where juan williams can't get to me. [laughter] spent oh, no. >> and i make faces at you, too. >> i want to thank juan for the. the other thing is he's been such a good friend over the years. i will say something i've been preparing for years to say on the air about juan but i've been holding back. one day after you have major presentation i'm going to say, so much ever, so little time. [laughter] >> when you hear it you will know. it took a half a decade to deliver. >> i'm waiting. >> the one thing i do want to say about juan, to all the years, even before we ended up together on fox, i have equally admired him above all for his courage. he's written and said and stood for things that are not popular in many of the circles in which he lives and works. and he's done it with amazing courage and lack of fear. and i want to congratulate juan, also having, now his seventh book, and i produce zero, for shaming me. [laughter] i want to congratulate you on the book, thank you for your friendship, and say what an extraordinary m

for our good friend and colleague, juan williams. you know, i travel the country sometimes talking to different groups, and i get two questions most often. one -- sorry, juan, is he that brilliant? [laughter] two, what is juan williams really like? yeah. [laughter] i say he's a fantastic guy. you know, this guy, a lot of people now say, hey, listen, you got to deal, everything worked out. it was perfect. i was around him that week, and he was not a happy camper. this is a tough thing to go through, and there was a lot of pain involved, but i saw the character juan williams exhibited throughout that entire things, and i tell you, juan, i couldn't be prouder the way you handled it. >> thank you. [applause] >> every night of the panel, sometimes it gets heated, sometimes it gets interesting exchanges, but no matter your ideology, your respected discussion that happens at the table. i assembled a panel here -- >> look at this. [laughter] so we have this thing on friday called the lightening round and it's supposed ton quick on a certain

>> is an honor to host this event tonight for a good colleague one williams. -- juan williams. i talk to two groups in get the question most is charles and bruce. [laughter] and what is juan williams really like a? he is a fantastic guy is what i tell them. a lot of people now say you have a good deal. everything worked out. it was perfect. i was around him that we can he was not a happy camper. it was tough and a lot of pain but i saw the character throw that the entire thing and i will tell you i could not be prouder. [applause] every night sometimes it gets heated with interesting exchanges but you're respected discussion happens at our table. the. >> look at this. [laughter] >> we have a lightning round with a certain topic it is not that quick were lightening. [laughter] so i thought i would start on the lightning round with charles. >> if i knew i would have been called upon i would not have worn jeans. [laughter] first-come i want to thank juan williams because every time i give a speech he has the best line i say i am happy to be here. then i say the truth be told where

our guest has been juan williams. tell us if you recognize anyone in these pictures. >> scott simon. he was one of the few npr people who came. there he is with his wife. they have been supportive. >> where are your liberal friends? >> i have liberal friends that came to the party. right there, as cnn. to the right is a very liberal professor from the university of maryland. here is a conservative friends. >> we are out of time. thank you. did the name of the blood "muzzled: the assault on honest debate." i-- the name of the book is "muzzled: the assault on honest debate." >> thank you very much for having me. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> for a dvd copy of this program, called 1877-662-7726. for free transcripts are to give us your comments about this program, visit us at www.aq- and-a.org >> debt and deficit negotiations were ongoing today on capitol hill. be heard a short while ago from president obama speaking on the white house.

stay cool in dallas, juan williams. >>juan: they are looking for a record and i hope tomorrow we see real ideas not just people cursing out the president or cursing out other republicans. >>shepard: we will see. if history is our guide, both sides ... they got their own thing going. >>juan: they play games. >>shepard: juan williams in smokin' hot dallas. fox news is america's election headquarters. eyes on iowa live right here on america's choice for news on cable. the debate and saturday's straw poll could spell the end of the road for some g.o.p. hopefuls according to analysts. and now the declared frontrunner: romney is expected for the debate but choosing to focus more on other states. the former massachusetts governor is not formally participating in saturday's straw president. his name is on the ballot, though. and minnesota congressman michelle buck -- michele bachmann making a big shush the she was born in iowa and spent a lot of time there and banking a lot on this. the former minnesota governor pawlenty and he

juan williams, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] >> thank you and thanks to you and amy for putting this on. we really appreciate it and we are always in your debt for being such a good friend, and to charles and steve, you know, i've been -- i've worked of the "washington post," cnn, a fort at npr, i've worked at the hill, these guys are the best and i am grateful to have you as my colleagues so thank you very much. and i wanted to also say thank you to ed rogers and to sheldon come here tonight, and hugo gordon who is here tonight. steve just touched on this briefly, but there was a moment back then when i thought that my career was over, and i thought, you know, a career that had taken many years to build is going down the tubes fast, and today many people felt we are going to a book signing which you are really here for a celebration. i don't know if the had a celebration at the end of those survivors tv shows the this is what it feels like to me like i got my head back above the waves. i'm standing. and you can't get

juan williams. >> i will be fairly short. [inaudible] [laughter] i also want to take just a second and congratulate juan for the book and the tremendous accomplishment. i think for the knows the story behind what has happened here that he unfolds in this narrative and it is truly an exceptional story. and again, just having spent time at about a three hour dinner in new york city nearing the story as it was unfolding, you know, it's some attachment and think it is a story and an interesting piece of what has happened here but at the time it was an extremely difficult thing i think for juan, and for him to continue to show up on the panel every night and do the job that he does so well i think is truly the kind of guy that he is. i would say one thing very briefly. the one time i actually met juan is when we were doing a special together and i don't know if it was the state of the union or something but we had some times we had a lunch together that they come and it was about a three hour lunch and we spent the entire time tal

i'm juan williams in for bill o'reilly. in the unresolved problem segment tonight, as we have been discussing the american economy is hurting big-time. here is more from president obama today on the dire situation. >> there is no doubt this has been a tumultuous year. we have weathered the arab springs' effect on oil and gas prices. the japanese earthquake and tsunami's effect on supply chains. the extraordinary economic uncertainty in europe. and recently markets around the globe have taken a bumpy ride. >> juan: but the media is becoming more skeptical of the obama administration's blame game. here is chief white house correspondent ed henry questioning jay carney yesterday on the very same thing. >> when you are talking about jobs, undoubtedly tsunami, other disruptions have hurt the economy but every president, every party has these things. president bush had hurricane katrina. affected domestic oil production. these things happen. do you worry that the message to the american people is that you are blaming all these th

it is 5:00 on the east coast and this is judge napolitano along with monica crowley and juan williams and dana. we'll have more on rick fer perry entering the race . all eyes on iowa. candidates set to debate two days before the iowa straw poll. demdeps having remorse not electing hillary clinton. i agree with them . broken promises and allegations of physical abuse is some of the charges brought against george soros in a lawsuit filed by an ex-girlfriend. the five starts right now. first a roller coaster on wall street and a wild finish. industrials soaring more than of you points and sending the dow back up above 11,000. the president went to michigan and blamed the wild swings on the grid lock in washington. >> unfortunately what we have seen in washington in the last few months is the worst kind of partisanship and grid lock, and that grid lock has undermined public confidence and empeded our effort to take the steps we need for our economy. >> what is in store for the economy in the short run. the market is on wild swings like never before in history. every since the debt deal al

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coming up next arks nal sis from newt gingrich, bernie gold bern, juan williams and mary catherine ham. best debt coverage anywhere continues on the factor in just a moment. >> bill: continuing with lead story. newt gingrich, scott gingrich new book out. so, what's the headline this evening for you, mr. speaker? >> well, i think a couple things. first the tea party members should feel really good. the left is mad at him for the right reason. they were effective. they were successful. we just had an extraordinary moment where a very left wing president blinked and that would not have happened without the tea party. now they have a great opportunity to push to pass a balanced budget amendment by the end of the year. that could be a historic effort for the tea parties to focus on. second, washington has to shift and focus on the economy. we are in very grave danger of sliding into an even deeper depression. and i think there is no sign right now that washington understands that this is a temporary moment. okay. we have all focused the debt ceiling. we are about to launch a big five or six

juan williams our great american panel. we have the latest in the breaking devel >> this is a fox news alert. to avoid a default the house and the senate in washington have in fact announced they have a deal and this announcement came from the president a short time ago. at this hour congressional leaders are reportedly gathering with members in an attempt to win over their support for the compromise. there is also word votes on the measure could go down as early as tomorrow. here with developments the author of a brand new book "muzzled an assault on an on nest doe ba honest debate" juan williams is back. the liberals are furious over this deal. are you one of them? >> it is not a good deal in terms of the direction i think the country should be going. i am with president obama when he said look we have the lowest spending level for government since president eisenhower. what we have in terms of taxes is also one of the lowest in the last 60 years and yet we have no sense of sheered burden by imposing some tax on tax burde

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i'm juan williams in for bill o'reilly. in the factor flashback segment tonight, a few weeks ago chicago rapper was promoting an album called president obama a terrorist. bill o'reilly, who is used to hearing such irresponsible statements from rappers thought that was really over the top. so he invited mr. fiasco on the factor to-to-discuss it. >> bill: what do you mean president obama is a terrorist? >> my fight against terrorism to me the biggest terrorist is obama in the united states of america to. put it into context i was asked about a song had a couple words that i never said which addresses terrorism. >> i think the war on terror is a bunch of bull [bleep] a reason for you to use a bunch of bullets. >> biggest terrorist, obama and the united states of america and its foreign policy. that was what the whole, you know, context of everything was. and it was really just an expression of me, i guess, to understand critically the society. >> bill: you know, president obama is not a terrorist. he is trying to do what he be

coming up next arks nal sis from newt gingrich, bernie gold bern, juan williams and mary catherine ham. best debt coverage anywhere continues on the factor in just a moment. >> bill: continuing with lead story. newt gingrich, scott gingrich new book out. so, what's the headline this evening for you, mr. speaker? >> well, i think a couple things. first the tea party members should feel really good. the left is mad at him for the right reason. they were effective. they were successful. we just had an extraordinary moment where a very left wing president blinked and that would not have happened without the tea party. now they have a great opportunity to push to pass a balanced budget amendment by the end of the year. that could be a historic effort for the tea parties to focus on. second, washington has to shift and focus on the economy. we are in very grave danger of sliding into an even deeper depression. and i think there is no sign right now that washington understands that this is a temporary moment. okay. we have all focused the debt ceiling. we are about to launch a big five or six

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up next booktv attended the book launch party for "muzzled" by juan williams. the political analyst signed books and interacted with guests at l to the private lounge in washington d.c.. >> juan williams, nice to meet you. this guy is my friend, ed rogers. thanks for coming. iyer really appreciate you coming. this is very nice of you. thank you, ed. your dad is helping me up big time. it is a tv camera. [laughter] >> we are on tv? >> it will eventually be on c-span. [laughter] should i read future president of the united states? >> you should write, nothing wrong with being a president. >> is that true? they have a bowling alley? that is pretty good. do i write rapport congressman? >> you can write congressman. [laughter] he is a big fan. >> i like him a lot. tell me mary, what should i say to make it special for the congressman? like something he cares about, you know. obviously about free speech and debate are not being politically correct. >> put it like this. i mean is one who refuses to be silent on issues you care about, something like that. i hope you en

i'm juan williams in for bill o'reilly. in the factor flashback segment tonight, a few weeks ago chicago rapper was promoting an album called president obama a terrorist. bill o'reilly, who is used to hearing such irresponsible statements from rappers thought that was really over the top. so he invited mr. fiasco on the factor to-to-discuss it. >> bill: what do you mean president obama is a terrorist? >> my fight against terrorism to me the biggest terrorist is obama in the united states of america to. put it into context i was asked about a song had a couple words that i never said which addresses terrorism. >> i think the war on terror is a bunch of bull [bleep] a reason for you to use a bunch of bullets. >> biggest terrorist, obama and the united states of america and its foreign policy. that was what the whole, you know, context of everything was. and it was really just an expression of me, i guess, to understand critically the society. >> bill: you know, president obama is not a terrorist. he is trying to do what he be

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i'm juan williams in for bill o'reilly. in the unresolved problem segment tonight, update on the story in worcester county, massachusetts where the illegal immigrant has been charged with vehicular homicide for hitting, dragging and eventually killing matthew denice. his parents are heart broken. >> i'm just consumed, consumed with heart break. it's sadness now and the anger of, you know, how this -- how many different ways this could have evolved and been prevented. >> matthew was the light of my life. he brought so much happiness to all his friends. >> juan: the democratic governor of that state devol patrick is sympathetic to the plight of illegal immigrants. he refuses to communicate with the federal program which would make it easier to get rid of illegal criminals. sheriff, what's your problem with the governor? the governor hasn't been willing to join the secure communities act. i'm ready to do it and go. >> juan: he has the ability to do it and so does worcester county. >> that's what we announced today hands of a t

please welcome to the program juan williams. sir? (cheers and applause) nice to see you, thanks for joining us. (applause) so thank you for joining us. >> my pleasure. great to be here. >> jon: thank you for being here. "muzzled: the assault on honest debate." so tell us. i guess the impetus of this book for the most part the incident that you had with comments that you had made during a segment on o'reilly's show, npr fires you. walk us through that very briefly. >> well, as you know, o'reilly was on the view and said that muslims attacked us on 9/11. after he says that whoop i goldberg and joy behar walks off the set and then o'reilly says "i meant radical extremist muslims." they come back. so the next o'reilly show, he has me on and he says kel me where i went wrong. so i said let's talk about this. the fact a that there were muslims who attacked us, who sited jihad and i can't get away from the fact that we just had the times square bomber talking about the startup of war on america and i tell you what in all honesty, when i'm i

juan williams, columnist with fair hilthe hill. and charles krauthammer. >> my main thought is what the president said is unbelievable. that clip we just heard, he is saying that the debate over the debt ceiling the threat of default royaled the market. two 500-point drop after the debate ended, after the threat of the debt ceiling not raised resolved, it make sense that market hold up fine in the debate and collapse afterwards? i don't think so. the markets are collapsing because we didn't do anything about the debt not because we have a debate over the debt ceiling. it's pathetic that the president said we have a raucous debate in congress. the debate was resolved. signed the bill. a week ago he said it was progress. we collapsed since then? the rating agency said we have not made progress since dealing with our debt. >> juan? >> the royal waters convince people quality of the political leadership is not up to the challenge. the challenge increased in terms of the threat that we face overseas, particularly the idea of italy and s

. >> up next, booktv visited the book launch party of juan williams. they signed books and interacted with guests at l2, a private lounge in washington, d.c.. [inaudible conversations] >> juan williams, nice to meet you, and this, my friend, is ed rogers. thank you for coming. i appreciate you doing it. very nice of you. your dad's helping me out big time, so, yeah. it's a tv camera. >> we're on tv? >> yore, it will be on c-span. [laughter] future president of the united states? >> you should write -- here, nothing wrong with being a president, and yo co put your home phone? >> is that true? >> uh-huh. >> that's good. >> do i write congressman? >> you can write congressman. >> yeah. >> i like him a lot. so tell me, mary, what do i say to make it special for the congressman? like something he cares about, you know? this is obviously about free speech and debate and not being politically correct. >> [inaudible] as a guy who refuses to be silent on issues you care about -- something like thatment i hope you will enjoy that. >> really, that was terrific. a

. >> juan williams, ladies and3 >> thank you. >> juan williams, ladies and gentlemen. [applause] >> thank you all, and brett, thank you and thanks to you and amy for putting this on. we really appreciate it. we are always in your debt for being such a good friend. and charles, steve, you know, i've worked at the "washington post," i forgot cnn. i've worked at npr. i've worked at the hill. these guys are the best. i am truly grateful to have you as my colleague. so thank you very much. [applause] >> and i want to also say thank you to ed rogers, shannon green and sheldon greene, who are here tonight. you know, steve just touched on this briefly, but there was a moment back then when i thought my career was over, and i thought that, you know, a career that had taken many careers on 10 years to go to washington, and today many people thought we're going to a book signing but, you know, you're really here for a celebration but i don't know if it celebrations in those survivor tv shows, but this is what it feels like to me. hey, i, head back above the waves, i'm standing. a

williams is also back. juan, we're now at 100% debt gdp with the new numbers. we've had horrie economic news. the president did all these fundraising trips until three weeks out of this crisis, even though we knew it was going to happen in january. do you see a little disconnect here? >> i'm just amazed at you onight. i don't get this at all. look the president has taken -- this president has taken less vacation time than president obama. >> sean: not true. >> you go on about the golf course. what does golf have to do with this? the man is 50 years old. that's a milestone's in anyone's life, sean, and you're denying him to have a birthday party. >> sean: i'm younger than the president. i'll be 50 years old this december. >> happyirthday. >> sean: you can say that to the president. let me tell you something, juan, i've told every one of my friends, my wife, i want nothing on my birthday. here's the point. star, look, the country is suffering. he's been out playing golf, he's been out basketball, he's been at

here with reaction juan williams, co-host of the great five, kimberly guilfoyle. juan, wait a minute. we can't mention god on september 11th? i have a theory about why he's doing this. i think this is outrageous to the people of new york and to the families and to the overwhelming majority of people that day, that prayed and turned to god as their country was under attack. you support this decision? >> no, i think this is one of those moments where it is as rare as an earthquake and a hurricane hitting the east coast in the same week. i think you and i an tkpwraelt i think this is a country that always -- acknowledges god in our great celebrations. certainly when it comes to something like grieving. we invite people in. i can only imagine that mayor bloomberg's thinking is, he wants to an individual controversy from having muslim clergy there. again, muslims die on 9/11 . i don't understand why he would do this. it is such an important part of a process. he speaks about this being for the families. i can't imagine families do not want some recognition of god and t

gregg gregg: juan williams, great to see you. jenna: fox news -- alert o'clock back out to california where we're watching brand new video of a rescue happening off of what looks like a mountainside, mount -- let's see if i can get the name -- in montrose, a search and rescue team, and again, this is in devil's canyon near mount watermain, three hikers went missing yesterday overnight, search and rescue is out there looking for them and apparently just found them this morning. apparently you can see quite a rescue taking place. three men lost. more details on this dramatic search and rescue, right after the break. mig hey everyone i'm megyn kelly, more stunning video of the aftermath of irene, the latest from vermont, new jersey, and absolute devastation in upstate new york. >>> alarming polling data for president obama in key battle ground states, slipping support with ohio, virginia and other states he won in '08. can the president find a path to victory? we investigate. >>> should unattractive people be eligible for affirmativ

williams, and i said to juan, what are you doing? you guys are committing political suicide by forcing this down the throats of the american public when they don't want it. he said let me tell you what the obama administration told me, quote, we believe obama, we believe that americans love entitlements and once we get them hooked on this entitlement, they will never let it go. >> boo. >> kelly: that's former pennsylvania senator rick santorum speaking today at the iowa straw polls, he's hoping to do well. of course the iowa straw poll has had a winning effect on candidates and we'll be right back with more details and follow this in our next hour, be sure to stay with jamie colby and me next. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics... a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion. because just one

juan williams, columnist with the hill. and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. what about this action, charles? >> i thought the late-day rally that we saw probably started around 3:00, when the president would not address the country, cheering and thrown in the air. general international exuberance. that is an attempt at satire. trying to get a chuckle. >> bret: i figured i'd let you go. >> you have to explain yourself, it's -- >> bret: the crickets were chirping. okay. >> i guess i wasn't cut out for that. the real story is what happened around 2:00. the man who really runs america, chairman of the federal reserve said for two years, keep interest rates low. normally, the chairman will say words like indefinitely, or for a while. they'll use the obscure words. but he was extremely specific. this is a contrast from the predecessor. he spoke in language that was so opaque and obscure you think you were listening to distinct himalayandy lecht. this ilecht -- himalayan dialect. he said two years so at a time when there is uncertainty about tax and regulation, all

they decided to jam it down the throats of the american public and i was with juan williams and i said to juan, what are you doing? you guys are committing political suicide by forcing this down the throats of the american public when they don't want it. and he said, well, let me tell you what the obama administration told me, quote, we believe obama, we believe that americans love entitlements, and once we get them hooked on this entitlement, they will never let it go. >> and rick santorum hitting one of the things you're going to hear over and over and over again in the coming months of this campaign, and that is about health care. one of the signature pieces of legislation brought forth by barack obama and now being fought by the entire republican field. to say that we h. we has an up hill battle in front of him, rick santorum, is an understatement. in a recent poll he got about 2% of republican voters. 39% had never even heard of him. he has sir chully no fund-raising money on hand. he's been hitting a lot of social conservative issues, though, and has been getting some support fro

time for wednesday's with juan. juan williams is like in washington. the choices are going to be very difficult to make, juan, because constituents will not like whatever the answers are. >>juan: and what you are hearing today on capitol hill is that politicians are saying, wait, whoever is on the committee will be politically vulnerable because you will have to put your fingerprints on cuts that your opponents will say is evidence that either you are willing to cut the pentagon budget or go after entitlement spending for people on medicare and social security. we have a number of people saying they are skeptical this can work coming from republicans and democrats today as reported with some senators thinking this may not work so you get to the automatic cuts. but this is all a preamble, all joking for who gets on the 12 member panel and what they promise to the people who put them on the panel they are willing to do and willing to accept. >>shepard: is anyone talking who the people may be? >>juan: a lot of back room bargaining going on, senator john m

juan williams, fox news political analyst, karen he henretty, how you two doing, huh? bright and early, huh? nice to see you in person, karen, juan, always good, welcome back to new york. how did he do on this? how did he handle it? >> you know, i think he did fine, but i think every candidate throughout the primary election and when we get into the general, both candidates are really going to have to be ready to take on -- and i don't think they're hecklers, they're just real people, they have a great deal of concern, i think there's a lot of fear out there, and you know, candidates become so used to their talking points, they've got to get better at thinking on their feet. bill: i think it's a good point. there's a camera everywhere today. but back to the point, how did rom romney do? >> romney did fine. you know, there was nothing memorable out of what -- from what he said other than the fact that the event occurred. bill: so you would not label this a myth moment? >> no, i would not. >> juan, would you? >> yes i would. i think it was a big myth moment. and karen wa

i'm juan williams in for bill o'reilly. please remember, the spin stops here, because we're stops here, because we're looking out for you. closed captioned by closed captioning services, inc. >>> this is a fox news weather alert. americans on the east coast are bracing for the worst as hurricane irene approaches land. i'm fred thompson in for s n >>> hand the hurricane i >> currently a category 2, winds upwards of 100 miles an hour. tropical storm force winds are already blowing into north carolina as the hurricane moves closer to the shore. irene is expected to reach land between 10 a.m. and noon tomorrow. the hurricane could be a category 3 storm by then. mandatory evacuations were issued earlier today for all along the east coast. officials say this storm has the potential to affect 65 million people. for all the latest on hurricane irene and the state of things in north carolina, we go to fox news very own jonathan serrie, who is by in atlantic beach, north carolina. >> reporter: good evening. you can see the conditions

the panel, juan williams, the hill. susan paicio for examiner and syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles, thoughts on the day and what precipitated it. >> all of us like to think this is all about washington. this is not about washington. there are two factors here. the less important of the two is the u.s. economy. what is slowing. we had bad consumer spending. added to that, terrible revision of gross domestic product. instead of growing at 2%, perhaps 3%. the first half of the year the economy expanded at .9%, which means it's flat. which means the economy has completely stalled. the estimate is a 1 to 3 chance of second recession. that is number one. that yad is afraid of worldwide slowdown is reflected in the oil. if it anticipates a slowdown, it goes down. down by 6% today. that is the first factor, the second one more importantly is the panic in europe over the status of spain and italy. this is not a greece or ireland. which is, you know, kindergarten. italy is too big to bail. eighth largest economy

steve hays and mara liasson and dana perino and juan williams. and steve, we have had other candidates surge to the lead briefly. there was 14 hours when donald trump was the front runner for the nomination. what do you make of rick perry's surge and does he have at ing power . >> it is fascinating because he has at ing power. donald trump shared his opinions and on talk shows, but captured the interest of republican vores who are looking for machine to take on president obama in an aggressive way. but unlike donald trump rick perry has a record and governor for 10 years and a world view that is more coherent than donald trump and i think he will likely have a lot of money so this is a guy with a fair amount of staying power. >> chris: mitt romney up to the point has been able to lead the race without engaging the candidates and sometimes by double digits and now perry king a clear lead does romney have to change that and go after perry. >> yes, i think he has to. keep your focus on president obama and don't worry about the ones running against y

. >> bill: clinging to -- poor recall -- joining us now are mary katharine and juan williams. big new best seller "muzzled." juan, i asked ben stein if president obama was a positive force in the economy he said yes. mr. rogers said is he a neutral. you say? >> i think is he a true central to positive and. >> bill: tell me the positive. i need to be convinced. >> clearly, when he took office, we were in a recession. we are now that recovery that's very fragile and faltering. >> bill: higher than it was when he took over. >> he has been creating jobs since he has been in office. >> hold it. if he has been creating jobs while he has been in office. why is employment 2 percentage points higher than when he took over? >> well, because what happened was we had a tremendous hole to dig out of. >> bill: no, no, no. you just said he created jobs since he has been in office but 2 percentage points higher in the unemployment rate. math doesn't add up. >> yes, it does. because we haven't created enough jobs. >> bill: no, no, no. he was creating jobs. the unemployment rate would have gone

and fox news political analyst, juan williams. byron and susan will be two of the questioners at the fox debate thursday. right -- byron break it down who has the most riding? >> i think tim pawlenty has the more riding in the straw poll without a doubt. he said we need to show good progress. he gets to define what good progress is. mock mcin the lead. -- michelle bachmann in the lead. somebody other than michelle bachmann and romney will be in new hampshire. he has pulled himself out of this. look at the results of straw polls in the past. sam brownback, tancredo, ron paul were top finishers earlier. forbes, dole and bower finished two, three and four in 1999. sometimes it doesn't tell you who is going to get out in the caucuses. >> chris: right the person who rib wins the caucus recently hasn't won the republican nomination. but we are still going to cover it. susan, one of the big story lines in the debate and straw poll is pawlenty versus bachmann. both counting on a strong showing in ames. they both appeal to tea partiers and

i'm juan williams in for bill o'reilly. please remember, the spin stops here, because we're looking out for you. >> sean: i'm sean hannity. we are at the iowa state fair. we'll be checking in with joe trippi and congressman steve king. we've had corn dogs, twinkies, fried butter, having a good time? [ cheering and applause ] >> sean: join us, hannity starts right now. tonight the road to 2012 has brought us to the iowa state fair grounds in beautiful des moines, iowa. [ cheering ] >> sean: thousands to kickoff this special show. she is on the latest leg of her one nation bus tour. once again turning heads with a visit to this very key state. joining us now, sarah palin. [ cheering and applause ] >> sean: i could save the best question for last. but we have a straw poll tomorrow. you are here at the fairgrounds. i think a lot of people might want an answer to this one question. are you considering a run for the presidency of the united states? >> i am still considering a run, sean. [ cheering and applause ] >> i think the go

juan williams, we want to point out by ron and susan will be two of the questioners on the fox debate on thursday. by ron who has the most riding? >> i think tim pawlenty has the most riding without a doubt. he gets to define what good progress is. michelle bachmann is in the lead and somebody other than bachmann and mitt romney in the debate but in new hampshire for the straw poll. he pulled himself kind of out of the this . on the other hand look at traw polls in the past? sam brownback and ron paul, tom finishers in the straul polls and steve forbes finished in the straw poll. it doesn't tell you who is out in the caucuses. >> chris: that's right. who wins the poll doesn't win the caucus and we are going to cover it still. susan. we have touched on this. one of the story lines in the debate is tim pawlenty versus michelle bachmann. they are counting on a strong showing and they appeal to tea partiers. what are you looking at those specifically. pawlenty is more organizationinized and been there long yer working harder. he could pull off a surprise first or second or third and steal

and fox news political analyst, juan williams. byron and susan will be two of the questioners at the fox debate thursday. right -- byron break it down who has the most riding? >> i think tim pawlenty has the more riding in the straw poll without a doubt. he said we need to show good progress. he gets to define what good progress is. mock mcin the lead. -- michelle bachmann in the lead. somebody other than michelle bachmann and romney will be in new hampshire. he has pulled himself out of this. look at the results of straw polls in the past. sam brownback, tancredo, ron paul were top finishers earlier. forbes, dole and bower finished two, three and four in 1999. sometimes it doesn't tell you who is going to get out in the caucuses. >> chris: right the person who rib wins the caucus recently hasn't won the republican nomination. but we are still going to cover it. susan, one of the big story lines in the debate and straw poll is pawlenty versus bachmann. both counting on a strong showing in ames. they both appeal to tea partiers and

i spoke at a conservative summit, juan williams was there, dick morris, i ripped up both parties, and they gave me a huge standing ovation. you have a problem with them, as well as the polls. the problem is both parties are bad. >> i was in ohio with republicans, and they don't agree with you. here's the fact that you need to understand. in 2006, when the republicans controlled the congress last and had the president, the deficit was $269 billion. five years into the obama/pelosi/reid administration we have a deficit of $1.65 trillion. when democrats have any part of the government, they go crazy. they don't spend like drunken sailors, they spend like a drunken navy. >> the difference between you and i, i think the democrats are drunken sailor spending. the republicans are doing that. a couple points i made there. you know, your republican leadership are the people who abandoned obama care just as soon as they passed that bone they threw out on repealing it. they have not pursued that issue they promised their base they would do. their the ones of freddy and fannie. you know why? both