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O'Reilly: 'You are lying, you are lying!'

Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly on Tuesday night repeatedly accused liberal radio talk show host Alan Colmes of "lying" during a heated shouting match on "The O'Reilly Factor."

The sustained outburst from O’Reilly and his harsh attack on Colmes were over the top for the Fox News host, and he later said on the air that he regretted how he had treated Colmes. While O’Reilly regularly takes on guests over issues and policy, his attack on Colmes seemed to turn personal and Colmes was outraged by O’Reilly’s charges that he was lying.

O’Reilly kicked off his show by saying President Barack Obama does not want to “solve the fiscal mess" and that he is too focused on flipping the Republican-held House back to the Democrats to deal with the country's economic issues.

“That is very disturbing,” O’Reilly said.

Fox News contributors Colmes and Monica Crowley then stopped by to discuss the issue — and Colmes and O’Reilly quickly found themselves at odds.

During their debate, Colmes noted that Obama has offered cuts on entitlements and Medicare, but O’Reilly shot back that those weren’t “specific.”

“He has to say, ‘Here are the programs that are going to go down. Here is how we are going to reform Medicare and Social Security,’” O’Reilly said. “And the man refuses to do it.”

“That’s not true,” Colmes said.

“Hold it, hold it, because now I’m getting teed off at you,” O’Reilly replied as he grew visibly agitated. “Give me one damn program he said he’d cut? One?”

“He has cut entitlements,” Colmes said.

“Not entitlements, one program!” O’Reilly jumped in.

Colmes then asked the Fox News host, “What do you want to yell for?”

“Bull----,” O’Reilly said. “Because you are lying. You are lying.”

“Don't call me a liar,” Colmes replied. “Don't you sit there and call me a liar.”

“You are lying, you are lying!” O’Reilly repeated several times.

“You don't like the president,” Colmes said. “You don't like what he is doing. But don't sit there and call me a liar.”

“I am,” O’Reilly replied.

The exchange continued as O’Reilly again demanded that Colmes, and later Crowley, name one specific program that Obama said he would cut. As the segment wrapped up, O’Reilly then asked, “Did I go overboard there?”, and Colmes replied, “No, I think it was great.”

And the dustup came up several more times throughout the hour, with O’Reilly saying he was “still feeling a little bad about Colmes” and that he felt he was probably “too rough” on his guest.