Guests:James Carville & Andrea Tantaros
"According to the polls, 70% of the American people believe the country is on the wrong track, and of course, President Obama takes much of the blame for that... [He] is in Wales trying to rally NATO to fight terrorism and to restrain the Russian tyrant Putin...
"On foreign affairs, the President has problems. He's basically reactive; he allows bad agents to grow in strength until critical mass is reached. To this day, the President is still not taking the fight to ISIS or to Putin...
"Talking Points believes that President Obama's main political priority is social justice. That's where his energies lie... The other stuff seems to be an annoyance to the President and that's why the world is a mess...
"All presidents have priorities and interests and passions. The current president should expand his."
Carville's take on the poll showing most Americans think we're on the wrong track is that people look at the world and see it's messy and they think Washington is dysfunctional. He, however, maintained that President Obama has had some pretty substantial accomplishments during his administration.
Tantaros sees it differently: she said with the anniversary of 9/11 coming up, there is a widespread belief that the President doesn't want to act on a threat against the United States.
While the Factor may find it difficult to buy into hard-right belief that President Obama wants to harm America, he unequivocally thinks the President is being timid when it comes to dealing with ISIS.
Tantaros accused the President of having disdain for the West when he suggested he's just going to manage ISIS instead of taking hard action. Carville countered that it's one thing to say Obama's soft on terrorism, but claimed it's too "idiotic" to respond to allegations that the President has disdain for the West.
According to the Factor, President Obama is going to bomb ISIS in Syria, it's just a matter of when, but he thinks the action should have already taken place.

Guests:Ed Henry
Fox News Channel's Chief White House Correspondent Ed Henry reported from Wales where he is covering President Obama's meetings with NATO. Rosen said there's a lot of talk, but not a lot of action at these summits. Right now, it's about dealing with pushing back on Putin and winding back the mission in Afghanistan. ISIS is overshadowing it, but nothing substantive has come of it yet.

The Factor asked if NATO will become more aggressive in defense with Putin on the march and defying the West?

Ed Henry commented that the big headline out of summit so far is that they're going to send 4,000 troops to deal with Putin. While he doesn't want to dismiss the move entirely, he assessed that it will have a miniscule effect in deterring Putin.

Once again, the Factor pointed out that President Obama looks weak to the world, to which Henry responded that he seems not to want to be the superpower of the NATO group.

Guests:Laura Ingraham
A new poll from the Pew Research Center on illegal immigration shows that 74% of Americans want better border security. So why doesn't the President act on securing our southern border?

Laura posited that Americans believe illegal immigration is a threat to traditional values, but the Factor was quick to mention the American people are not blaming the kids for this surge across the border. He insisted Americans want these kids taken care of.

Laura wasn't so sure and cited a Rasmussen poll showing 59% want to send the kids back as soon as possible. When you ask people whose kids go to public schools where these kids are being dumped off, they don't think it's fair to have resources meant for citizens stretched thin.

The Factor professed most Americans want a secure border and want illegal immigrants who are already here to be treated humanely. But Laura said most polls show Americans want to secure the border first, but they also want to cap the number of legal immigrants being let into the country.

Guests:Eric Shawn & Molly Line
President Obama recently referred to ISIS as a JV terror group in an interview with the New Yorker magazine, but his press secretary Josh Earnest is now trying to spin the President's comment. What's the truth?

Eric Shawn confirmed the President was talking about ISIS and he called it shallow and dismissive for the President to compare a dangerous terrorist organization to basketball, which is what the President did in the New Yorker.

Additionally, there's an Internet rumor that Nancy Pelosi will make $800,000 when she retires.

Molly Line declared this absolutely false. She said the email hoax has been forwarded and forwarded again, gaining traction, but here's the truth: Congresspeople earn their salaries while they are in office, not after they leave. Pelosi has been in Congress for 27 years, so her pension will be $90,000+ if she retires this year.

Guests:Bernie Goldberg
Most liberal commentators are silent about the ISIS and Putin situations. Brian Williams continues to be the most generous reporter towards President Obama.

Bernie theorized that when the American people lose confidence in President Obama and members of his own party lose confidence, then yes, there will be some reporters who hold him more accountable than in the past. However, he scoffed at the suggestion that the media overall has turned a corner and suddenly gotten tough on him.

The Factor noted Thomas Friedman of the New York Times is the only one defending President Obama for being cautious and deliberate with ISIS. The Factor is concerned about the lack of sense of urgency, to which Bernie said it would be "cartoonish" for the media to defend the way Obama is handling ISIS at this point.

Guests:Bret Baier
In a special report on Friday at 10pm on the Fox News Channel called "13 Hours in Benghazi - The Inside Story," Bret Baier spoke with three CIA operatives who were present during the attacks on the U.S. embassy.

Bret mentioned we're hearing from the guys on the ground for the first time, and it's compelling and heroic stuff, but the thing that struck him as most surprising was the information the men provided about the "stand down." These guys say definitively they were ready to go to respond to calls for help from the embassy, and almost 30 minutes later, they finally broke ranks and went on their own.

Factor pressed for the name of the CIA team leader who told them to stand down, but Bret explained that the guy is still undercover in the CIA so the operatives are protecting him.

Elfie Marshall, Clarksville, Tennessee... "I grew up under Hitler in Germany and understand you're exposing the same kind of horror with terrorism."

Katy O'Fleming, San Antonio, Texas... "I don't think President Obama is confused. I think he is deliberately trying to destroy America."

Sandra Miller-Louden, Salisbury, Pennsylvania... "Why did you dismiss Monica's suggestion to build a coalition to combat ISIS? President Bush the elder did that in Kuwait."

Last night, the Factor questioned whether State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki has the gravitas for that job, saying she looks way out of her depth. Today, another spokesperson at State, Marie Harf, expressed anger, saying when the anchor of a leading cable news show uses personally offensive and sexist language when talking about her colleague, it's her obligation to say it's not OK. Here's the tip: always invite your adversaries to discuss any beef they have with you. Ms. Psaki and Ms. Harf are both invited into the no spin zone.