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>> there is no doubt that there are some folks that just really dislike me because they don't like the idea of a black president. a closer look at the poll shows that the people are souring on a president and the view that on specific issues and more people disapprove of the handling of

the economy by a 17-point margin over those that approve. and by a whopping 21 points in the fox poll. and again by 21 points in the fox survey iran has the disapproval and it goes to 18 points in the fox poll. and this is a trend you would expect the white house press corps to inquire about after the president has racial comments to new yorker magazine. but not a single request from the white house press corps for comments during jay carney's hour-long briefing. and perhaps they are he knew the answers. the pentagon today presented the white house with a plan to lead

10,000 troops into afghanistan after the end of this year. and the pentagon also proposes we have almost all of our forces from afghanistan by the end of the president's second term and a shorter timeline than the military had briefly proposed. the top military leaders also telling the president that if he rejects this newest proposal he should withdraw our military by the end of this year. the pentagon today also relaxing rules for our troops in uniform. and from now on i will be able to request these religious grounds and the new policy driven in part by pressure from soldiers like army specialist. and now to the growing concerns over the safety of the winter olympics. the united states and seven other countries, european

countries dealing with they had received messages containing terrorist threats in russia. russian organizers on the international olympic committee downplay those threats. and they would be part of the social security. the state department bureau credit security has a week to the united states. and highly anticipated peace talks aimed at a three-year civil war marking the first time

whether or not they had face-to-face with western rebels to overthrow the government. >> people who support this will never stop. because of what he has done and how he has done it. and we cannot have stability and it will not be good.

lou: much more on the syrian peace talks and the security in sochi, russia. ralph peters will be with us largely ignoring the president's curious comments in an interview published over the weekend. we will be joined by the five cohost with their reactions and also republicans front and center at today's march for life on the anniversary of the roe versus wade supreme court decision. and in the "chalk talk" i will try to persuade some of the gop leaders that they need to back away slowly from issues that they have put at the forefront. and the deadly snowstorm

tonight, that will linger through the weekend. the storms stretching more than a thousand miles between kentucky and massachusetts. in a perilous commute for millions of motorists across the country. temperatures barely in the single digits and the windchill in new york city ranging from 0 degrees to 10 below zero tonight. another arctic cold front set to move to the northeast tomorrow night. keeping current temperatures in place through friday. and on wall street, stocks finished the day the nasdaq rose 17 points. ibm, the biggest drag after the company's fourth-quarter revenue fell short.

and he has bought more than $500 million more in apple shares, bringing his total to $3 billion. the billionaire says that he will continue to push for a greater buyback as apple has been doing a great disservice and icon has called for 150 billion in buyback. and so be sure to listen to my financial reports three times a day on the radio network. stay with us, we are coming right back. and he was planning to attack our embassy in israel.

the cohost of the five andrea tantaros on all of that and more s

lou: that the supreme court or gun rights ifegal gun owners have the right to sell weapons they have to another you can legally own a firearm the decision is expected in june. conservatives fire back at cuomo to say extreme conservatives have no place in the states of new york. but cuomo explains his remarks were taken out of context but he shows a there is no reason to stay in the empire state. >> i cannot wait to get out

of here. i really can provide cannot bather's 10% state tax i live in the second highest property tax county in the entire country. i cannot wait to sell my house to somebody that wants it. i cannot wait to pay no stated contacts in florida or texas. lou: governor jindal could not get away with ignoring the real cnn he extended a and invitation to any persecuted yorker and will allow them to find refuge where folks are friendlier than t tax rate is a lot lower. while virginia attorney general urges chris christie to step down from his role of chairman of the republican governors association. he said current investigations into political misconduct will hinder his ability to campaign for other candidates.

our first guest says he is a sore loser ao co-host on fox news channel is this sour grapes? >> i do. i think he is upset with chris christie but he is set when he was running the republican governors association did not funnily enough money to virginia and that is why he lost. that is not why he lost. they put a lot of money into that race. it is sour grapes. and tell b.c. this hit the governor directly his position is solid ian p. is doing a great job. lou: here we go again. why can republicans shut up if a republican is in trouble and act like they are in the same party instead of each sharewned?

to me it is repugnant and a violation of the comndment that seems of paul and effective of partisan politics. is sid your book you have gray advice for republicans stop shooting inside the tent. that is one of the things that enters the republican party the most they are not afraid to eat our own and have the of fights over who was more conservative. not get off. democrats to a much better job to keep inside the family and the republicans want to winhey have to play nice and i think you very ting. lou: but with mcdonald's and a former governor of virginia he and his wife

this is something that chris christie really needed to give a little space for himself. obviously the former governor did not but it is not helping his tenses. >> theedia will already in force the double standard so wendy davis was never fetid ee looked into her past she could tell this wonderful story how she pulled yourself up from her bootstraps but little did know her husband funded for her education then filed for divorce then left her child. >> i don't like when women of our exalted for these stories of feminism but wendy davis is faking it until you make it then it used a the sugar daddy then threw her kids aside.

i don't think women should look up to someone like wendy davis. lou: the democts are mafacturing this war we see eric cantor charging ahead with the march for life from pro-life i do not understand why the republican leadership is so far out on the issue of abortion if it has been decided fly with the supreme court it is a matter of nscience or religious beliefs and individual choice what is the profit for the party to get involved? >> but who is more conservative? let's kill each other to say where we are divided. the social issues they do it for fund-raising because they are scared.

but that goes back to eating your own. clinton republicans get united around one common message about the economy and culture we are just give the liberals and to the media their tanks are full bier just giving them extra gas to right a few more stories. lou: almost as if they were vultures waiting for the republican and leadership stars to talk about abortion cranking up the of war on women rhetoric and campaigned. >> they want to the republicans to take the bait and they should be smarter to not take the bait. lou: baby coming up with the agenda to solve the issues of working men and women it

is all that matters most to america. and with the social issues with chris christie does very well he says i am not here to talk about that right now he takes control of the message and that is a pretty good way to do that. i really hope he can just proceed to govern the state of new jersey and does not have to worry about it these scandals. lou: great to see you. up next weill talk about a dent thank you for that. >> is a great book. [laughter] lou: to say what the republican leaders can do to learn from their failures. it is the "chalk talk".

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to attend the annual mar for life coming on the 41st anniversary of roe v wade the supreme court making abortion the goldi our north carolina delayed its winter meeting so party officials could participate inhe march eric cantor was there as wall. >> i believe one day in the not too distant future of oumovement will be victorious because we will prevail as secing a culture of life. lou: i am pro-life but that march showing up the republican party of leadership was probably doing the exact opposite of what they should do what i asked them to consider not doing in my book "upheaval". here is what i say in "upheaval" spec democrats easily distract the

republican party and candidates with one word. abortion and republicans reac with if you are not pro-life said you are not welcome in the party and began dismissing billion says immorahuman beings a.m. lose millions of people who would otherwise potentially be republican. >> highlighting issues such as abortion is not the way for republicans to begin to win elections and had to do so on a meaningful basis we are now 285 days away from elections. more people are identifying as independents beuse most don't want to be associated with the failed leadership of the republican party. so many of those issues sold many that are important to to the leadershiof bounce to the difference of winning

or losing elections. 78% of people believe abortion should be legal in some circumstances. yes the church sinks in this day san but 53 percent of catholicsbelieve it should be legal. 70% of hispanics are catholic and you would think to be drawn to the antiabortion message but it has had the opposite effect it repels the participation the republin party needs to be a party of inclusion not excision of bigger teet and what do they do it was the drive for waiting in the last round of elections here

is another number. 55 million the number of abortions in the united states since ro v wade. 55 million. of those should be troubling statistics and a reality for all of us but the republican partyas the electoral suicide by taking on the issue of abortion rather than moving forward with policies that would support the family, his support marriage the traditional family and not engage with the issue of gay marria or a portion. -- abortion. please think about a bigger tent because the republican party is half of the two-party political system. if we don't see a victory this year the republican party in my judgment will be swamped by the third-party.

it is the thinking person's guide to fixing the mess this country is in. you can also get the audio book version of "upheaval". by it everywhere barnes and noble, amazon, online. it i am giving out copies to all who write to him and have their comments read. our first comment tonight to said president obama has done everything possible to destroy our economy with the affordable care at to make destination of part-timers. be honest president obama does not give it he does appear wet. >> with the conservative response to the remarks to make there is no sense to stay we were not welcome. that is why i am leaving massachusetts. >> republicans turned their

backlog of people who helped them to we gave the house. the two-party they quit listening to the pople. lou: i hope th is not the case but i understand why you say that. i hope the leadership of the g.o.p.. keep your thoughts coming. go to theacebook page there are links to everything. we are coming right back. please stay with us. >> the pentagon has a new plan for our troops in afghanistan. it is up to president obama and cars i. colonel ralph peters somebody thinks of that somebody thinks of that plan. [ male announcer ] here's a question for you:

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operative for arrested in connection to the plot in the anti-government protest leaving at least four people dead hundreds injured in the ongoing clashes to demonstrate in the ukraine the national media seems to be ignoring this revolution in the ukraine. turning back to the rules governing religious apparel and limiting the number of troops to 10,000 by next guest says the uniform is of political correctness we have colonel ralph peters. great to have you with us. let's start with the idea of 10,000 troops in afghanistan and then the old senate drawdown by the end of mr.

obama is term. your thoughts? >> i think afghanistan is a losing proposition in the strategic town house but with thataid i can support leaving 10,000 troops there for a few more years if, if we can continue to killed terrorist. that is the only rationale to be there. bitter and is strictly to prop up these immensely corrupt regime and tellbama leaves office so afghanistan doesn't suddenly collapse of his watch that i am against it. if you go below the 10,000 number they cannot defend themselves. i hate to leave anybody there but you can make a case for 10,000. lou: that is the most reluctant endorsement you could make but let me ask

you admiral mullin talking about the gold star families of those who have fallen in service in of let's be straight for word that this is referr to as our dirty little wars for those that have sacrificed everything. what do you think of his marks? >> they are right for the troops that have to fight them but they are paid less. for those hypocrites, they in it -- are a dirty war it is dirty politics. >> these dirty little wars persist and will persist with both parties

responsible b real bullets went on to say there should be required national service pricing frankly with all due respect i know other military leaders say the same thing, i think is not a reach far enough. we should begin to reinstates the draft if we will fight dirty little wars every single man and woman of every group of people and every demographic of this country should be writing -- fighting and i don't know how to make that the case. >> with a professional volunteer army is the best we have ever had. it is a tough situation. i do believe is a national service but with the military the only people i want to draft to send it to the front line is every young person that attends i believe they have to pay the

dues before they grab a the richest. lou: that is a form of class warfar. is of extended debate to have a society in which people sacrificed for the nation and stand up for the save the values and simply not relegate the privilege to those of the responsibility to preserve the public. >> i am reading your block it "upheaval" its is terrific. it is invaluable. but we live in the country for too many americans food stamps are more important than the flag. there are many patriotic americans that's also lacked to join the military put those on the leftespecially

team obama that despise the of military political correctness we will lower standards and people will get killed because for steve obama and the military that is nasty. who defense america? it is about social engineering with a self selecting conservative group lou: also i did mention that they can wear turbans and have appeared? rebecca historically they are tough fighters. item and have a problem with the religion but when i blaise back in t army we had as saying that in the army you don't have a color. you are all green. you're not black or white or yellow.

uniformity batters. discipline matters. for the left this is one more way to say we will allow all various religious atre or certain tattoos. it is breaking down this evil institution of our military that the left hates reduce stop? to get to where a hat or a robot or a cross? how would that go down with the obama crowd? lou: we willnever find out. thank you for being here to give us your insights. thank you so much. up next first it was targeted customers now for target employees and the president's health care is to blame for that. next.

lou: target announs plans to drop health care coverage for part-time employees because of obamacare going into effect april 1st offering a five and a dollar cash payment to those losing cat -- access to benefits for growing grain may cause concern for those of us on the road to an animal levin sub compact cars feeling a new safety staard for french and collisions the only one to spurn the second-highest acceptable rating got the lowest rating and that is not good news. turning back to the market's the stocks finished flat in here to give us guidance is moody's capital chief economist. john, a good to have you back. the market continues to suggest to does not know

which way it will go. >> sideways because we are gettinmixed results we're not getting enough in terms of positive earnings surprises to justify significant advances. lou: even with a jump on expectations of it is disciplined with revenue this does not look so good. >> it will be next to impossible to sustain earnings growth at the current pace. we don't want to overlook the reality that profits are growing more rapidly than revenues because companies are cutting costs and as part of cost-cutting they are still being a bit stingy lou: now today the story is $7 trillion in cash around the world $4 trillion moody

calculates u.s. coverage? >> a lot is overseas not helping the domestic economy a great deal. you could go ahead to use overseas cash as collateral but that is of limited benefit. lou: it is an incredible if they are not created by presidents very often but if they will not invest in this country with business investment how in the world will be see jobs created? >> you will not. very much on the low side so that tells us the expectation that table will grow by 200,000 jobs per month should be on biocide if government hasted to something through preferential tax treatment.

lou: whatever it takes right now it is time for us to figure our outsourcing middle-class jobs serving in the interest of the corporation. >> offshore production is not in the interest of the country or finding more cheap labor and environmental regulations. we have to have an honest discussion. >> it takes to do to increase payroll don't forget we have energy at home in the more leaf you legalize that it will be relatively inexpensive. lou: now how they want to export the oil. [laughter] maybe we should slow that down. >> 42% is with fewer than 50 employees and washington has

done little to make matters easier. lou: that chamber of commerce not those multinationals? [laughter] i will not ask you to step into that. >> my pleasure. lou: pick up my book "upheaval" online or box -- bookstores everywhere. check us out on twitter with links to everything. new poll shows the president is flat out wrong it is his rformance the way he does his job. not his race. the "a team" takes that up. next. [ male announcer ] e new new york is open. open to innovation. open to ambition. open to boldids. that's why n york has a new plan -- dozens of tax free zones all across the state.

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lou: the "a team" tonight. monica crowley and kevin williams and chris plant. good to have you with us. let's start with you monica monica, it is a disaster of obamacare now we know because all that has spent the filed to take over from the contractor but there is the real possibility of a collapse for insurance companies that means you and me and all citizens and this

is just now emerging? >> we were warned we had a lot of peop out there from senator ted cruz and others who knew what would happen in have been warning us. says should not be a surprise but the problem is is it comes to fruition to say you might have to pull lot of obamacare completely now we just saw a target this is just the tip of the iceberg this is just the beginning wh the insurce companies realize they may not get out the bill you will see massive numbers of people those who got the policy's canceled for what eupepsia of the employer base coverage it is just the beginning seven she sums it up pretty well. it is wal-mart and home

depot those are the giants. there are small business owners across the country that are suffering the same faith in people are not paying attention this is a wide been rolling down the hill headed to a cliff. she is right the numbers will just keep expanding field of the administration and tries to use law which down through the midterm elections before it goes off the cliff they may be able to manage that. lou: this march for life today witthe republican leadership distancing itself to abortion in the republican party leadership insists this iss is at the forefront of the republican agenda whh has shown to be exclusionary with of reason

to step away from the republican party rather than to join them. >> it is interesting. virginia showed us things with that gubernatorial race in cuccinelli getting tied in twos that conversation with the war on women narrative. it is interesting to see with the right-to-life march to see the rnc so actively involved. there always attempted with a social element but as smarter thing would be to focus on the econom policies and issues. inevitably they go deep into the social issues. they do. lou: right now we are we teaching on a plan we are told they are coming up with a plan as an alternative to obamacare. it looks like they could fix

up the economy potentially but at the same time we have a president who says race is the reason his numbers are dropping. what is your reaction to that president playing the race card? >> i was stunned to the point he has been very smart with a race. he has let the other people raise these issues on his behalf of the key has been wise not to say that himself. what i saw in that yorker was desperation he no longnger can rely on other people now it diminishes him in his presidency part of the appeal is to have a tough first black president is you don't have to talk about it. lou: but this president has been elected the and reelected he is the largest vote getter in history for

crying out loud. >> the claims of racism honely our offensive and beverages if they were true owe have a different discussion but we're talking about poll numbers that have dropped off people that supported him a few months ago that no longer supply is -- support him so they must have just discovered she was black and they are shocked now they discovered they are racist. it is polarizing and divisiveness and rages and it is false. >> one quick second to. the problem with the statement the president makes a circular argument what about if he said people don't support him because he might be black but what was circular is he said some people suppo him because he is an african-american.

it was of this step bobbled the size and he was not exclusively saying simply because he is black. >> why you raise a race at all? >>. >> so why did he inject race ? >> i agree. lou: seemed like he was trying to candy coat what he already said and what he really meant. he is looking for a position of victimhood by the american people on the policies and said he does not follow polls but the first to disavow responsibility for his standing. >>issing klay all follow the polls. lou: i think they are trying

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