"Donald Trump slammed the media Tuesday for questioning his donations to veterans. A report by the Washington Post questioned whether the money had been distributed in a timely manner. So Mr. Trump laid out what his organization did, citing names of organizations and amounts of money donated. Then Mr. Trump lashed the press, something he does frequently. The Associated Press now reports that some of Mr. Trump's donations were just recently distributed, including his own $1-million dollar check. That's legitimate. I did the same thing after the 9/11 telethon, which was held to benefit families devastated by the al Qaeda attack. I just wanted them to push the United Way and other charities for full disclosure. It isn't the reporting on the donations that's wrong, it's the insinuation that Trump is a fraud. The national press should push Trump and others to fulfill their obligations quickly and efficiently, but you don't cast aspersions and that's what Trump was objecting to. To be clear, Mr. Trump should have defined the issue sooner and he should release his tax returns. However, he is correct when he slams the national press for constantly trying to vilify him, playing the 'gotcha' game. I personally can feel Trump's pain because The Factor is attacked over and over, as am I, on a variety of bogus charges. It's been going on for 20 years, and the only reason the national press despises this program is ideology. We invented the prime time opinion genre and we are fair and responsible here, but the press looks for any reason to denigrate us. So I understand what Trump is going through, but I also know that he sometimes gets testy when legitimate reports surface that he doesn't like. Donald Trump wants to be president so he will be scrutinized. That's the way it should be in a free society. However, skepticism should not be accusation and often it is."

Geraldo Rivera and Eric Bolling weighed in on Donald Trump's contentious relationship with the media. "The media pushes Trump hard," Bolling groused, "but they don't push the Clinton foundation, which is rife with corruption and scandal. Trump went through all the charities he donated to, but the press attacked him!" Rivera, to put it mildly, begged to differ. "Trump was late with this information, he was sloppy, and then he called ABC reporter Tom Llamas 'sleazy' for asking legitimate questions. This guy wants to be president of the most powerful nation and people are going to ask him questions!" The Factor denounced much of the media, saying, "The press is corrupt, most of them are weasels, so why shouldn't Trump call them out?"

One study indicates that the network news programs devoted 50 times more coverage to the gorilla at the Cincinnati zoo than this past weekend's carnage in Chicago, where 69 people were shot. The Factor spoke about the violence with Chicagoans Matt McGill and Hermene Hartman. "The easy answer is that there are too many guns on the street," McGill declared, "and I don't know that any police department can handle it. What we have to do as a community is first police our households." Hartman implied that Chicago's segregation and racism play a major role. "We can't keep playing the blame game, we have to come to the table with solutions. And the racism here is different than it is in New York, this is happening in certain communities. I say we should bring in the National Guard." The Factor reminded his guests, "Police in New York and Los Angeles were able to reduce the violence, but Chicago has not."

New data show that the number of immigrants settling in America, both legal and illegal, has soared in recent years. The Factor asked Monica Crowley and Eboni Williams to evaluate the consequences. "When you add this to all the previous immigration," Crowley said, "the system can only absorb so much. There are enormous strains on education and health care, especially in the border states." Williams agreed that immigration policy is in dire need of repair. "Two million of the recent immigrants are here legally, they came here the right way. But we as a country have to fix the broken system, we have failed at every opportunity."

The Factor welcomed former NBC president Robert Wright, who hired Donald Trump to host and produce 'The Apprentice.' "I knew Donald Trump since the 1980s," Wright recalled, "and in 2002 he called and said he wanted NBC to buy half of the Miss Universe pageant. We did and I advised him to take over the whole show. He made it a huge success, so when it was time for 'The Apprentice' two years later, I thought he would be terrific." Wright theorized that Donald Trump has the right qualities to be president, and implied that Trump's current theatrics are partly an act. "He is a leader, there is no question about it. He is also a media master and he really knows how to get attention. I never saw any of these explosive traits back then."

The tyrants who run North Korea have had some nice things to say about Donald Trump, thus giving Dennis Miller plenty of comic fodder. "I think what's going on," Miller theorized, "is that Kim Jong-un does not want Hillary because they both wear those blocky pants suits, and she keeps buying them out before he can get to them." Miller then outlined a very, very intricate theory on how North Korea will eventually give up its nuclear ambitions. "I think Trump will win and then send Dennis Rodman to North Korea in a wedding gown. Kim Jong-un will dig the way Rodman looks and marry him. Dennis Rodman will become the first lady of North Korea and will refuse to give it up to Kim unless the country disarms. That's my theory."

Fox News anchor Martha MacCallum scrutinized some of Hillary Clinton's past statements about her email system and how they compare with the recent State Department report. As one example, Mrs. Clinton asserted that her server "had numerous safeguards" and there were no security breaches. "The inspector general says that is not true," MacCallum declared. "The system was hacked, perhaps twice, and they took the system down momentarily. The State Department was informed that the server may have been attacked." MacCallum went on to delineate some other obvious contradictions between Hillary Clinton's public statements and the inspector general's report. The Factor concluded, "I believe Mrs. Clinton is guilty, but you can't convict her yet."

Stephen Knaster, San Francisco, CA: "Bill, you are correct to point to the failure of Kate's Law in Congress as a symbol of the disenchantment of that body. The failure symbolizes the impotence and apathy of this do-nothing Congress, which has led to the rise of Trump."

Michaela Hill, Portland, Tx: "Once again Dr. Krauthammer shoots your simple-minded Talking Points full of holes."

Diane Joslyn, Auguste, ME: "It is a sad fact that Kate's Law would not pass even as a stand-alone bill. Democrats would block it, and President Obama would veto it."

Ken Fiorino, Bayville, NY: "It's your fault Kate's Law did not pass, Bill. Because you proposed it, some in Congress will not be pushed around by a bold, fresh guy."

Parking infractions and speeding tickets have become ever-more expensive, frequently used as a way for localities to generate revenue. That's wrong, the punishment should fit the crime.