cutting spending has to go hand in hand with further reforms to our tax code. so that the wealthiest corporations and individuals can t take advantage of loopholes. bill: uh-oh that means even more taxes are coming on top of the big tax rise that will be signed into law shortly. will president obama ruin the american economy with all the new taxes? columbine. virginia tech. tucson,. newtown. newtown,. newtown. how many more. bill: how many celebrities want gun control even though some of them star in violent films. also a lawyer says he might sue the state of connecticut for failing to protect the kids in newtown. is it legal on both of those stories. plus can speaker boehner say fu to senate majority leader reid? it looks like it? that can t be good. bill: caution, you where to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. bill: hi, i m bill o reilly. thanks for watching the first show in 2013. happy new year. president obama s true agenda em
people may get an unwelcome christmas gift. rough weather could be on the way from east texas to north florida. further north they are under a winter storm warning with freezing rain, sleet and snow. pope benedict xvi led christmas eve mass and urged people around the globe to find time for god in what he describes as our busy technology driven lives. in florida a very merry christmas for the family of john hammar. the former marine is back home after months in a mexican jail. he was locked up for intering mexico with an antique gun. i got him in the car and i thanked the u.s. consulate guys and we took off and made a b line to san pedro island and spent the night there.
an emotional vigil. it was set and set by an excon who opened fire on them . two others were injured as well. excon 62 year old william sprangler then killed himself police say he spent 17 years in prison for beating his grandmother to death back in 1980 . he was living withs had sister who was not accounted for . a marine veteran. fox news was there when john hammar and his dad arrived back in florida. you guys turned it into something spectacular and we are grateful. this is great right now. i am glad to be talking to you
feverishly to get him out. on friday this marine who served us in iraq and afghanistan and also suffers from prost thattatic stress disorder was greed. he and his dad drove back from florida and hours ago after they arrived home in palmetto bay steve harrigan was live there and had a chance to talk to the dad. steve, how is the family doing tonight? jamie, we got to see john hammar pull up with his father after this long ordeal. they drove directly into the garage. john hammar is now suffering from some sort of stomach ailment he picked up inside that mexican prison. they actually had to make a stop on the drive home from the border at a louisiana hospital and john hammar s father says his son is so weak he can barely stand despite that, he says, this will be the greatest christmas his family has ever had. i got him in the car and i thanked the u.s. consulate guys and we took off. and made a beeline to san
the pelvis. the bullets have not been removed because as of now to do so could complicate their recovery. the bottom line here, they are both very lucky to be alive. jamie? jamie: for sure. david lee miller, thanks. here is good news for the christmas holiday. a former marine that was locked up in mexico is back home now with his family tonight after he endured months behind bars. john hammar s ordeal began back in august when he was entering mexico with his buddy in route to a surfing trip in costa rica. hammar told u.s. border officials in texas that he wanted to take with him his great grandfather s antique gun and those officials told hammar no problem. but when he got to mexico. border agents locked him unon violation charges of the country s strict gun laws and since then his parents and lawmakers have been working