dennis miller, everybody. if you're looking for a great christmas gift, tickets for the bolder fresher show, february 22, miller and i will be at the comerica theater in phoenix, arizona. march 1, nokia theater in los angeles. march 15, in atlantic city. april 26, dar constitutional hall in d.c june 1, theater in westbury, my hometown. in new york, details on billoreilly.com where you can also get the bolder fresher dvd. on deck, the tv show mocking white people in west virginia. oh, oh oh, oh right back with i always wait until the last minute. can i still ship a gift in time r christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. >> bill: back of the book segment, did you see that and we begin with a new tv show produced by mtv, which mocks rural white folks. >> a place for freedom. forbe me and my friends, that means the freedom to do whatever the (bleep) we want. >> our motto is what

also tonight, dennis miller on paying higher taxes. and charlie brown kicked to the cush -- curb in arkansas by a pastor. >> everything i do turns into a disaster. >> oh, good grief. >> bill: 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. no talking points memo this evening because we have two very important interviews to conduct here. in just a few moments senator marco rubio in first post election chat and boy do i have some questions for him. first the lead story, bob costas as we reported last night the nbc sportscaster has created a storm of confusion. last sunday night during a national football game, he delivered a commentary at halftime condemning what he calls the gun culture in america. some folks got angry because they felt costas was attacking the second amendment. mr. costas denies that and he joins us now. >> hi, bill. >> bill: first up, how do you feel about the right to bear arms? >> obviously americans have a right to bear a

also, dennis miller running wild tonight. caution, you where to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. hi i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. we will get to president obama and gun control in a melt. first, the talking talking points memo why isn't the president trying to secure the release of marine corps patrol john hammar? that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. in the middle of the civil war, president abraham lincoln still took time to right wrongs brought to his attention. regular folks could go to the white house and hand petitions to the president's staff. mr. lincoln would then read some of them, turn the letters over and write comments that might help individual americans. abraham lincoln did that every week. now we have a situation where a former marine, 27-year-old john hammar has been in a mexican prison since last august for absolutely nothing. nothing. as we have reported, corporal hammar secured permission from the u.s. customs office in brownsville, texas to car

>> kimberly: dennis miller. >> eric: miller? they're in my ear. we are going to toss this to doug mckelway who is sitting in "special report" for bret baier. doug, take it away, sir. >> doug: i am doug mckelway in for bret baier on "special report." president obama is going to address the nation. the question is whether the talks pushed them apart or got them closer to a deal with three days away from fiscal cliff. ed henry standing by in the briefing room. what are you hearing? >> senior white house official says the president told the republican leaders he wants up or down vote on the scaled back plan. he said that then the senate leaders jumped in and said they think they can get a bipartisan plan. the president told senators reid and mcconnell, i'm told they have a day or two to getting a deal done. otherwise we're out of time. he wants an up or down vote or the plan. at that point, john boehner was noncommittal and not say if he would bring it up for a vote. said wait until we cross the bridge. we are close to that bridge. president plan has

>>neil: conservative comedian has made doubters look like morons and he and dennis miller by themself could take on the whole comic mainstream establishment. the latest project proves it. he goes to michigan in search of simple answers on the fiscal cliff to what make as democrat. he got some good answers and good laughs. >> should we raise taxes? >> i don't know. >> anything over $1 million. >> the household makes $250 should they be taxed like the richest? >> no. >> you disagree with raising taxes on families only making $250,000. >> yes. >> that makes you a republican. >> a republican. >> no. >> that makes you a republican! >> welcome. when you went back and people say, your views sound more republican than democrat, what did they think? what did they sayst well, the video shows if they novembered as conservatively as they live their lives we would see a different demographic, but that shows the media is perpetuating the likes attributed to republicans being conservatives and republicans are horrible county just terrifyingly awful with the message. you can see the people interviewe

i'm getting targeted, me, dennis miller, because i have achieved something, so it's really taxing the successful, but it's also taxing achievement. >> yes. >> bill: to some extent rewarding non-achievement. >> i get along with dennis great. i saw him just the other day. unfortunately, our beards started fighting so we can't be in the same room. >> bill: absolutely. i can do some quick math for you because the federal budget is 3.8 billion dollars or i should say trillion dollars. i know that the population is about 314 million. >> bill: right. >> people in the united states, so your fair share, i mean, everyone needs to pay $12,076. i have two kids and a wife at home, so my nut would be $48,304. that would be my fair share. now, i'm willing to round up to $48,5 and then be heralded as a hero in my community, right? >> bill: no. you've got to pay more. >> no? bill, it's really like this. >> bill: here's why you've got to pay more. >> gas is $3 a gallon. the average person pays $3 a gallon for gas. some people get gas for free. i pay $30 a gallon, and i'm a shmuck? how about we take the

. >> hard to believe i'm sober doing that you can catch bill and dennis miller in 2013 on their bolder fresher tour february 22nd in phoenix at the comerica theater. march 1st in los angeles at the nokia theater, april 2th he at the dar constitution hall in constitution d.c. june 1als at the theater west bury on new york's long island. details available on bill o'reilly.com. in a moment, has the tea party lost its influence in power? that's what the "new york times" says. we'll be back in 60 seconds. look obviously the tea party folks aren't out there protesting like in 2010 but still is tremendous influence. look at the proposal for the fiscal cliff. it was rejected. it wasn't embraced by conservatives on capitol hill and the reason why is because it doesn't meet the tea party philosophy of lower taxes and smaller government. >> what do you make of that? what you are saying is that the tea party stuck to a principal and it was more about the republican party not sticking to principles. >> the conservatives did not back boehner and his plan b. it wasn't the tea party. the tea party has

the tickets for the bolder fresher tour starring bill and dennis miller make great christmas gifts. and west bury new york on june 1st. details on bill o'reilly.com. and don't forget my new radio show starts on january 2nd, so check out my web site. up nebletion the factor visited the set of the five last night and of course there were fireworks. we'll be right back. 60 seconds. >>> in the back of the book segment, o'reilly's pursuit of freedom and justice for corporal john hammer took him to the set of the five yesterday. the discussion got heated and that exchange about whether the obama administration was doing enough to help free hammer might have been the tipping point in the case. roll the tape. >> we have a scientist in jail in pakistan for 30 years and this is the guy that helped us get bin laden. what has president obama done about that? nothing. >> all right. >> that is not right. >> what has he done? >> gone to the isi and tried to get them out. >> who went to the isi? >> i assume the cia and some other people. >> you assume a lot. >> you are the one assuming something. y

the tickets for the bolder fresher tour starring bill and dennis miller make great christmas gifts. and west bury new york on june 1st. details on bill o'reilly.com. and don't forget my new radio show starts on january 2nd, so check out my web site. up nebletion the factor visited the set of the five last night and of course there were fireworks. we'll be right back. 60 seconds. >>> in the back of the book segment, o'reilly's pursuit of freedom and justice for corporal john hammer took him to the set of the five yesterday. the discussion got heated and that exchange about whether the obama administration was doing enough to help free hammer might have been the tipping point in the case. roll the tape. >> we have a scientist in jail in pakistan for 30 years and this is the guy that helped us get bin laden. what has president obama done about that? nothing. >> all right. >> that is not right. >> what has he done? >> gone to the isi and tried to get them out. >> who went to the isi? >> i assume the cia and some other people. >> you assume a lot. >> you are the one assuming something. y

bill you and is dennis were wonderful in salt lake city. i think you mean miller thanks. >>> and we'll see you all in phoenix, la and washington d.c. and westbury, long island. bill, took the tip of the day and visited missing money.com. and found i was owed $100. and peel off $20 for charity tom. >>> and finally tonight the factor tip of the day. many of us give to charity over hanukkah and christmas holiday season in general. we want to be smart about it, don't we. go to charity navigator.org. very honest web site. it rates the charity so you can be sure the money is used honestly. and i use charity navigator. most of the charities they give to i know the poem. i can go to their house if i have to. i have seen it and sometimes i give to money to doctors without borders. it has the listings on charity navigator.org. so you can know. we are a generous people in america. most generous on earth and sometimes people take advantage of that ask rip us off. you don't want that to happen to you. go to charity navigator. check out the fox news fact

miller: thank you, mr. farr. i want to also as congresswoman eshoo and congressman farr acknowledged, there are others from the other side of the aisle who will be leaving after this session of congress. brian bilbray, marry bono mack, david dreier, wally herger, jerry lewis and dan lungren. we have had accomplishments together. jerry lewis and i had the longest floor debate over the creation of desert national parks, mohave desert national parks. when we were done, he was opposed and i was for it, but he made sure the public had access to it and visitor centers. members of congress do -- this isn't just a working relationship. over time, you get to one another's families and know their children's successes and desires and trouble that befalls american families. people don't think of that when they think of the congress and you build relationships and friendships and depend on one another's expertise to guide us through all of the issues that we will confront in a congressional year. congressman stark and myself,

miller: thank you, mr. farr. i want to also as congresswoman eshoo and congressman farr acknowledged, there are others from the other side of the aisle who will be leaving after this session of congress. brian bilbray, marry bono mack, david dreier, wally herger, jerry lewis and dan lungren. we have had accomplishments together. jerry lewis and i had the longest floor debate over the creation of desert national parks, mohave desert national parks. when we were done, he was opposed and i was for it, but he made sure the public had access to it and visitor centers. members of congress do -- this isn't just a working relationship. over time, you get to one another's families and know their children's successes and desires and trouble that befalls american families. people don't think of that when they think of the congress and you build relationships and friendships and depend on one another's expertise to guide us through all of the issues that we will confront in a congressional year. congressman stark and myself,