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"the factor" begins right now. ♪ >> bill: hi, i am bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. brand-new poll on president trump. that is the subject of this evening's "talking points" memo. according to cbs news, the job approval rating now instands at 40%. 7% don't know. that is not surprising for a president with no prior political experience who is vowing to drain the swamp in washington. this time next year, president trump's job approval ratings will be much more meaningful. next question, what do you think the main reason the republican health care plan did not pass? donald trump didn't compromise enough, 14%. congressional republicans didn't compromise, 14%, democrats, 14%, the bill just wasn't popular, 49%. so my analysis on monday was correct. >> bill: i don't think the president is going to blamed for this. this is my opinion as a very astute analyst. i think the folks out there are going, hey, trump screwed this up. they are going, congress screwed it up. and both parties did.th >> bill: next question from cbs news, do you think it is necessary for the fbi to investigate a possible link between the trump campaign and the russian government? 63% say necessary. 33%, not necessary. finally, do you think donald trump's offices were wiretapped during the presidential campaign? very likely, 22%. somewhat likely, 25%. not very likely, 25%. not likely at all, 30%. the country is split down the middle on the question, mostly along ideological lines. here's a question i would like posed to the american people. do you believe that the hatred towards president trump has reached a dangerous level in this country? the answer is yes. t h whether you like the president or not, it is brutally unfair to undermine his administration as some of his opponents are trying to do.rm we have the democratic party refusing to cooperate on anything. it now looks like senate rules will have to be changed toed appoint judge neil gorsuch to the supreme court because not enough democrats will support the man. it is clear that judge gorsuch is qualified. it is also clear the most powerful democrat in congress, senator chuck schumer, would look askance at any of his colleagues who support the judge. many democratic senators fear hemr. schumer. as fair-minded people will concede, there was hatred towards president obama. there was. but in the first months of his tenure, there was no apparent undermining of his administration. but now we have a climate of hatred where there are no rules and the media feeds the beast every single day. as a historian, i can tell you i have never seen the national press despise a president more than they do donald trump. richard nixon might have come close at the end of his term, but what we have now is unfair and destructive for america. hate should not be part of the political landscape.r that is "the memo." a now, for the top story reaction joining us from sarasota, florida, geraldo rivera. here in new york city, eric bolling. what do you think is driving the hatred towards trump? >> well, i think it is nothing new.nk first of all. the left stream media, which was completely caught off guard by the trump win, had hopes of having hillary clinton as a president, they are angry, they are bitter, sore losers. i think even from day one, they have given trump a hard time about everything he says andmp does and don't give him a passnd on anything. let me call donald trump and the trump administration out for one thing. i think on policy, they deserve an a. i love everything they are doing. on actual creating and saving jobs and economy, he is crushing it. jobs are staying, the numbers are fantastic, consumer confidence, housing prices, off the charts. so on policy and actual boots on the ground, what's going on in the economy, it's great. but he himself gave his communications department a c. i think that contentious relationship between the media and trump communications department and the media need to get fixed before he starts getting a pass on some of these things. >> bill: all of that may be true and maybe not true.hi but that doesn't explain the personal animus. how do you think that has developed, geraldo? the personal hatred towards trump. you know trump. you don't hate him. i know him. he is a likable guy. >> you and i have known him for decades. we have known him for decades. he is a very flamboyant personality, just like you and i are, bill. when you are a flamboyant personality and you are succeeding, people tend to stay out of your way. and look at the great track record he has had with his prime time success and then the historic victory at the white house. but he has had some terrible stumbles. yes, jobs are great, and he hasn't emphasized that enough. the economy, where's infrastructure now? instead, what we have seen this clumsy refugee ban that has done nothing but hurt tourism and scare people.t heavy-handedness in terms of the deportation of the undocumented immigrants. the health care, i don't blame don'tent trump and i blame speaker ryan for the failure of the health care bill. what you have there was the knifing in the back, the treason, the treachery of the freedom caucus. what is the freedom caucus? 40 or so congresspeople -- >> bill: you are talking policy and policy always has people disliking other people. this is personal. it's a personal thing. it transcends policy successes and failures. it transcends communication problems and tweets. they don't, "they" being the media and a lot of people, a lot of regular folks, don't like him. all right? so they can justify hatred and irrational behavior for any emotional reason. i don't know what that emotional reason is. >> of course you do, bill. he plays right into it. he loves it. he loves the fight with the media. he knows that the media -- >> bill: it's not just the media, it's folks, too.nd >> how about when he goes to these big press conferences and rips them apart? he is in his element. those are his best moments. he thrives on the fight. >> bill: he is being reactive. a look, geraldo, there are people in families who won't talk to each other because somebody voted for donald trump.ce i mean, this transcends john mccain versus barack obama or mitt romney. come on. >> i partially agree with both you and eric in this regard. if he had succeeded, health care is a heavy lift. it is a complex problem. paul ryan and the republicans crafted a reasonable compromise. as difficult as it was, if he had succeeded in getting that passed, after eight years of promising to repeal and replace obamacare, the buzz would have been much different. it is like instead of striking out in the bottom of the ninth inning in the seventh game of the world series, he got a single and scores a run. >> bill: this is way beyond policy. way, way beyond policy. >> when you have this kind of personality -- >> bill: he lives for this battle. it doesn't hurt him at all.on the poll numbers -- it may hurt him on poll numbers. he hasn't cared about the poll numbers for a year and a half and he is smart. america, the people who like donald trump love to fight with the media. they love it. they eat it up. i just think you guys areov missing this. there is something about donald trump that has gotten deep into people's emotional makeup. >> he is different.ot he is different. he's not a politician. >> bill: barack obama was different. all right? >> he is a brash person who canw only succeed with success. if he was a brash broke businessman, that would be different than a brash billionaire. he has no cachet when he is losing. he is at 36% because he has had no success --e >> bill: it's 40%. >> how is he losing? good lord. look at the economy, look at the jobs. knowing trump for a long time, decades, i am askance that you didn't call me flamboyant as you did bill o'reilly -- >> bill: bolling learned a new word here, "askance." so we'll be hearing at 18 times on "the five" this week. all right, gentlemen. we appreciate it. next on "the rundown", big mayors conference today on sanctuary cities. we will tell you what happened. later, lou dobbs on many americans having no money. dennis miller has a snowflake quiz for us. and a whole bunch of other stuff. those reports after these wfmessages. yeah, so mom's got this cold. hashtag "stuffy nose." hashtag "no sleep." i got it. hashtag "mouthbreather." yep. we've got a mouthbreather. well, just put on a breathe right strip and ... pow! it instantly opens your nose up to 38% more than cold medicine alone. so you can breathe ... and sleep. shut your mouth and say goodnight mouthbreathers. breathe right. ♪ guys, what's happening here? 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do you know? >> well, the mayors, they said the issue is that detainers are voluntary.y. there are actually not backed by a warrant. they are not backed by law -- >> bill: is there any data that says they are voluntary? i mean, i have the code right here. it doesn't say it is voluntary. do you know of anything? >> they are saying that because detainers are not -- they are just that.y they are a detainer. they are not backed by a warrant. they are saying that they will adhere if there is a warrant. >> bill: i know. i don't know if a detainer is voluntary. i don't think it is legally. i mean, you can't arrest them, or i don't think you can arrest them here. that would be a pretty bold act. all right, kelly, we appreciate it. now, let's go to austin, texas, a big sanctuary place, and bring in karl rove, who lives there. travis county, where austin is, being punished by the state and the feds. how do you see that, mr. rove? b >> well, our local government, austin is a blueberry in the midst of a big, red sea. it's a very liberal town. adoptn expect them to these kind of policies. what is interesting to me is that they want to have it both ways. as i understand it, the sheriff, sally hernandez, says we'll ignore detainers, except when the detainer involves a case of capital murder, murder, aggravated sexual assault, or continuous human smuggling. i guess if you just are smuggling once, we will ignore it. if you have an aggravated assault or a sexual assault that is not aggravated, we will ignore that. if you've got manslaughter, assault, if you are dealing drugs, selling opiates, heroin, that is not -- >> bill: but where does - sally hernandez get the right to make this law? that is what i asked yesterday. she is basically saying, look, i am going to do what i want and i really don't care if the federal government wants to hold -- remember, all we are talking t about, people who have been arrested. we're not talking about gardeners. these are people who have been arrested, they are in sally hernandez' jail. okay? and then, i.c.e. finds out about it, not by sally, sally won't tell them -- >> sally will, if they are capital murder, aggravated sexual assault. >> bill: say you are a heroin dealer. >> that is not a serious crime, bill. we don't need to worry about that for the safety of our community. you think she's crazy? our county judge said, "i am frustrated that travis county resources of detention are continually diverted from public safety to address unfounded politically motivated allegations." so is she saying that if you are accused of assaulting somebody or being a drunk, a dui, kill someone, or a heroin dealer, that that is a "politically motivated allegation"? i mean, that is just ludicrous. >> bill: do people in your county, where you live, travis county, would the majority of them care about this? are they outraged about it? or are they so liberal that they don't care? >> it is a pretty liberal place. it is not likely to get the response it would get elsewhere in texas. here is a problem for travis county. sally hernandez was elected last fall. she took office and she announced this policy late last year, just before the texas legislature came to town for the 140 days every two years that it's here. so we have all of our texas state house representatives and senators here in town for a legislative session that goes through the end of may, and they are watching this drama play out. as a result, our governor, lieutenant governor, other state leaders have asked for legislation to deal with cities that refused to uphold the law and as a result, it will result in a very bad outcome for travis county. again, what gets me is, okay, if you want to be principled, then say we won't accept any federal detainer. what gets me, they say, no federal detainers except the four crimes that we have on our bad list. but if there are other badri crimes, oh, we won't treat that -- >> bill: it's anarchy. what you are saying is that the state of texas may make laws that would put sally hernandez in jail? >> no, but it's likely to deny travis county money for failing to live up to its obligations. and that is hopefully going to have an impact. i got to tell you, to me, it has got to be one or the other. you either respect the federal law and say we get a detainer for any violent crime and we will turn them over or you simply say, we won't accept any detainer, we will find some goofy excuse not to accept it. they are trying to have it both yways. trying to be pure to the liberal community -- >> bill: hiding behind the warrant situation, which is a very difficult thing to do. you have to present evidence, takes forever, and all of this. directly ahead, a massachusetts sheriff outraged about a lawmaker tipped off some illegal aliens about an i.c.e. raid. and later, what are american troops doing in syria? very serious question. up ahead. no matter how the markets change... at t. rowe price... our disciplined approach remains. global markets may be uncertain... but you can feel confident in our investment experience around the world. call us or your advisor... t. rowe price. invest with confidence. yet up 90% fall short in getting key nutrients from food alone. let's do more. add one a day women's complete with key nutrients we may need. plus it supports bone health with calcium and vitamin d. one a day women's in gummies and tablets. could save money on car insurance.nce you know, the kind of driver who always buckles up... comes to a complete stop... and looks both ways, no matter what. because esurance believes that's the kind of driver who deserves to save money on car insurance. in fact, safe drivers who switch from geico to esurance could save hundreds. so if you switch to esurance, saving is a pretty safe bet. auto and home insurance for the modern world. esurance. an allstate company. click or call. that's why a cutting edgeworld. university counts on centurylink to keep their global campus connected. and why a pro football team chose us to deliver fiber-enabled broadband to more than 65,000 fans. and why a leading car brand counts on us to keep their dealer network streamlined and nimble. businesses count on communication, and communication counts on centurylink. ♪ >> bill: "personal story" sgment ton >> bill: "personal story" segment tonight. an unbelievable situation in massachusetts. apparently, michelle dubois posted a facebook thing that warned undocumented immigrants in the area that there might be an upcoming i.c.e. raid. that has caused all kinds of controversy. joining us from washington, thomas hodgson, sheriff of bristol county, massachusetts, where this took place. what exactly did ms. dubois do? >> what she did was, she sent out an alert saying she had gotten tipped off that there was going to be a i.c.e. raid on b wednesday in the city of boston. basically said to stay in your house, don't go outside, ifai somebody knocks on your door and you don't know who they are, don't answer the door. she gave out all kinds ofer instructions on what to do to avoid the i.c.e. agents if they were to come into that area. >> bill: did they indeed raid brockton?th was there a raid? >> i'm not aware of a raid at this point. but the underlying issue here is that we have an elected officiar who has gone out of her way not to protect the citizens of her community, but to harbor people who are targeted, and not only putting i.c.e. agents at risk because we need the elemente of surprise, when we go to a place, dealing with some heavy-duty transnational gangs involved in sex trafficking or the other things going on out there, we don't want to come up on some arsenal where they are prepared and seriously injure or kill any of our law enforcement people, never mind the crimes these people would get away with going down the road if she creates this -- o >> bill: yeah, if she lets them get away. in your experience, i.c.e. is targeting criminals, not gardeners and house painters, right? >> no question about it. >> bill: so, ms. dubois will say, i am looking out for the poor chambermaids who don't deserve to be scrutinized. that is what she will say. now, you pointed to -- i made reference to this in thew, previous segment, title 8, u.s. code 1234. is ms. dubois in violation of federal law for doing what she did? >> well, if we could prove that she was able to assist somebody from getting away in the instance where i.c.e. was going, targeting somebodyy and they can determine that this person, as a result, got away, i would say absolutely, i would got to believe -- >> bill: you would say there could be a case made. can there be a case made against sanctuary mayors in general who say, look, we're not going to cooperate in general? >> when they make an effort to consciously harbor or conceal someone, that is a felony under federal law, and they should be treated exactly the way their citizens or the constituents would be treated if they did the same thing when it comes to the consequences for that, so, yes. >> bill: you live in a county south of boston. you know massachusetts is one of the most liberal states in the union. yet you yourself are opposite the prevailing wisdom in the bay state. do your county people support you? po>> i have just been elected to my fourth six-year term, bill. i am a republican in the biggest democratic enclave in massachusetts. that proves a point, which is, the people around this country, whether they are democrats or republicans, they want the laws enforced, and they want to know that their elected officials and their law enforcement people are upholding those laws -- >> bill: you are not getting backlash? >> oh, sure. oh, sure i am. i get backlash. i have been getting backlash all throughng my career. i don't worry about it. i got elected by the people, not by the politicians.. >> bill: that is what i mean, not the politicians or the press. the folks -- it speaks to yourself, four terms. have you talked to ms. dubois? interviewed her? talked to her? >> no. she has had some things to say, i am a hatemonger and using her as a means -- the typical things you hear, to avoid accountability, responsibility for what she did. >> bill: all right, sheriff, wee appreciate it. plenty more ahead as "the factor" moves along this evening. a lou dobbs on americans not having a lot of cash on hand. dennis miller on the snowflake culture. he's got a quiz for us. and martha maccallum on u.s. troops in syria, the most secreu story around.or we hope you stay tuned for those reports. ope you stay >> bill: "lou's the boss" segment tonight. troubling new study, about a third of american consumers saying they would have trouble c coming up with an emergencye $2,000 bucks a month if they had to. so, just $2,000, they give you four weeks to get it, they can't get it. talk about living day to day. here now to analyze, lou dobbs. it is just shocking to me. >> it is. we look at all sorts of numbers, the unemployment rate, the markets, $3 trillion higher since the election. yet a sizable number of americans, one-third of all consumers -- >> bill: a lot. a >> $2,000, they can't come up with. >> bill: in four weeks. >> in four weeks. and what really put this in perspective, to compare this to other countries. t the oecd, developed nations, we rank 14th in household savings. that is how far we have fallen. mexico has a higher savings rate and amount. absolute dollars, as well as rate. over the united states. it is astounding. >> bill: why is that? why do americans not save? why are we 14th? >> i think that part of that is, we have gone through an extraordinarily period that we have emerged from. the other part is, we are offshoring our production, plants, factories. we are outsourcing our jobs. >> bill: it is a matter ofso wages? a matter of lifestyle? >> it is also partly lifestyle. >> bill: immediate gratification, running up credit cards? >> you can talk about consumer behavior, certainly, that is right. it is also bank behavior. when you're talking about 24%it rates on credit cards, bill, that is illusory, bill. >> bill: you have to be a morona to have a credit card with 24%. you can get it lower than that. >> you can, but a lot of people don't. the fact is, it is the system working. i will tell you, it is a system that favors banks and not the consumer. el particularly, the poor consumer. >> bill: benjamin franklin was a thrifty guy. >> we were a thrifty nation. >> bill: we were. then we hit somewhere, in the roaring '20s, started to go down, spending everything, then the depression hit. then nobody had anything at all. when i was growing up, and this ties into the old school philosophy, i was taught, you are making $1.30 at carvel, the government is taking a decent set of that, so you are coming y home with $0.80, $0.85 an hour. then you got to save half of that. >> you've got to save it. save for a rainy day, all of the old cliches are absolutely true. but in the 1960s, something happened, a great deal happened, as you know, the culture of this country. we became the throwaway nation.n we became the charge nation, credit cards were everywhere. the cashless society was w envisioned. it is here. what it leaves out are people who cannot, once people are offshoring their jobs and production, outsourcing their jobs and the american dream, there is about one-third of the american people who are getting desperately, horribly short-changed. >> bill: you are seeing it as more about generating income than foolish money management? >> i think it is both.e >> bill: i think it's the latter. i think if you want to make money in this country, you can make money. c you might have to move, might have to drive an uber. you can make it.ha >> see what is happening here. with the move back to the car companies to detroit -- >> bill: i got it. he >> it will be very helpful. >> bill: i always did something. it was manual labor, but i did it when it was coming up, so it can be done. miller is on deck. a mother thanks the cops for arresting her daughter. also, miller's great snowflake quiz. the d-man moments away. hey! you know, progressive is america's number-one motorcycle insurer. yeah, she does purr! best bike i ever owned! no, you're never alone, because our claims reps are available 24/7. we even cover accessories and custom parts. we diget an early start! took the kids to soccer practice. you want me to jump that cactus? all right. aah! that lady's awesome. i don't see a possum! >> announcer: "the o'reilly factor," the number one cable news show for 16 years and counting. >> bill: thanks for staying with us. i am bill o'reilly. in the "miller time" segment tonight, a qui >> announcer: "the o'reilly factor," the number one cable news show for 16 years and counting. >> bill: thanks for staying with us. i am bill o'reilly. in the "miller time" segment tonight, a quiz, are you a snowflake? as you may know, my new book, "old school: life in the sane lane", deals with that question. we asked dennis miller from his perch in santa barbara to come up with a few queries of his own on this topic. miller, lay question number one on us. >> by the way, billy, when you worked at carvel, cookie still had his baby teeth. number one. the first question i would ask a kid who wanted a job is, i would say, what are you, crazy or stupid, wanting to work for a living with all the freebies out there? first thing i would ask. number two, this is how i would reveal a snowflake. does it upset you that roy rogers named his horse trigger? trigger?r? >> bill: [laughs] >> number three, is "good morning" a micro-aggression against peopleg who like to sleep in? number four, if you deem someone to not to be as loving as you, do you then hate them? number five, boxers orer brief attention span? number six, how much are youpa going to sue me for for making you take this quiz?e number seven, are you too lazy to get restless leg syndrome? number eight, would you take a summer job as a safe space lifeguard? s number nine, is disagreement with you immoral? and number ten, be you old school or snowflake, pelosi is a moron, right? >> bill: that's a trigger. you just triggered the snowflake.t? you can't say moron. you can't make a judgment, miller. >> billy, pelosi is the unifying point. we can all come together in this culture over one thing. it is the only thing we still agree on. she's a moron. >> bill: all right. i wouldn't do that. >> i know you wouldn't. but i would say it twice for me and you. >> bill: [laughs] now, you live in a very affluent part of southern california in which there are snowflakes all over the place. and i know your philosophy is to basically ignore them. you don't confront them, correct? >> billy, i go out to the door, i start counting the seconds until i get back inside the gate. >> bill: [laughs] >> it's crazy.y. there are shut-ins that get out more than me. so, i go out -- it is like a covert mission, i go out, get some mint milanos, i get some milk, i sneak back into the compound and i shut the gate behind me. >> bill: [laughs] can you tell, on the streets of santa barbara, nice, little town, can you tell if there are snowflakes approaching? can you just tell by the appearance? >> there's a lot of guys on lower state street who urinate on themselves. so i can point out the yellow snowflakes. hey, listen, by the way, karl rove has got to only put numbers on that white thing. he is getting silly with it. it is like, "i like gummy bears," "i wish my name was sammy ray," "i am bald." tell him to put math up there. >> bill: just the stats. not editorial comments, just stats. >> karl rove is turning into a snowflake.nt "i wish my name was sammy ray." >> bill: now, when did you know you were old school? >> um, i don't know, billy. certain things i am almost anarchistic about. but certain things are just common sense. i am not one of those people who finds common sense too common. it just seems basic to me. like if someone comes up to me and says, we are going to give iran billions of dollars, i go, um, i don't think that's a good idea. that doesn't feel like old-school to me. that feels like school still standing. >> bill: logic. right. right. you tell the story about your mother. when you were leaving your pittsburgh suburban home, she gave you advice when you were going out to the west coast. you can't use the obscenity that your mom put into the presentation. do you remember what i'm talkino about here? don't be... >> don't be an a-hole. >> bill: that was your mother's advice. that is kind of old-school advice. >> really old-school advice. i am touched by mothers who do that with their kids. i saw an article about a woman who wrote a thank you letter to a cop somewhere, have you seen that story? >> bill: walton county, floridat >> yeah, i am touched by that woman. she is trying to save hera. kids life. we have overpraised a whole generation of kids to the point where we haven't life-proofed them. we are raising a generation of emotional hemophiliacs who are all too eager to throw their bodies on the tepid grenade ofs minor insults. buck up, kids. don't be snowflakes. >> bill: this is what happened. a 19-year-old girl was arrested during spring break at a popular beach resort on the gulf. and the drinking age is 21, and she is two years below that. and her mother sent a thank you note tod the sheriff's office fr arresting her daughter, saying, look, we let her go, we told her that she had to behave. she promised she wouldn't drink. she drank. thank you for arresting her. maybe she will wise up. >> well, you got to watch yourself out there when you're a kid. i think that mother appreciated that because when you were out there on spring break in florida, you have all sorts of guys coming up to you and saying, "hi, i am karl rove." >> bill: [laughs] i don't know if that's -- yeah, on the beach. [laughter] >> "hi, i am karl rove." >> bill: on that note, miller, we will let you go. martha maccallum is on deck. u.s. troops in syria, very secret story. martha with details. next. next. ♪ don't let dust and allergens get between you and life's beautiful moments. flonase allergy relief delivers more complete relief. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances that cause all your symptoms, including nasal congestion and itchy, watery eyes. flonase is an allergy nasal spray that works even beyond the nose. so you can enjoy every beautiful moment to the fullest. flonase. 6>1 changes everything. i just had to push one button wto join.s thing is crazy. it's like i'm in the office with you, even though i'm here. it's almost like the virtual reality of business communications. no, it's reality. introducing intuitive, one touch video calling from vonage. call now and get amazon chime at no additional cost. >> bill: "back >> bill: "back of the book"t, segment, "did you see that?" a senator from new mexico, tom udall, saying the united states has committed an act of war against syria. >> in syria, the u.s. has not been invited by the government. u.s. military vehicles and heavy artillery have been seen in syria, and it's easy to argue the united states has effectively invaded northern syria, violating the sovereignty of the country in the middle east, which is a de facto declaration of war. >> bill: with us now to further explain, the anchor of "the first 100 days," martha maccallum. number one, senator udall would not come on the program to discuss his point of view. number two, we went into -- we, the united states special forces, to fight isis. which is a borderless war, because they run all around. now they are in syria and iraq. number three, does udall oppose that? he doesn't want to chase isis? >> absolutely. i mean, he has been fighting for an authorization of the use ofy. military force. he doesn't want to add troops on the ground, to answer your first question. but what this deals with is theh authorization of the use of military force. and he has asked a couple of times, in 2013 and 2015, he has had a republican partner on that, senator lee, to go to congress, to get the money to authorize that, which he would vote against. but he is saying we have no right to be there because it hasn't been authorized by congress. >> bill: when we went into iraq, that was authorized. >> they have been on the same aumf since 9/11. >> bill: aumf, what does that mean? >> authorization of the use of military force.ti >> bill: impressive. >> we have been on the same one --he >> bill: it is the war on terror. >> it is all about the war on terror. president obama went on the same one.e. you try to get additional support from congress, but they never wanted to vote on it. this has been going on for years and years. >> bill: udall wants a new updated vote. i don't understand why udall -- i wish he would come on. if you are going through the stuff, senator, have a little cojones and come on and explain. why doesn't he want the united states and other nations, because it is a coalition in syria, to fight isis? why doesn't he want that? >> he believes it will deepen our engagement in another war like afghanistan. >> bill: that doesn't make any sense. >> he is saying, bring it before congress, and he wants to voteon it down. h he is saying the president has no right. to have troops on the ground in syria. >> bill: in senator udall's mind, all right, we shouldn't confront isis in the middle east at all. >> correct. >> bill: how about bombing? can we bomb them? >> no. he especially doesn't want any additional troops on the ground. >> bill: let's be clear. we are not in support of syrian forces. we are there in support of syrian rebel forces. assad -- >> the side we are on, extremely complicated. we are fighting for those who are fi >> bill: i just wonder if new mexicans understand that their senator doesn't want a confrontation militarily with isis. at all. does that sit well with you? just a question? >> just to point out, these are the same people who did not want to do anything after the red line was crossed. hundreds of thousands of syrians have lost their lives.s. now that there are civilian casualties, there is an outrage that has been stepped up by people like senator udall. >> bill: dallas-fort worth international airport, huge concern, 13-year-old boy was patted down aggressively and now everybody's angry. roll the tape. >> i honestly felt like we were being targeted. we were being treated like dogs. >> i have always been, like, really sensitive to people touching me. whenever he touched me, i got -- started having hives a littlee bit. >> bill: so what happened there? >> they went through, they werep detained for an hour at the tsa. >> bill: the mother and the daughter? >> they had a laptop in a backpack that they didn't take out. everybody is very touchy, so to speak, about taking all these things out and doing the proper procedure. they may have ticked off the tsa in this case, and maybe they were harder on them because of h that. that still remains to be seen. but here are the images of this boy. now everybody gets the same patdown, essentially. there is one form, they standardized it because tsa has gotten all kinds of bad press for tests when weapons go through and bomb making materials gets through, when they are doing fake tests ofom those things. now they have new standards, they implemented them on this young child. judgment is basically seen as a way to profile. right? if these people pick who they want to choose to pat down or to give extra surveillance to, they are seen as basically profiling. >> bill: yeah, this looks ridiculous to me. >> it is totally ridiculous. it is totally ridiculous. this boy is obviously not posing any threat. neither is his family.mi but they subjected him to a two-minute patdown. >> bill: that's the federal government, that is for sure. oh, what do we got there? >> and the supervisor watched the whole thing to make sure they were going according to procedure. ridiculous. >> bill: so wrong. so wrong. okay, martha maccallum, check her out at 7:00 p.m. easternme time.er "factor" tip of the day, another good thing fox news channel has accomplished. 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"yes, boston, you are racist." nice.s, one of america's greatest cities branded that way by a loon. this week, sean spicer has been called the r word. me too. consider this -- the factor raised $675,000 to allow talladega college, a black school in alabama, to send its fabulous marching band to the inauguration.ll they were invited. to provide school scholarships.. >> we owe bill o'reilly and the o'reilly factor a great thank you for the appearance on his show. these funds are not going to just allow us to take the trip, our band needs new uniforms and new instruments. it is so difficult for our students to raise scholarship dollars to stay in school and to be able to fund their education. this will help with that. >> bill: the school has almost $700,000. how did the media react to the talladega story? just two major news organizations mentioned it. 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