borders like this. and not only do we see these folks coming in, we see this fentanyl coming in, and that poor officer lying on the ground, there s your picture of joe biden s america. sorry to say it. steve: and it s happening in plain sight. pick up his book. yes, sir. steve: it is the book of virtues, 30th anniversary edition right now on amazon, the number one new release in home schooling and we know there are lots of home schoolers out there. bill thank you very much for joining us live. steve, thank you. keep it going. steve: indeed. thank you, sir all right, meanwhile, 22 minutes before the top of the hour. hey, a moment to say thanks to everybody who have made our simply happy cookbook the number one cookbook in america again last week. it was number one for thanksgiving and now it s the number one christmas gift for the person on your list who loves to cook and anybody who loves to eat. listen, they re going fast. get your copy today at simply happy cookbook.com.
elect boston s democrat mayor defended these state-funded hand-outs. we ve seen a big drop in data proven success with the goals of this program which are to insure that there is a stop to communicable diseases that are preventable. not all city politicians are behind the plan. with democrat city counselor saying. we should not be enabling the poor souls but trying to find them a bed and pathway to recovery. earlier this year the white house denied that federal funding directly or indirectly pays for funds, crack pipes in safe smoking kits. dana: let s bring in bill bennett and fox news contributor. also the author book of virtues. let me ask you something about what we ve just seen. i should mention the book of virtues is a beautiful new cover for the 30th anniversary. congratulations.
candidates. am i wrong in my assessment that republicans will do anything to win? i mean, bush 41 was ambassador not knowing the price of. milk, and now, you have ellen juggles that are all in on herschel walker, despite these abortion allegations. you are not wrong. i, mean i think that it s become a complete and to justify the means party. i, mean in the end, it is full power. and the means are, whatever it takes, no matter the corruption of a candidate. no matter the incompetency of the candidate. no matter the craziness of a candidate. if the path to power goes through that crazy candidate. or that corrupt candidate. then that is okay. and, it seems acceptable. i mean, there s the unicorns out there speaking out against it like liz cheney and a couple of others. but, this is a wave of the republican party who has decided the power means everything. and, as you were leading up to this, i was, thinking it wasn t too long ago that william bennett, a republican referred to him and wr
he talked about orson wi on swi, he said they break me a few times. howie: talk about the way he interacted with people, perhaps you, perhaps others. youer in quite knew what you you never quite knew what you were going to get. he could be angry. but he didn t hold a grudge. that s right. howie, sometimes it was the same day and the same hour. he would slap you on the back and say we have to talk about the drug issue, i like this that you are doing, i love your book of virtues. and he would say what the hell are you doing this for? what s your problem. as i can say, captain mccain, a
ronald reagan s cabinet, ronald reagan s economy lifted both cities lifted an awful lot of boats, not just the boats the rich. he had an evocative way of putting things very few people could get to those heights. there was also a personal level to him that i will appreciate. do we have time for a quick story? please. in 2003 stories came out about the fact that i was playing poker and gambling and people said my goodness the author of the book of virtues is doing this. the first person to defend me on television and elsewhere was mario cuomo. he got on tv and he said this is ridiculous this is not a sin. this is not a mortal sin. this is not a venial sin, using catholic theology. and said i don t know what everybody is getting upset about. and used the line which jay leno picked up. they re angry in washington because he s spending his own money and not other people s money. i will never forget that i will be forever grateful grateful to