The O'Reilly Factor 1/5/2016 - Bill O'Reilly on Obama's Gun Control Actions, Bill Cosby Accusers

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The O'Reilly Factor 1/5/2015 - Bill O'Reilly on President Obama Gun Control Executive Actions and interview with Bill Cosby Accusers The Factor invited reaction from Democratic strategist Nomiki Konst and liberal professor David Goodfriend. "Thank you for saying that background checks make sense," Goodfriend began. "There is evidence that when background checks are increased gun deaths go down, and when background checks are decreased gun deaths go up. How many innocent lives are enough?" Konst lashed out at Congress for resisting most gun restrictions. "Congress has been blind to the gun epidemic - we are in the fifth day of the year and there has already been more than 120 gun-related deaths. Congress is owned by the gun manufacturers." But The Factor reminded his guests that most proposed gun control laws would be symbolic: "Illinois and Chicago gun laws are very stringent, yet gun crimes are off the charts. Gun registration is not going to stop massacres like those in Charleston and San Bernardino." Donald Trump's Surge:- Donald Trump continues to attract massive crowds and remains far ahead of his Republican rivals. FNC analyst Karl Rove scrutinized Trump's enduring appeal. "He can win the nomination," Rove conceded. "He leads nationally with 35% of the vote, but the question is how much of the rest of the electorate will be available to him. There will be a winnowing process after New Hampshire and there will only be three or four or five candidates left by early March. If the race shrinks down to two or three, there will be a consolidation of the non-Trump vote and there is a good chance that he will not be the nominee." Bill Cosby segment - Bill Cosby has been charged with sexual assault in Pennsylvania and faces a long jail term if convicted. Legal analysts Kimberly Guilfoyle and Lis Wiehl laid out how they would defend Cosby. "The first thing I would do," Wiehl said, "is to get the allegations from these other women excluded so the jury doesn't hear that. Under the rules of evidence, you can not bring in prior bad acts to prove that he did something." Guilfoyle agreed that the scores of other allegations against Cosby will probably not be included in the prosecution's case. "If you can persuade the judge that Cosby has a certain pattern, the evidence can come in. However, I agree with Lis that it would be considered highly prejudicial and it would be excluded." The Factor concluded, "This is no slam dunk, Cosby could get off."