stable or. stay safe. for bat tehuelche you did kmelfoster wishing you a good evening, everybody. president obama seems to have settled into his rule by fiat. today, he advanced his global warming agenda orderingew fuel efficiency regulations for heavy duty trucks anoer long list of decrees which the president bypasses congress. also, protest turning violent and deadly on the streets of kiev as antigovernment demonstrators go to police, over a dozen are dead. the conflict reach add political point. is the u.s. government negotiating with terrorists or not? report thais negotiations are

under way for the release of the remaing p.o.w. in afghanistan. the taliban demanding the release of guantanamo bay terrorist. president obama using an executive order for e glal waing agenda. the president ordering the e.p.a. to devel new fuel efficiency standards for heavy duty trucks. the president making good ongoing around congress to act on his own. he took a moment to brag about his recent actions. >> oer the past three weeks, i required federal contractors to pay their employees a fair wage of at least $10.10 an hour. i ordered an across the board job training programs and creat something we call my r.a. we brought together business leaders to help more unemployed americans find work no matter

how long they are looking. i'm eager to work with congress wh i can. when i can work on my own, i'm going to do that >> what is unclear is how this helps grow the middle class. the white house admitting they had no idea w many employees federal contractors have earning the minimum wage while, at the same time, claiming they were helping, quote, hundreds of thousands of american workers, end quote, without any imperal . we do no this, 2% of the labor force earns minimum wage or less. the congressional budget office reported raising the minimum wage to all americans to $10.10 an hour would kill jobs, not create them. the report reading once implemented in 2016, the $10.10 option would reduce employment by 500,000 workers and we should

point out the cbo acknowledd this is only an estimate and a rough one at best. joining me now is monica crowley, mhael goodwin, both fox news cotributors. it's great to have you both here. monica, quickly, the idea, we have seen a flurry of communications from capitol hill saying the cbo is out of its mind on ttis estimate. that ruffled a few feathers. >> the democrats loved the cbo when they came in under $1 trillion, which we know is a super lowball estimate. they had to go back and re-estimate how much it's going to cost. they loved the cbo then. now, not so much. they are condemnations of this. this latest report comes on the heels of the last cbo report last wwek or two weeks ago say

thag obamacare was going to cost us 2 million jobs to 2.5 million jobs. it ties into the same general policy. >> michael, this administration committed to this rule by fiat now. other presidents have used and used some of them more extensively than this. there is a declaration on this president that he means to go around congress with these orders and actions, which sets him apar om the previous presidts. what do you think the results -- where are we headed with this? >> i'm struck by the president saying i'm eager to work with congress when i can meaning when i want. this is the greatest failure of the obama presidency. the policies are rot ton, but the refusal to negotiate wit things he can't get. it's either my way or the highway on everything. asou say, he'snow actively looking for areas that he can

use executive order and some of these things may be thrown off by the courts eventually. in the meaime, we are now passing through into a new kind of presidency where acting as though congress really isn't there if theresident doesn't want it to be there. this i something that will come back to haun the democrats in the future. >> and this future is rapidly approaching us as the midterm election year. the sides are delineated here. i don't see, even after the retreat by both parties to figure out their strategy to map their way forward a clear plan coming from either the democrats on how to rebut their failu with obamacare or the republicanwith how to deal wi a forward strategy about what they stand for. do you? >> no. i completely agree with you. i don't think you are seeing any kind of articulated strategy.

democrats realize they are heading into their ownreation with the disaster th is obamacare. they are grappling with how to handle it. they don't know how. the republicans have put all their eggs in the obamacare basket, which might be a dangerous strategy. if the media, which we know is for the most partcorrupt on the left, if they write stories about it working, then the republicans will find themselves in a real fix. >> a lot of the president's strategies is to change the conversation away from obamacare, talk about anything else. a lot of this, you know, presidential order, executive orders end to his strategy. >> climate change. >> he looks to them so he doesn't have to talk about obamacare. something to change the conversation to look like he's doing something for somebo instead of obamacare where he's doing things to people. >> kerry is, in my opinion, the most confounding character in

the obama administration. he leads the obama pivot asia, then starts talking about how global warming is a volcano, is, you know, erupting, interrupting his travel plans. it's becoming a farce, isn't >> i thought the asians were incrediblyolite to him after that performance. he's scolding the russians, they are doubling down with assad and scolding the sians for not resigng. he's out there stating thin that make no sense. he wags his finger and long face. >> it seems to be part of the job requirement. >> kerry is sort of blowing in and out of the middle east and asia. the problem is, you are right michael, he's pointing his fingers at the russians but nobody is listening.

nody listens to the commanr in chief and the same is true with kerry. >> he is a lame duck, don't you agree? >> we should talk about the fool who sent him on the fools errand. this is obama on the international stage. whatever john kerry is doing is sort of dancing to the song of the puppet. >> when i said john key was confounding, i didn't mean he was a fool, he just has me confounded. i'm trying to assess what he's trying to achieve. we thank you both for being here. michael, thank you. up next, violence in ukine. the united states and russia on opposing sides. retired army star on diverging interests here next. life

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my first guest tonight says it's likely too late for the than talk about ukraine because our leadership is joan as weak. i'm joined by former army vice chief of staff, general jack king and fox news analyst. good to have you with us. >> good to be here, u. >> we are hearing very familiar refrain from th white house, a threat, an ulty may tum and you are not much impressed. >> well, no, i don't think they take any of our threats seriously. you know, after our similar threats in the middle east and particularly in syria dealing with the so-called red line. the fact of the matter is, we should be talking to putin imarily because he is the thug here trying to dominate the

former soviet union states and ukraine is top on his list. the fact of the matter is, ukraine has always been a part of russia. he's clearly after that client state and economically important to him but geo politically important to him. the europeans and the united states have shown ineptitude in dealing with this crisis effectively and moving in the right direction. i don't think much is going to happen here, lou. >> not much may happen in terms of u.s. assertion of interest and power, but, president putin made ittclear, general, hasn't he, that he means to intervene if it gets further out of hand. what is your judgment? >> what he fears is 2004 repeat where, when this stooge who is

now the president of ukraine was elected in a fraudulent election. 75% of the people voted for his opponent. the ct of the matter is demonstrations took place and a new leader came into power. that intimidated and frightened putin quite a bit when he saw the people oppose a political stooge like this guy is. he does not want that to happen again. he does not want that to g out of hand. at the same time, i doubt if yanukovych put troopsn e streets to go after the rels or demonstrators without a discussion with putin. i don't think he does that without it. putin is trying to show some strength from the government perspective, but not let it get out of hand where the government is challenged in terms the future. >> they e holding an emergey

meeting tomorrow on sanctions. sanctions in this instance sound peculiar with me. it is hard to get sanctions with a corrupt leader, yanukovych, not the people who are demonstrating, at least half of them are for tighter ties with the european union itself with the west. >> that strategy is flawed. you question it and i question it as well. sanctions against this government, acally, from the europeans, who the people want to be aligned with, strethens the president's hand. i mean, it frustrates the people. it doesn't make any sense for the europeans to do this. again, they are dealing with the wrong person. the person here that we should be putting pressure on is putin. >> and the president, meanwhile, is dealing with sphen harper

and mexican president, talking about harmonization and trade. meanwhile, they have lapsed from the, if you will, priority list with this administration and secretary kerry. we have seen little in the way of movement, if any, in the iranian nuclear talks. what is going on with this administration? what is your best, if you will, your best analysis of where we are in the middle east right now? >> i think what's happened is the administration,you know, witnessing what took place with the two wars, afghanistan and iraq, truth be known, they don't agree with either one of them, have done everything they could to avoid a conflict. they are paralyzed by the adverse consequence. as a result of that, the middle east interpreting the united stat is no longer wanting to be involv. we are in retreat and

disengaged. that is tr. as a result of that, the al qaeda, the radical islamists, the dictators in the region wiing to purge their leaders are all movg forward and the united states is sitting on the fences. our foreign policy is seen as one of retrenchment from the world. the fact of the matter is, we are perceived, generally speaking by friends as being weak. >> general, as always, thanks very much. general jack king. up next, hhs secretary, kathleen sebelius ignoring a budget office report on obamacare. you won't believe this, but she apparently, well, wanted to avoid the facts. i know, it's impossible to think it might have happened by any mber of this administration. we assure you, that's what occurred. the evence is here next. [ female announcer ] it's time for the annual shareholders meeting.

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it, of 2.5 million jobs over the next decade. we are struggling here to understand what is equivalent to that many jobs. listen to kathleen sebelius. >> there is absolutely no evidence and every economist will tell you there is any job loss related to the affordable care act. i know it's a popular myth that continues to be reated, but it's not accurate. >> not accurat joining us is the senior fellow at the manhattan institute and former colleague of throck knee campaign. what doou makef an hhs secretary that says sh things? is that an explanation? >> the opposite of what she say is the truth. all economists agree obamacare is reducing employment. it raises taxes by $1.2 trillion. that cuts down on the labor

force, cuts down onjobs. employer mandate cuts down on jobs. the fact people aredropping out of the work force, slows economic growth. >> i haveo say, as an aside, want to compliment the congressional office. they have reasserted their integrity and the coentious discussion. >> they perform a very important service by being a referee. i will say therere always deficiencies and inadequatd qua >> they have reaerted themselves. i watched them try to reassert that integrity and want to give them credit for it. it's difficult, as you know. talk about buffeted by competing

forces. as we look at obamacare, it's a distance in it for work. i think that should be there shoulde understanding and view onhat but there's not. >> that's been, to me, the most surprising element in this last couple weeks. not at the cbo says there's going to be a depression of labor force,ut the obama administration is saying this is a good thing, an achievement. st people would say, even center left democrats wuld say no. and have said, no, this is not a good thing. this is a problem. we want universal health care, but we veo take care that it doesn't depress the work force. i don't know if it's political spin or ideology or don't care. >> maybe it's fear in this midterm election. >> i think it's both. i think there's an ideological view on the left that it doesn't matter if people work because taxpayer funds are unlimited.

>> so far, they have been proved solutely correct. we are headed, though, toward an accou accounting. that has been said, of course, literally for decades now at over $17.2 trillion national debt. we have a national debt that is the same size as our economy now. peop have to understd, there will be consequences but e problem for republicans, they always harp on debt. they aays harp on entitlements and people turn them off. >> yea >> if we don't see the republican party,enlighten leaders, articular leaders, it's going to be the same result. >> there's a solution. the solution is to actually leapfrog the left by showing conservative repubcan policies will do more for low income .. mocrats have done a very good

job of taking care of the or in this country, i really do, along with help from the republicans. what i don't understand is why republicans refuse to look to the needs and issues of the middle class and working -- well, n, this is different. we are watching t conservatives push back against the chamber of commerce. they he given the back of the hand theusiness round table. this stuff is over. people may not be aware, but we are going to see a true divergence here. the republican pty has to find out if they want to have people in the tent who work and sweat and build this country every day. at's the middle class. that's working people. and small business people. >> the single greatest invention that cured poverty and led to middle class prosperity is catalism. >> that's a different statement. i'm talking a conntion between

the republican party, values and people who work for a living. >> they have to make that connection. our ideasre the one that is are going to help you the most and do the most for you and are doing the most for you. >> democrats don't go to the electionand say you know what, we believe in redistribution and we are going to build the greatest entitment system ever imagined on this continent. >> they don't use the term. >> right. they connect. they say you are going to have -- >> health care. >> a benefit program, whatever it may be. >> republicans are not good at talking about things in that concrete way. >> let's change the language. absolutely. >> rpublicans are great at connecting with working men and women and the middle class, how about that? >> they have been in the past. >> thanks for being here. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. up next, volkswagens top

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what a billionaire and labor leaders have in common these days? well, they both believe they should be able to buy votes and tell the rest of us what to do. we have talked about venture capitalist tom perkins before. he's quite a fellow. he says the rich get more votes because, well, they are rich. >> tom perkins system is, you don't get to vote unless you pay $1 of taxes. i think, treat it like a corporation. you pay $1 million in taxes, y get 1 million votes. >> that's an exciting idea, huh?

>> then billionaire tom sre. his net worth is about $1.5 billion, steyer is planning on spending $100 million to boost democrats who make glol warming a priority. now there's this fellow. he's burned osterloh. he's mad as hell about the uaw losing the election in tennessee. now, he's threatening the plant workers, businesses, companies, saying if they don't unionize in tennessee, it will affect their presen in the south. he's so full of himself and volkswagen that he thinks his uster will take a 53% vote to

reject the union. he's sitting over in germany. he needs to calm down a little. when he or anyo else threatens americans, it doesn't end well. whether you are a belligerent leader or billionaire willing to pay millions of dollars to influence the midterm elections, the republican party has an opening here, a real opportunity. if they have the leadership and the guts to really represent working men and women,epresent the middle class and those striving to be a part of it, it'sor the response to the billionaires club and the tough, big labor guys, a simple, go to hell, would be a good start. we're coming right back. isn't it great when people get along. the three amigos meeting in mexico the democrats meeting with a billionaire benefit tack tor in san francisco and andrea wi me

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volkswagen top representative in germany threatening to block any potential expansion the united states if workers in the south aren't unionized. ld stuff. the comment follow a crushing defeat for the auto workers union in tennessee. joining us is andrea, co-host of "the five." i have never seen such -- on t part of a guy sitting in germany, telling americans what they have to do. this is going to have some reaction, don't you think? >> i think so. why does he feel emldened. president obama ma it about the german shareholders from the get go. they want to assert their power in the united states.

>> the president is helping them along. that's going to be interesting to watch as well. the idea that this guy at volkswagen, doesn't he understand brand issues? i mean volkswagen with the brands, its success globally and in this country, which still remains the richest consumer market in the world, you know, come on. calm down, fella. >> yeah. i don pretend to know how the european mind s works. i don't have to tell you, lou, this is a company that is additionally pro-union. they let the unions come in. they gave them access. what really frustrates me the most is that the people have spoken and the left and the european socialist mentally we are seeing creep into our country and occupy our white use will not let people to their own device make their own choices.

they underestimate how savvy people are. the generous benefits packages are already there, salaries are already there, why do we need you? it's not a compelling deal for us. volkswagen is enjoying a mint ssccess. these workers in tennessee and there are plants all around the world, frankly, are doing a great job building a superior product. the workers a well provided for. compensation is fair. they make a terrific living wage why screw with it in the rnacular? they decided to do so. the spectacle of a company siding with a union and insisting that their workers, affectively, approve it. >> do they read about detroit? have they read about other car companies that have fallen at the hands of the uaw? apparently not.

rope is very big on unions, very, very big on unions. i think it's the audacity to tell the united states how to do business and lecture them and wag the finger and the boldness of the unions grasping for air saying we are going to sue and do all this crazy stuff. it shows their desperation. >> what is ironic in all this, the president of the united states is down in mexico, southern mexico with his three aim amigos. in the middle of the summit is a giant chrysler plant building thredifferent model, some of which are shipped into this country. meanwhile, we are having a discussion with volkswagen and how they are doing and want to run things in our count. is is a bizarre, bizarre situation. >> and the loomin keystone pipeline, another boom for american workers. even president obama admitted, the reason it's not dones

because of theolitics of it. >> yeah. >> i can't believe he actually believed politics is getting in the way of american jobs. you can think it, can't say it. >> i'm glad he did. stight forwardness is in great shortage inashington particularly the white house. we have a bunch of people walking around, very sophisticated economists saying with this administration, so well meaning can't create sufficient jobs. well, they will not look at what it is. when you look at offshore production and look at the outsourcing of the jobs. when you look at the failure siness to invest in this marketplace, their home market, it's not difficult at all. they are not investing in the country's future. they are not investing in this economy economy. they are not comfortable with it. believ the president doesn't care about the gdp. i don't think he cares about growth or the unemployment rate or the cbo report or what

obamacare is going to do to american jobs. they don't care. i know they don't like when i say that, they care about making people dependent on government. in their eyes, thecbo report anthe report jobs are not bein created doesn't maer. it's perfectly fine. >> you must have had an exchange today. >> president of theobert beck el institute, which is short on facts sometimes, but not on passion. >> we are going to carry your water for you. beckel we would be happy to have you on. >> he's a good guy. >> isn't that the case so often. >> they mean well. >> very well. isn't it fun to be patronizing? >> it sure is. >> thanks for being with us. appreciate it. a minnesota businessman

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he is democrat mel reynolds of illinois. you may remember his name. he lost his seat almost two decades ago. he was then convicted of statutory rape and later financial and campaign fraud. former president clinton commuted his sentence back in 2001 with two years remaining. interestingly, when heesigned from congress, it gave a political opening to one, barack obama. an illinois state senatornded up running for reynold's seat. obama issuing another executive action on fuel and emission standards. for more othis administratioadm, we are joined by mercedes colin. good to have you. >> good to be here. >> you know, our fox news poll

shows by a large majority americans ha this. it's over 70%, this rule by fiat, by decree, whatever you want to call it. how in the world is this possibly legal? >> it is legal because it doesn't gi express power for the present to do it, but allows the esident to have executive orders. here is the catch. there are three branches, the judiciy, legislative and executive branch. when the executive branch makes laws creating executive orders not approved by congress, you encroach on the legislative branch. the u.s., the voters are offended by it. we have this structure for a reason. >> you mentioned article two, but section three reads. the president shall take care that the laws be faithfully executed. you are the attorneys. i have to tell you, that seems pretty explicit.

>> you can ke the word executed. meedes is right. >> are you kidding me? >> i'm a lawyer. >> i admire you guys so much. >> thank you. >> that's almost like the carnivals that came to town when i was a kid. >> thank you. here is the problem. by the time it gets through the court t's an executive order that is so bizarre and smuch encroaching,t takes years to in front of the upreme court. the last decision was in the 1950s when the president says look, we are going to have all the saw mills be under executive order. well, the supreme court said, no, you can't do that. you can't legislate a whole industry. it's how the process takes so long to get to the supreme court. >> this is so screwed up. this is a president who said,

you knowhe's been signing executive orders and actions. the thing that gives me great pause d concerns me deeply profoundly, maybe, is that he said the reason hwas doing it was to go around congress. >> right. >> he didn't say he was doing it because of the historical precedence or because it was cessary, that it was within the parameters of previous presidents. he said it explicitly. >> exactly right. to add insulto injury, his plform in 2008 was i'm not going to be like former president sh and create executive orders. i'm not going to do that. you can rely on me to uphold the constitution what has he done? signed 170 ecutive orders and counting. >> to be fair, under president bush, he signed 170.

he had 291. president clinton, 364 president franklin roosevelt, 3,500 executive orders. >> he hasn't finished his term. these are post term. at the ends of eight years, 364 by clinton. he has three years to go. >> i'm curious because, how many did george washington sign? >> tt i don't know. >> how many did thomas jefferson sign? because it became common place for these folks and in the urgent years of the great depression and worlwar ii, i can understand some of that. but, this is a different time. >> ihink this is what irked people so much. itwasn't the circumstances you were talking. i have the pen, i have the power of the pen and the power of the

phone. that is really irksome. you are threatening us with something that's not in the constitution that we could find it and you are threatening with the power of the pen? and to say that deliberately i'm doing it because of congress. basically, it's in the face of the three branches of government. >> l's take them o at a time. congress, anything they can do about it? >> they can bring it to court saying he abused his discretion. standing is going tbe a problem. you have to bring someone who is a voter, someone, an american citizen coming forward saying i have been abused by this. the nsa thing, it's a class actionand you have to find somebody, a group of people that can say i have been abused, i have been hurt. >> how about the supreme court itself? can they not say? >> it has to be brought to them. they can't reach out? >> no. >> we have anverly aggressive

president, i would argument we have a passive supreme court. thank god we done have to worry abt activist judges and justices. >> not at that level. >> and we have a congress that is befuddled and outmashed, perhaps. >> what about this particular, senator mccain said about this order. perhaps he can stir it up. >> srting the movement. it's got to win its way throu courts. >> the best thing republicans cado in that instance is win a few elections. >> exactly right. change it up a bit. >> thanks for being here. thank you. >> thank you. >> appreciate it. up next, my commentary on the soaring costs of higher education in this country. they are so bad, they are influencing, negatively, our hoing market. we will tie all of that together. we will al have your thoughts and comments, straight ahead. be sure to listen to my

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loan dt is so large and such a burden on the backs of college students and families, it's a major factor in preventing first time buyers from buying homes. so now, we are awakening to the economy, higer education. middle class parents and their kids are footing thebills. helped o by our generous federal governments and the states kick in as well. how much debt are we talking about? how much debt can a bunch of college kids run up f cryin out loud? it turns out, a massive amount. about 7 in 10 graduates leav college owing on student loans. on average, each of the newly educated men and women walk out saddled with $30,000 a piece in debt. add it up and school loans are $1.2 trillion of debt.

last year, student loans are e biggest category of consumer debt after mortgages. and we just keep borrowing. over the st two decades, ell, we have seen a horror show of rising inflation for parents and students, higher education costs soared 165% over that time according to the federal reserve. ile wages have risen at 1/10 that rate. it's now te to reign in this destructive spiral ofhigher education costs, ever greater government lending and larger debts on the backs of our middle class and their children. it means we have to acknowledge its time to end the government support of higher educational costs which create ever greater burdens r the next generation of college graduates. we have to focus on those issues now. we, here are a few of tonight's top comments from

views. john tweeted about secretary kerry's statements. he might want to focus on i rab and syria, the middle east is about to gloin the dark. climate? really? stephen in oregon wrote mebout the president's continuous changes to obamacare. i have nn doubt when the e of march arrives, there are an insufficient number of obamacare enroll lees, he will move the enrollment date, possibly self-enacting an open ended date. i like that, self-enacting. he also teted about obamacare. is the administration just moving us to a single payer system as the answer to the problem they created? well, a few people think so. we love to hear from you. e-mail me. follow us on twitter. go to facebook. everything is at loudobbs.com. we a giving all of you whose

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