Talking points is on. Also ahead, Dennis Miller on china. An ambassador john bull on whether president obama will be dragged into the rice story. Caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. Hi, im bill oreilly. Thanks for watching us tonight. A few powerful people in washington really want to know the truth and . That is the subject of tonights talking points. Remember that the irs was accused of auditing some conservative groups for political reasons. That is illegal. The woman in charge of the office that allegedly happened was lois lerner. She was called to testify in front of a congressional committee. She took the fifth. While i would very much like to answer the communitys questions today, ive been advised by my counsel to assert my constitutional right not to testify or answer questions related to the subject matter of this hearing. Bill after that, ms. Lerner packed up and left the irs with a nice government pension. Absolutely Nothing Happene
Advertisers have pulled their ads from the oreilly factor. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a wednesday night. We begin tonight with President Trump in there front of the world on syria, on bashar al assad. On the apparent chemical attack that killed dozens in syria. Calling it quote, a affront to humanity. Saying his attitude toward syria has changed very much. More than 80 men, women and children dying. Those who did survive gasps for air. What the world was waiting for next, word from President Trump. Abcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl leading us off. Reporter welcoming the king of jordan to the white house, the president firmly condemned the chemical weapons attack in syria, placing the blaming squarely on the syrian government. It is a terrible affront to humanity, i can tell you, terrible. Reporter and later at a joint press conference in the rose garden, he suggested there should be retaliation. These heinous actions by the assad regime cannot be to
I have to just say that the world is a mess. I inherited a mess. Whether its middle east, whether its north korea, whether at so many other things, whether its in our country, horrible trade deals. I inherited a mess. Were going to fix it. We are going to fix it. Martha im martha maccallum. Welcome to a jampacked today 76 of the first 100. Later tonight, i will discuss what could be a massive policy shifts and the latest in the efforts to bring top obama officials susan rice before a Congressional Committee for questioning. Senators tom cotton and senator john mccain joined may may. But first earlier today i sat down with Vice President mike pence where we spoke about the attack in syria, whether the u. S. Is prepared to go it alone on north korea, the National Security Council Shakeup that happened today and the recently resurrected health care beer. Click back bill. We appreciate appeared theres a lot to talk about. I want to dive right in. I know youve been very busy trying to get a
Sglds if you look at four democrats now supporting saying they are going to vote against the filibuster, we feel good about that level of support. E we have done a very good job of making sure we have the republican majority support that we need to pass it. It is now an internal question for senators to determine how they want to do it. But make no mistake, and i believe Mitch Mcconnell when he says ob friday judge gorsuch will be voted as the next Supreme Court justice. I think hes going to be heading to florida on thursday to engage in some bilateral and meetings with the president. And his team from china. That will continue sbo friday morning. Well see how friday evolves. But again, i dont think theres any question right now according to leader mcconnell and others were going to have an associate justice of the Supreme Court ready to go. Its a question of how it happens. When given the options, he decided there was a list of Government Entities that can accept donations. Ironically
Burgdorf. Plus, chapel hill finds redemption. Big night. First, Senate Republicans are preparing to invoke the socalled Nuclear Option as the confirmation of president Trumps Supreme Court nominee neil gorsuch heads toward a dramatic final vote. Yesterday the Senate Judiciary Committee Approved gorsuchs nomination in an 119 vote. It went along party lines. That vote essentially served as a preview of what will likely be a seismic contentious vote by the full senate. At some point today Mitch Mcconnell will file the proceeding to end debate on gorsuchs nomination with hopes of a final vote by friday, but 42 democrats have publicly announced their opposition to the nomination and support for a fill buster. In response, senator mcconnell has left open the option of changing the senate rules so that gorsuch, and potentially future Supreme Court nominees k pass the senate with a simple majority instead of a 60vote threshold. Those likely to fundamentally reshape the way the senate does busi