Guests:Michael Weiss & Thomas Sanderson
"As many as 90 Christians in Syria have been taken hostage by the ISIS jihadists. We should all pray for those people who may very well end up beheaded or burned alive. Also, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights has issued a report that says the following: 'ISIS atrocities include rapes, slavery, the trafficking of women and children, forced recruitment of children, killings of civilians and kidnappings.' Young boys are being brainwashed, trained to kill; they are powerless to stop ISIS from abusing them. Meanwhile, the world dithers. There is no organized campaign on the ground to stop the atrocities or to defeat the ISIS savages. What a disgrace. In an excellent bit of reporting from northern Iraq, NBC correspondent Richard Engel interviewed two women who escaped from the ISIS abusers. The news media does not like to use the word evil, but that's what the world is witnessing. Once again, Talking Points will remind you that these ISIS thugs are the same as the Nazis who slaughtered millions of people before and during World War II. There is no difference in the mentality. And once again the world is standing by doing little while the ISIS menace grows, spreading all over the Middle East and North Africa. President Obama is not taking the lead. His stated 60-nation coalition is invisible, and the other nations of the world are even worse. How long are these atrocities going to continue before the world unites against the savages? How long?"

The Factor discussed the ISIS horrors with terrorism experts Michael Weiss and Thomas Sanderson. "ISIS is a terror army," Weiss said, "and a totalitarian political organization, so your comparison with National Socialism is apt. This is also a political project that doesn't get talked about much, one I would describe as a Sunni restoration." Sanderson tried to rationalize why much of the world is idly standing by. "People are intimidated by the group, they're intimidated by the landscape they would have to go into. It would be tremendously difficult to go in there and fight ISIS, but it could be done. We would like the locals to do that, but at some point NATO could be forced to engage on the ground."

Guest:Ambassador. Steven Pifer
Republican Senator John McCain recently said he is "ashamed" of himself and America because the Obama administration has not done more to help Ukrainians defend themselves against Russia. Steven Pifer, former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, reacted to McCain's declaration. "I can understand the administration's caution," he said, "but it's time to change its policy and provide defensive arms to Ukraine. The administration's concern is that if it provides weapons to Ukraine, the Russians might escalate." The Factor suggested that tough economic pressure could dissuade Vladimir Putin: "I would pull all the American credit cards out of Russia, which would crack their economy fast. The Russian economy is already in trouble."

Guests:Monica Crowley & Kirsten Powers
Monica Crowley and Kirsten Powers also weighed in on the Talking Points Memo and the administration's overall anti-terror strategy. "I don't think there's an easy answer," Powers began. "The idea of just sending troops in is not enough and I fear you are over-simplifying this. You think sending troops in is a plan and will solve the problem, but I don't just scream 'War!' the way you do." Crowley contended that there are actually credible plans on the table. "Military leaders and analysts are putting out plans and laying out the options, but the commander-in-chief refuses to listen. We have to take on ISIS militarily and economically and ideologically." The Factor reminded Powers that delay is taking a terrible human toll: "Every single day we are seeing the abuse of human beings and these guys are not afraid of us. We don't have leadership against ISIS right now."

Guest:John Stossel
Fox Business Network host John Stossel, who has long been at odds with many of his media colleagues, spoke about the enmity directed at him and Fox News. "I won 19 Emmy awards when I was bashing business," he said, "but then I wised up and said all this regulation and bigger government isn't helping people. Suddenly people like Peter Jennings at ABC turned away from me because I had the wrong opinions. Lots of people don't like me, they don't like you, and they would like to take their enemies down. But we are succeeding at Fox News and I can handle the criticism." The Factor added, "If you go to a party in New York and say you work for Fox News, they'll hate you."

Guests:Kimberly Guilfoyle & Lis Wiehl
Legal analysts Lis Wiehl and Kimberly Guilfoyle examined a story out of Illinois, where a college student is accused of acting out sexual violence he witnessed in the movie "Fifty Shades of Grey." "Allegedly he brought a woman back into his dorm room," Wiehl reported, "and he bound her hands her feet and started beating on her. He is charged with aggravated assault." Guilfoyle added that the young man is actually using the movie as an excuse. "The defense is asking why there is $50,000 bail when he was just acting out 'Fifty Shades' and claims it was consensual domination. He thinks he should be let go, but I don't think so." The legal duo both predicted that Eddie Ray Routh would surely be convicted of murdering "American Sniper" Chris Kyle. "The defense has not met its burden," Wiehl declared, "which was to show that Eddie Ray Routh did not know right from wrong."

NOTE: Soon after the show ended Tuesday night, the jury in Texas declared that Eddie Ray Routh was indeed guilty of first degree murder.

Guest:Arthel Neville
Fox News anchor Arthel Neville, who grew up in the talented Neville clan, told The Factor how her family's fame affected her childhood. "I was completely unaffected by it," she said, "because that's how I was raised. We were a Catholic family so I was always taught to be humble and to treat people with the same respect." Neville eventually went on to journalism school and TV jobs where she was frequently the first black woman to hold various anchor spots. "You don't walk around with a chip on your shoulder," she advised, "but you are aware of it. I am proud to be considered a trail blazer and a role model, I have no complaints."

Paul Taylor, Nutley, NJ: "There is only one way to get the national media to cover elections in a responsible manner. Boycott their sponsors and advertisers."

Laura Lerner Brooklyn, NY: "If Hillary Clinton wins the presidency, it will be our failure as citizens rather than the media."

Stuart Davies, North Pole, AK: "Bill, your fact-based reporting on ISIS has angered the left. They are smearing you to get you to stop."

If you are a religious person, be proud of your faith. And if someone mocks you about your beliefs, turn the other cheek.