the factor begins right now. hi, i m bill o reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. scrutinizing ben carson, that is the subject of this evening s talking points memo. dr. carson having some trouble. today s campaign admitted that he story he told about being offered appointment to west point is not offered, cnn reporting dr. carson s biography where he describes himself as an angry boy who was close to committing violent acts may be suspect as well. network trying to corroborate carson s story that at age is he tried to stab a boy related to him. the person that i tried to stab, you know, i talked to today. said would they want to be revealed? they were not anxious to be revealed. and it was a relative of mine. and i didn t want to put their lives under the spotlight. it s a smear campaign, but, you know, i m not going to play that game with them. they can do it all they want. now, dr. carson is smart to hit the controversy head on. when i was attacked earlier this