christmas presents from their families, off to the astronauts. it got delayed earlier. good for them. >> the reindeer just flew right by. that's just wrong. have a wonderful day. we'll see you soon. to "washington now." former defense secretary robert gates speaking out publicly about his candid memoir. it is making waves in washington and beyond. some of the most startling claims -- that president obama didn't believe in his own afghanistan policy. >> there was an absence of passion, this absence of a conviction of the importance of success that disturbed me. >> thousands of israelis pay their last respects for former prime minister ariel sharon. we'll have a live report from jerusalem. is president obama overstepping the limits of presidential

power. this week the supreme court will tackles issue. today i get senator ted cruz' thoughts. santa finally makes its way to the space station. live from the nation's capital starts right now. former defense secretary robert gates seasonal pulling any punches in miss new memoir, criticizing congress, the president and military brass. . today he defended his timing and hits words. molly has the details. >> hi, shannon, and defended the criticisms of vice president biden. gates says biden has been, quote, wrong on issues for four decades. today he was more specific about his run-ins with the vp. >> where i have particular

problem with the vice president was in his encouragement of suspicion of the military. and the senior military with the president. you can't trust these guys. they're going to try and jam you, try to box you in, and so on. that did disturb me a lot. >> gates also was critical of president obama's commitment to win in afghanistan, but one spokesman explains why. >> we have been in afghanistan longer than we have been in any foreign land conducting a war in our nation's history. was this president and was the team at the white house skeptical of mission creep? every day that i was there, and i would be shocked if it hasn't been every day since i have left. >> but republicans say gates'

book reveals worrisome consequences because of the president's approach. >> at the same time he announced a surge, he also announced an exit date and strategy, thereby emboldening the taliban that they could wait us out. our allies see us as unreliable and i think this confirms our worth fears. in fact, is largely driven by politics. >> gates says he didn't wait until after president obama left office to write this book, because he felt so strongly about what he had seen and experienced in the white house. shannon? >> molly, thank you very much. joining us fox news military analyst retired four-star general, always good to see you, general. >> good to see you. you probably know more us average americans. now it's out there because of this book. what do you make of what you heard there, specifically his assertions that the president

didn't seem engaged, he seemed to distrust his own military leaders, sometimes almost feeling as if they were trying to set him up. >> the the fact of the matter is he agreed with most of the president's policy decisions. when you get into those quotes that everybody has seen, but behind those quotes is a narrative that really takes issue. the president made a policy decision to execute an escalation of war, but yet he has no passion for that. he actually maintains distance from it. there's no discussion with the american people about what has taken place and how are we doing? and what should we be doing if we're having problems? much of that criticism in general deals with the president of the united states. conversely, he was dealing with president bush in his administration, he wanted to win a war, and truth be known as, a shorthand phrase would be president obama wanted to get out of those. >> with that in mind, i spoke to

some military folks to get their reaction. some of those guys who have been to the front lines were -- they want they weren't surprised. they said that was always their sort of suspicion, that their commander in chief had his own doubts about what he was sending them to do in afghanistan, but very frustrated, as you can imagine, that they would be sent there to risk that i lives to do something in retrospect that the president didn't even believe was going to be successful. >> and that's a sobering comment. that just affects me just hearing that secondary from you about how our soldiers are feeling. i think this has much to do with why the book is written. >> it's a very moving narrative when the gates talk about the impacts of soldiers had and how much he loved them. he truly embraced the personal responsibility for deploying them, writing all the deployment orders. he let the emotion of what was taking place wash over him, as some leaders would try to keep it at a distance. i think upon reflection when he

leaves, war is still going on, soldiers are still dying, policy decisions still have to be made, and i think he writes this book partly with the soldiers in mind. that's where he gets the passion to be as honest as he's being in the book, and i think also explains why he's writing it while the president is still serving. >> you and i have talked many times about afghanistan, about the security deal that u.s. is trying to get the current president, though not for much longer, to sign there, and there are questions about some of the disclosures in the bock and how our president obama really feels, whether that's going to make it tougher to get that security deal signed. >> i don't think so. i think the administration has finally come to the conclusion, which i think has been obvious that karzai is leaving in april, or close to it. we have to look beyond that. this is a strategy partnership that makes sense to the security interests of the united states and the region that goes way beyond karzai.

if his successor has to put the pen to paper, that will be fine. i don't think we're going to let his emotional reaction to a statement in this book, which he'll probably have, dissuade us from what needs to get done. >> general keane, we always appreciate your insights. good to see you. >> good to see you, shannon. we want to hear from you at home. what are your thoughts with tweet us your answers. we will read some of them later on in the show. well, officials say they don't know when the water will be safe again in areas near charleston, west virginia, four days after a dangerous chemical leaked into the water supply, residents of nine west virginia counties still without clean tap water are leaving the area hoping to find a hot meal, a place to do laundry or even take a shot shower. >> hi, shannon, the president of the water company saying he expects it will be days before 300,000 people can be using their tap water for bathing,

drinking or washing again. life in these nine counties coming to a standstill since the chemical, a foaming agent in the processing of coal, leaked into the water system, the largest and most complex wear system in the state. some businesses are beginning to open up afterle chemical spill forced stores on closed, restaurants to shut down and store shelves to empty. for four days businesses have been able to cook, serve or wash with clean water. but to open they smu mitt a plan to the health department outlining how they plan on providing safe water. >> it's impacted us greatly. we can't open, we can't serve food. what we're trying to do to offset that, we're opening, selling legal beverages only and chips for the customers, but you know, we have payrolls like any other business. we have payroll on monday due,

so it's pretty drastic that we try to ham skra-and-egg it. >> reporter: distribution sites have been set up offering clean water. a convoy from fema also arrives. at least four people have been admitted to the office. over 30 have sought treatment for symptoms. the leak began at freedom industries plant in charleston, seeping into the elk river. four laboratories are now measuring samples as authorities begin a systematic flushing, diluting the chemical until the water is safe to use again. >> we initially had some number that were two to three parts per million, now we're down beround 1 part per million, but we need to be consistently below that for a 24-hour period. >> reporter: some businesses beginning to reopen. we are expecting to hear from

the governor and other officials this afternoon with the latest updates. shannon? >> brian, thank you very much. the white house says a temporary deal has been struck with iran. starting jan wore 20th, various steps will kick in, including the requirement that iran start eliminating the stockpile of enriched uranium. they have also agreed not to build any additional centrifuges. in return, the white house says iran will get, quote, modest relief from some sanctions. the president also said today, he will veto any new sanctions congress attempts to enact during this period. israelis paying their last respects to former prime minister ariel sharon today, as u.s. and world leaders prepared to head to israel for the state funeral tomorrow. we're joined from the middle east bureau with the latest. hello, conner. >> reporter: hello, across the country flags were lowered, and

the cabinet offered a moment of silence from former general and prime minister sharon. now here in jerusalem, crowds paid tribute to the ledger dear soldier and prime minister who died saturday after eight years in a coma. his coffin laid in state in front of the parliament building today for six hours. crowds were not huge by any measure, but there was a steady stream of people coming to pay their respects to the man. sharon was a controversial leader here, and leads a very mixed legacy. he was both 4ru6d and hated, described as a war hero and a war criminal. he was held as a great defender of israel and a military genius, but he also resigned? shame after hundreds of palestinians were killed by christian alous following the 1982 war, and despite being an early supporter of the movement to build settlements, sharon as prime minister did an

about-face, with a total disengagement from gaza in 2005. one thing we had heard from israelis, a she view him as a leader, willing to make difficult decisions when the decisions were needed. many israelis are saying that's what's missing in israeli politics, they don't have leaders, they don't have people willing to make tough decisions. he will always be remembered as controversial, but a leader in this country. freedom of speech, that's what pro-life protesters say massachusetts is trying to unconstitutionally restrict. the case is headed to the supreme court this week. -- the man who argued the press didn't-setting case is going to join us. is president obama blatantly ignoring the law law? the supreme court will look at potential limits on the president's power. senator ted cruz weighs in. >> if this were a republican

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. strong winds brought a condo project down like a house of cards in raleigh, increase nrk. local records say four units were damaged. wind gusts at the nearby airport were measured as high as 86 miles an hour. months after president obama vowed to get to the bottom of the scandal surrounding the irs targeting conservative groups and holding anyone responsible accountable, just how is the investigation going? new revelations that the woman tapped to head the investigation gave thousands to president obama and the democratic national committee are raising serious questions. the chief counsel for the american law for justice joins

us today. >> hey, shannon. >> you're representing more than 40 groups. it was back in may of last year that the president spoke to us on national television and spoke about i will not tolerate this, i will do anything i can to make sure the parties responsible are held accountable. you have clients directly involved. how far are we in the investigation? >> eric holder is the one, the attorney general that said this may be criminal violations here. ij going to open up a criminal investigation, so the fbi is reportedly investigating. we get a call tess end of december, by the way, we think we want to interview threw of year 41 clients to get some testimony from them. and we'll get to you after the first of the year. fine. the day i get an e-mail, i think it was january 8, saying we want to set up those meetings, the very next day, it is now public that barbara bosserman is in

charge of the investigation for the department of justice. with no disrespect to barbara bosserman she's a max minute donor to the campaign. she supported the dnc and the victory fund. she has the right to do it, but she's also a lawyer. the canon sell when you're a lead prosecutor s. avoid the appearance of xwro prity. the political bias goes beyond bizarre. 15,000 lawyers and they shouldn't find someone from the corruption unit or an independent independent con? that's putting us in a difficult spot. we've been working on it all weekend. we may not let our clients sit down. >> the doj says we can't be asking about the political affiliations, it's again the law for us to do that. you know a lot of people that work in washington and these agencies. what do you may of the assertion

that they can't do anything about it? >> yeah, no problem, they don't want to discriminate here, but they didn't mind targeting and discriminating against our clients. two things. number one, i think the obligation is on barbara bosserman. when she did contribute to a campaign, there's consequences when you're a prosecutor. she's in the top one half of 1% of federal employees that donate and donate to the maximum. this wasn't just a $250 do the reelection campaign. this was a maximum amount allowed by law. she has the right to do it, but she has an obligation to say i'm going to step aside, remove the political paint. the president went through the whole story about if this is -- this has got to stop, he tasked jack lew to get an on, which he then of course did nothing.

and now the political heat is getting real. >> you argued one of the key cases on this at the supreme court. this week they're going to hear about a massachusetts law that's sets a buffer around abortion clinics, that limits where people who want to talk to people or protest, can go. >> i argued the hill versus colorado case i think 12 years ago, and we lost 5-4, the fact is there's a chain in the lineup of the supreme court. chief justice roberts is now in, replacing chief justice rehnquist. i believe the court took the case. they didn't have to. i think there's a good chance of a reversal which would be grace in my lifetime to see a case i argued overturned. that would be a wonderful thing. i can't think of the other reason why they took it. they didn't have to take it. i think there -- you have to have four to hear it, maybe five

to overturn it and get rid of a press didn't, as justice kennedy said so eloquently in dissent. >> we shall think. thanks for your time today. >> thanks, shannon. well, that irs scandal is also on congressman issa's agenda. he's here live, next we'll ask him not only about the irs, but also where the benghazi investigation begins and whether he has an interested in making a run for the white house. pope francis personally welcoming some of the church's newest members. and it may be january, but for the crew on the international space station. it's beagaining to look a lot like christmas. that's coming up. when i first felt the diabetic nerve pain,

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the atf is coming under fire for reportedly using rogue tactics in a series of stings the agency was says was aimed at getting guns off the street. a recent report list as series of blunders in operations in six cities, agents allegedly took advantage of the mentally ill, set up stings near churches an schools and made decisions that some saying itly increased crimes in their neighborhoods. congress mast issa from california and chairman of the oversight, chairman, good to see you today. >> good to see you, shannon. this is fast and furious revisited. you finally have a confirmed director, todd jones, who was supposed to clean up this operation. instead what you see in many of these cases, they're continuing, continuing to have this be what's called a rogue organization. but i think for the members of the atf, i want to make sure i

make one thing clear form the atf never acts alone. the fbi and -- political appointees, they work hand in hand. so this is not something, well, you say it's a few agents, as they tried to say initially in fast and furious. this is the president, president obama's department of justice that continues to support these sting operations, these rogue operations as they're called, that lead to harm in communities. >> the journal sentinel said they found that mentally ill or disabled foix were being used and later arrested in these cases. the young people were being plied with alcohol and pot. people were being offered huge sums to turn in guns, creating a cottage industry of doing this, so far what we're hearing from the atf, they had a statement saying thinks biased reporting and they were doing their jobs

p. >> their job is to enforce the system that prevents guns from being sold wrong. they do have an investigative role, but that's hand in hand with the fbi, u.s. attorneys and department of justice. i think what we have here once again, is a war on guns, if you will, that causes them to take these bold moving, bold and reckless moves, because they hate guns so that. fast and furious had the op set effect, made americans scared of their government, particularly when the attorney general and the president refused to answer statements. whether it's fast and furious or being lied to by the nsa, the american people are getting tired of assuming that an agency does one thing and then finding out they're abusing citizens, and in this case the mentally retarded. >> the oversight committee has been very busy. critics say it's political driven. but let me ask about something

you've been probing, benghazi. i'm sure you hear it all the time -- why not appoint a select committee? >> one thing that the american people have a hard time understanding, a criminal prosecutor, a special prosecutor is a different entity we could have a discussion about the irs essentially being investigated by a political operative, that's a good case for a special prosecutor. in the case of select committee, the fact is i have all the same powers and used all the same authorities that a select committee would use. this administration is slow. as you know, this administration is transparent in their willingness to not deliver to all the committees lawful subpoenaed material. i think that's where we're beginning to have some real headway. an obasementa appointee, a federal judge, has in fact begun going forward to order the administration to turn over all

statements and the information related to it in fast and fewerual. it may break down the whole idea the administration cannot deliver just what they said, lie to us when they said to and slow roll any kind of discovery of information. are we any closer to answers at benghazi? >> i think until last sunday with "new york times" we were getting closer. it's very clear that what we had there was a terrorist attack that was premedicated and could be easily predicted because the communications show it was predicted. a failure to give our people the kind of security that even admiral mullen said, had they had it, there wouldn't have been an attack in all likelihood, and the question of why did they give you a false statement, trying to take a piece of information and call it a video. are we getting closer? yes. we're interviews d.o.d. people for the first time in an

unclassified role, asking them what we can make available to the american people. on benghazi, we know a lot, but the american people deserve to know it publicly, to see the facts as given in sworn testimony. >> congressman, thank you for coming in. good to see you. >> good to see you. coming up after the break -- >> there is nothing enjoyable about a job where you put men and women in harm's way for their country's sake. nothing. for the first time former defense secretary robert gates defends his controversial memoir. our fair and balanced debate looks at the timing of the release. and still to come -- >> where are the democrats? where are the liberals? where are the journalists and the media? >> my one on one interview with senator ted cruz. find out why he's calling president obama --

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for two hours new jersey's governor chris christie apologized for the mistakes his staff made, but the questions keep coming, including could this hurt a potential presidential run? >> the chairman of new jersey legislative panel is investigating the governor's office and its involvement in the george washington bridge lane closures. he claims a crime could have been committed and there are

more documents to comb through. >> we're going to take this one step at a time. we need to talk to the individuals about what they knew and when they knew it. >> last week, however, the governor swiftly fired the aide at the center of the scandal, and he told reporters he had no involvement. the mayor of ft. lee whose borough experienced days of gridlock, says he takes christie at his word, when he says he didn't arrange the traffic jam. the reaction continues on sunday's show, some treading lightly. but other experts support christie's swift and steadfast reac. >> you'll notice we haven't been hearing a lot from the clinton

camp, in contrast with president bill clinton and second quarter tear clinton's handling of ben gas ghazi. christie says he and his staff had nothing to hide about 2016. he says it's not on his radar, because, quote, at the moment he hasment to do. from average americans and tech companies, criticism of the nsa's sweeping data collection has been growing. later this week president obama is expected to announce new guidelines at the agency. joining us for fair and balanced debate on that issue senator evan bayh, and scott round, republican senator from massachusetts. welcome, gentlemen. >> thank you. thank you. senator brown, this president has been on record defending the nsa program saying they're necessary for protecting americans. how does he strike a balance

this week? >> i think that's the key. you have a situation from the nsa becoming somewhat creepy in what they're actually doing. you have to find that balance. that's the key. i know when evan and i voted on these issues, we tried to find a balance. we do have people throughout the world that want to kill us and change our way of life. to make sure that our law enforcement people have the tools and resources to do their jobs to keep us safe, we have to make sure thuf the law toss do that and information to do it. it is a balance. the question is how will the president do it? >> senator bayh, he had a couple advisory councils, i think around 46 recommendations. the president has a lot to digest and a lot to work with. he's taking heat from the left and the right on this. how in the world does he mollify everyone? he will not mollify everyone,

and that should not be his goal. the goal could be to strike the right balance, as scott brown was just saying. we don't want the terrorists to change our fundamental way of life on the one hand. on the other hand, remembering there are bad people every day trying to kill us, the ultimate loss of civil liberties is when you have innocent women, children and men killed by violent terrorists. he needs to protect the country and do it in a way that max -- preserves our right to privacy. >> senator brown, is there any way he can restore trust on this matter? there's only so much transparency you can have with a program that is all about security interests and tracking those who would do harm to americans. is it possible that he rebuilds the truth with the american people, those who feel like in some way they're privacy is being compromised? >> shannon, it's just no the this, it's fast and furious, it's benghazi, the irs, the

obamacarrollout. the program ownerly when i -- it was a program we would be looking at people that, hey, we have to look at information a little difficultly, give them some extra scrutiny. it wasn't meant for this blanket collection for the person data of phone records of average americans. if he can find a way to tailor it to people who through some type of preponderance of evidence, have different ties than the average american, he with probably preestablish that truth. it will be difficult because of all the other problems he's having. there's a lack of trust with the american people in the administration and congress. >> senator bayh, is there a way he can restore some of that confidence? >> i would look for a couple

things. number one, as scott pointed out, the reputation of the government is at an all-time low. they may look to have a third entity be the repository. it's not the government ultimately having control of this data. the problem with that is all of the vushs now about the recent hacking. the private sector unfortunately is vulnerable to leaks and penetrations, too. so there's no perfect answer there. he may seek to restore some confidence as having an intermediaries. what i would like for is the fisa court, the special court that has to approve when agencies seek individuals' private, financial and telecommunications data. they may seek to have a privacy advocate argue before the court. it's not just the government saying these why we feed it,

maybe a third independent party saying, wait a minute, judges, you have to consider the ramifications for privacy too. that may help to serve privacy interests in a more robust ways. that speech comes on friday. we'll all by watching closely. thank you both for weighing in. good to see you. >> thank you, thank you. what a welcome to the catholic church. today pope francis baptized 32 babies in the sistine chapel. he called the cries, quote, the most beautiful choir. he spoke informally to the mothers, at one point telling feel free to feed the babies if needed. ted cruz accuses president obama of, quote, using imperial power" as the supreme court gets set to listen to a controversial case. and who else gets hacked.

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just how far do the powers of the executive branch stercht in tomorrow the supreme court will consider the constitutionality of one of president obama's attempts to expand those powers, recess appointments to the national labor relations board. earlier i talked with senator ted cruz on the case and his take on executive power. i started asking about his concerns about how far president obama has gone and whether it's setting a precedent for other presidents, regardless of party affiliation. >> shannon, the pattern we have seen under president obama of disregarding the law is he's really one of the most troubling aspects of this presidency, and that over and over again, when he disagrees with the law, rather than try to change it, rather than try to change the law, he simply refuses to comply with it. that's something that ought to trouble every. it all to trouble republicans.

it ought to trouble democrats. we've seen it on obamacare, all aspects that are not working, causing millions of people's insurance ton canceled, he simply refuses to apply the law. and with respect to appointments, tomorrow the supreme court will hear arguments in a challenge to three appointments he made to the national labor relations board that were flatly unconstitutional. the constitution gives him the authority to appoint vacancies without senate confirmation when the senate is in recess. and every president, going back to george washington has understood that the senate decides when it's in recess, and the president doesn't get to do that, unless the senate is actually in recess. what the president did here is, even though the senate was meeting, it wasn't in recess. he just asserted the power to declare the senate in recess and made three appointments that are

illegal. three federal courts of appeal said these are unconstitutional, and the president and the obama administration just keeping disregarding the law. it's very troubling. >> now the justices will finally have a say at this this. we'll see how they ultimately decide this. in the meantime also in the last couple of months the senate has changed procedure with regard to the nuclear options also giving the executive branch via the senate more power appointing several judges to key positions in key courts. which, by the way, while there are judicial emergencies in a number of circuits there aren't in the ones the president's really been focused on. do you see that as worrisome as well? because, you know, critics will say, presidents have these rights. they have the right to set up their own appointees, nominees, to stack courts. it's part of what they're called to do. republicans wouldn't be objecting if a republican was in the white house. >> except every one of those points is objectively false. for one thing, these two issues, the nuclear option and the president's lawlessness, are

very interrelated. the reason that harry reid broke his word, repeatedly he said he wouldn't exercise the nuclear option and then he just broke his word just like president obama did when he said if you like your plan you can keep it. the reason he did that is because the democrats are very concerned about courts holding this administration accountable for their lawlessness. in particular the d.c. circuit. the d.c. circuit is where a great many of these lawless actions are challenged. this is all about wanting to pack the d.c. circuit with judges that president obama and the democrats think will rubber stamp the president's lawlessness. you know, one of the things that's striking, there have been republican presidents, unfortunately, who've overreached. who've exceeded their executive authority. when they've done that, there have been republicans who stand up and call the republican president to account. say, the constitution matters, and no president, no man is above the law. one of the things that i found most disappointing, where are

the democrats? where are the liberals? where are the journalists? and the media? calling president obama to account for disregarding the law? right now as we look at these fights, as we look at the president picking and choosing, saying i'm not going to follow this law. i'm not going to follow that law. i'm not going to follow this other law. there are virtually no democrats who will even speak up a word of criticism. you see with the case of the supreme court tomorrow where the president has ignored the recess clause of the constitution. ignored the fact that the senate wasn't in recess. you know, in prior years there would be democrats speaking up to protect the senate. it is amazing to me that every single democratic senator just -- just goes in line and docily agrees with the executive usurping the power of the senate. at the end of the day, the

framers of our constitution, one of the great geniuses they had was they understood by dividing power in government, if you can have the branches resisting each other, it protects the liberty of the people. because the most dangerous thing for the liberty of the people is for power to be concentrated in one place where it can be directed against the people. congress is failing in its job. the senate is failing in its job when it doesn't resist against the president usurping power. and all of us should be concerned. listen, if this were a republican president, i promise you i would be every bit as vocal against a republican president usurping power and violating the constitution and we really need to see some democrats, some liberals, standing up against an imperial presidency. >> we'll watch that case. we'll continue to watch the fight on the hill as well. senator, thank you. >> always a pleasure. well, target and neiman marcus. now reports three other well known retailers were also hit by cyber attacks. reuters is reporting the

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♪ jingle bells, jingle bells, jingle all the way ♪ >> we're not late. we're getting started early for this year. astronauts aboard the international space station got a special treat today. christmas presents. a private supply ship launched from virginia on thursday carrying equipment, experiments and presents for all six onboard. the delivery was supposed to arrive before the holiday but there were some delays. you may remember when the station's cooling system broke down, for instance. we've been asking you at home, what are you thoughts on secretary gates' decision to release his book. with so many behind the scenes details. it's refreshing to have someone tell the truth about obama. truth on benghazi should follow. secretary gates released books between elections. derek tweets, strange to see a book like this with the president still in office. mike burke said, the problem with the book is making money on it. gates should have gone in front of the media first. that's it for us here in washington. "fox news sunday" is up next. before we go, some adorable

little show-off courtsy of the san diego zoo. brother and sister lion cubs ignored by their mother had to be cared for by animal care workers at the zoo and they're doing just fine. i'm john roberts in for chris wallace. congress returns to work amid continued gridlock on capitol hill. while outside the beltway, scandal threatens a potential gop front-runner. >> i am embarrassed and humiliated by the conduct of some of the people on my team. >> we'll look into the fallout over the traffic jam for political payback fiasco in new jersey. plus, take a deeper look inside the tell-all book by former defense secretary robert gates that's putting the obama administration on defense. >> i can just tell you what the facts are. you can decide for yourself what you want to believe.