watching closely. >> greta: -- . >> bill: caution. the factor begins right now. hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. what the debt deal means to you that. is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. the house just voted 269-161 to approve the deal. here is what it is. the united states government will define at least $2.1 trillion in spending cuts by thanksgiving. and the feds will raise the debt ceiling by $2.1 trillion, at least through the year 2013. that is pretty much a wash financially and not nearly enough, not nearly enough to bring federal expenses under control. but, the government is divided between big spending liberals and small government conservatives, the deal at least lessens chaos for now. most important thing about the deal is that it challenges you, the american voter. if you want less spending in the future you'll vote for republicans next time around f you want to continue with big government, you'll vote democrat. if the g.o.p. does win the presidency, the senate holds the house, then

bernie goldberg will analyze. >> mr. cheney has had a long and distinguished career and i hope in his book that's what he will focus on, not the cheap shots he's taking at me. >> and colin powell angry that dick cheney slams him in a new book. we'll tell you what that's all about. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. "the factor" begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the great storm of 2011, that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. hurricane irene has killed at least 37 americans, caused billions in damage on the east coast. nothing anybody can do about nature. it happens. the good news -- the authorities seem to be pretty well organized. and chaos was kept to a minimum. even though many people got hurt. there were few reports of looting or violence of any kind. and most people seem to cooperate in the evacuations. out on long island where i live, the center of the hurricane was about eight miles to the west of my home. storm wasn't as bad as many

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as bernie goldberg astutely pointed out last night many on the far left refuse to mention jihad when real muslim terrorists strike. but now the terrorist's label is all over the tea party. that is wrong. as you may know, i disagreed with the tea party on occasion. some bill o'reilly.com premium members even cancelled their memberships because i said michele bachmann and others are too rigid on the debt deal that although their cause is just, controlling government spending, their methods were causing harm to them and to you. but branding congresswoman bachmann a terrorist is disgraceful. our are far left politicians terrorists as well? they voted against the debt deal. hey, far left fanatics is there a difference when your side refuses to compromise? apparently there is. the bitter political divide in the u.s.a. is disturbing. using words like terrorist and racist to brand opponents is simply unacceptable. i think president obama needs to give another speech like his arizona appeal some of his most ardent supporters obviously did not get the message. that's the memo. now for the top

. >> that you and bernie goldberg, you know, the same mantra, occasionally. i'm right. i know i'm right. and let me give you a fact that very interesting. tuesday night. monday night. monday night. after the stock market blew up. all right. it's tuesday today. i'm delirious. our ratings were enormous. enormous. because people came to watch the factor because they knew we would tell them the truth about why the stock market went down 600 points. who was at fault and what was happening. the liberal networks, particularly msnbc, but also cnn got murdered. nobody watched them. way down from what they used to do. and i'm telling you, americans even liberal americans are saying, you know what? these people are misleading me. these left wingers are not doing what's right for me and the country. that prevailing wisdom is starting to seep in big time, charles. i think you are right. liberalism today after what it's done in charge for the last two and a half years two years of which it controlled the house, the senate and the white house. after these two and a half years it doesn