>> eric: new outrage behind the man wikileaks debacle living in packages country estate in england. julian assange is selling his story to of all people an american publisher knoffe. some say he is receiving more than a million dollars to tell his story on how he came to be the man who released tens of thousands of classified documents embarrassing the government and endangering hundreds, if not thousands of people around the world who work for us and with us. so, who could defend this book deal? we looked everywhere and we found alan colmes. he joins us here in new york. >> looked under a rock and there i was. >> eric: i joke. it's not a popular position to defend julian assange. the guy is a hated man. >> so what? do you know what we are defending here? capitalism? you don't believe in capitalism? >> eric: i do. i'm a firm believer. >> publisher gets a deal. want to pay it they buy the book that's capitalism. raw capitalist? >> eric: i'm a capitalist. >> is that not capitalism?