>> colter. what's that word? >> maybe he'll do it in the after the show show. stay tuned. a=msz bill: iraq is on the brink. another major city falling into the hands of al qaeda militants. first al qaeda took mosul, then they took tikrit, saddam hussein's former hometown. now we wonder what's next. patti ann: i'm patty and brown in for martha maccallum. an estimate half a million iraqis are fleeing the city of

mosul with their families looking for refuge. there is word they are asking for u.n. help. >> reporter: the situation in iraq is spiraling out of control. the country's government and military is disintegrating before our eyes. iraq leaders say they are determined to regain the country. but how they do that is a big question. the militants control three cities. they are only 100 miles outside of baghdad. we are hearing they have taken control of the oil city of considerkick kirk. nouri al-maliki said his government will fight to take back lost ground. u.s.-trained security forces failed to fight in mosul and

tikrit. bill require's a stunning turn of events. you wonder, what will the president do? this is another major foreign policy issue on his plate. is the u.s. proposing to do anything? >> reporter: from what we are hearing the iraqi government put in a request for military assistance. what we are hearing the white house has rebuffed these requested. the obama administration said the pentagon would send military assistance to the iraqis but they are not going to send any air strikes from what we are hearing'. obama said yesterday that the iraqi leaders need to take security responsibility for the entire situation there. the sunni-shiia split which divided the iraqi government for decade, this is a situation

that's only just beginning to bubble up. we could see iraq split in the coming days completely, bill. bill: for viewers at home or on your mobile device. we knew there was trouble on ramadi and fallujah, that's the and ba --that's the anbar provi. but this week mosul fell and they came down the tigress river to tikrit. the kurdish they are the is in the northeast. the "wall street journal" reporting kirkuk is still in the hands of the kurds. you wonder how these forces

collide in baghdad. the u.s. military worked the so long and so hard to fortify whether they can hold baghdad. that's an open question as we try to figure out what happens here. we are watching this throughout the morning. it's a significant security threat for these islamic militants that want to connect iraq to syria and create their own territory. patti ann: as iraq teeters on the edge of terrorist control we are getting reports the iraqi government plead with the white house to step in but that urgent call for help was turned down. we'll get more from lieutenant ralph peters on the gains that may now be gone. bill: 10 years of blood and sacrifice possibly given back in a couple of weeks. is this what we fought for?

you can talk to us throughout the next two hours. we'll get you some ideas and get your thoughts on this, too. big issue on the table. patti ann: we are getting new details on a journal and postings on facebook in the weeks leading in the up to his capture. they reveal a man struggling with his mental stability. >> reporter: this is a fascinating glimpse into the mind of a young man struggling to find his place in the world and a young soldier struggling to understand the war he was fighting. as he prepared to deploy to afghanistan he wrote, i'm worried. the closer i get to ship day the colder the voices are. and a few pages later he wrote,

quote, i will not loss thi -- is this mind. this passion and beauty. they were handled to the washington "post" by kim harrison, a close friend of bowe bergdahl. she says she is handing them over now because she wants to contribute to the public's understanding of bergdahl that she describes as sensitive and vulnerable. patti ann: anything about walk off the base? >> reporter: in early june, 2009 three weeks before he apparently walked off the base. in an email exchange he wrote in what he appears to consider code, quote lines not good here. tell you when i have a secure line about plans.

you talked about walking into the artist painted world, riding in the fields of blood and screams, hidden from the monster within himself. three days before he disappeared he wrote in an email to friends, this life is too short to search of those 0 who who compromise its ethics and values. i'm con compromise'. they build a picture of bowe bergdahl's mental state and decide what if any legal punishment he should be subject to. patti ann: jonathan hunt, thank you. bill: another big story. awaiting comments from house speaker john boehner after eric cantor's stunning loss. he will leave his post by the end of july, a post he has held for three years.

>> while i intend to serve out my term as a member of congress in the 7th district of virginia, effective july 31, i'll be stepping down as majority leader. it's with great humility i do so knowing the tremendous hon year the has been to hold this position. bill: how will republicans regroup? washington has been hopping with this news for 36 hours. about the power vacuum. what is the expectation? >> there will be a big race to replace cantor and kevin mccarthy who is now the whip is making a play for that position. this will probably lead to the successor to speaker when he decide to step down. he says he's running for speaker next year. look for a race between kevin mccarthy and jim henslinf from

texas. the right-wing pundits are going after mccarthy. but this is going to divide the republican party. given the fact it's an election year the objective you would think is to put the focus on the jobs and the economy and keeping the house come november. the distraction, is it just for now or does it linger? >> i think it depend on who wins. if henser link wins he won't be working handle in handle with boehner. i think there could be some friction between henserling and

boehner. i think we have the race, then weep move on and we have the elections. that's what speaker boehner is worried about. he's stressing the need for unity because he knows this will be. >> divisive race. bill: herding cats. patti ann: weekly jobless claims out. they show 317,000 people filed for you be employment benefits last week. 4,000 more than the week prior. the new figures show employer the are laying off fewer workers which could be a positive sign. still overall hiring are higher. bill: will the dead broke comment come back to haunt hillary clinton? patti ann: a surge of illegal

immigrants mostly children streaming into our country. is the white house to blame? bill: how did an unknown college professor beat the house majority leader? >> i was tickled. i was glad to see an incumbent kicked away. we are tired of incumbents. >> we were pleased when we heard the news. get the flexcare platinum from philips sonicare and save now. philips sonicare my feet felt so heavy they used to get really tired. until i started gellin'. i got dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles. when they're in my shoes, my feet and legs feel less tired. it's like walking on a wave, dr. scholl's massaging gel insoles, i'm a believer!

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patti ann: a 6-month suspension of a u.s. drone campaign in pakistan is apparently coming to an end. if confirmed these would be the first u.s. strikes in pakistan since december. the alleged attacked coming three days after a taliban raid on an international airport killed 6 people. pakistan requested the drone campaign be suspended when it began peace talks with the taliban. bill: speaker boehner speaks after the upset in a virginia primary. they are still wondering how an economics professor beat the incumbent. >> reporter: cantor was pretty well liked. but apparently not well enough. they are fed up, tired of having these dpiets not listen to. it's a pleasure to see a guy

finally get the message. >> the extent of the victory was a surprise. >> we are tired of eric cantor. we are tired of the things he was doing. sometimes tblght national spotlight. bill: lry sabato from the university of virginia. mark mekler has connections to the tea party. i want to go through three quick points. larp are you, the tea party, some wins so far in the primary season and some terrible losses. people are talking about the tea party. i don't know if that's true or not. but they are suggesting that's the case. no national tea party groups got behind brat. so what does that tell us? where does that leave us on the issue of the tea party? >> this is a patch work of local

contests. that's what a mid-term election is. it's hard to reach a firm conclusion about what's going on around the country. the fact they didn't get behind brat is literally nobody outside of that brat camp thought brat was going to beat cantor. i got emails from people saying i told my cat two days before the election. you did not know dave brat was going beat eric cantor. i don't know what it tells you about the tea party. i can tell you what it means about senior incumbents. they better stay close to their home folks. every one rrp i spoke to said we wanted to send a message to eric cantor and it turned out to be a louder message than they even imagined. slew imagined.

>> national groups don't represent the tea party movement. the tea party movement is a local movement. it flexes its muscle best in local contests. that's where you see it play its ground game. but it doesn't come from national spokes people or national money coming into these races. bill: i have yet to see evidence that it's true. larry in this race was it the case? >> it was part of it. the rattlelies brat had. some of the speakers focused on immigration and some of the anti-immigration activists worked for brat. now having had a chance to talk to dozens of richmonders who actually voted in that primary and all the ements and the tweets and so on that i have gotten, rarely if ever is

immigration mentioned. this is mainly a power thing. they feel their congressman had abandoned them and become international and national and they were just an abeen damage. they wanted to remind the congressman and country who controls the power. the people control the power. bill: how would you answer that on i am glaition. >> i think it was an issue but the real issue was a congressman out of touch with his constituency. this is a case of the people versus the ruling elite and the people prevailed. bill: this race was local. they say all politics are local. we went back to several web sites for eric cantor. at least online we could not find a single campaign event other than the memorial day weekend parade in his home district. there were no town halls and come and ask eric stuff. larry, i think that comes to the

point whether you have a position of power in washington, you still have to stay in touch with the folks. if that evidence plays out, where were you holding these events? trying to keep your seat back home? go ahead. lahr * well, basically he thought he had it wrapped up, and they had polls showing him 20-30, 40 points ahead. i heard for years eric can storm had become hermetically sealed by security people, his staff, his consultants. it was difficult to get through to him, especially if you were a local. he's supposed to be your congressman. that comes first. all the other adornments, traveling all over the world representing the country, that's supposed to tie into your local

representation. and he forgot that and paid a high price for it. bill: we could not find an ad. >> he had his eye on the speakership and he forgot to be speaking with the people in this district. he paid the price for it. he deserved to pay the price and all leadership is looking over their shoulders. thank you, gentlemen. patti ann: as terrorists take control of major cities in iraq it could affect what you are paying at the gas pump. bill: why are the administration policies being blamed for the surge of can children coming over the border. >> they are relatives of the kid, and they are the ones who are inviting the kids to come

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bill: the truck driver arrested after the crash involving actor tracy morgan. the limousine driver swerved to avoid a walmart truck. morgan and two others critically injured. morgan is expected to be in the hospital for several weeks. patti ann: a growing crisis along our border with mexico. thousands of immigrant children flooding into our country from central america and u.s. officials can't send them back.

there is a new memo that says the surge in illegal immigrants is almost entirely due to u.s. policy. what about that? >> reporter: according to a report by the times, border patrol has an internal memo circulating that says the surge of immigrants we have seen coming from central america is due to the fact that they think they are going to get quote notices to appear. this falls in line with what border patrol told fox news. immigrants from central america are turning themselves over to agents because they know they will get a notice to appear then will be released to family in the united states. may 28 agents interviewed 200 mexican immigrants and 90% said they came to the u.s. to get a free pass. >> reporter: this is a disaster made by the administration and only the president can correct it by

sending the signals that these people should not be brought here. if these immigrants were from mexico they would be deported pretty quickly. but since they are from central america they are overwhelming the system. 1,000 children are being held in a warehouse in arizona. others are being held on military bases in three separate states. this memo contradicts what we heard from the administration thatth this surge is happening because of a rise in violence in countries in central america. the second tear of homeland security disputed some of the memos. >> i'm not sure that's the motivator for the children coming into south texas. i think it's primarily the conditions in the countries they are leaving from. >> reporter: the memo says gang violence does play a part.

but the free pass rumor is the main reason we are seeing the surge of immigrants coming from central america. bill: it has been nearly 20 years. how the double murderer led to the saga of the disgraced football flair o.j. simpson. patti ann: iraq falling into the hands of terrorists. after all the sacrifices made by our brave troops. what should and can the united states do about it? >> in the middle east the united states is in its weakest position since 1945 and the birth of the modern middle east.

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patti ann: terrorists in iraq take control one major city after another and if you setting their sights on baghdad. many are asking if the white house should have let this happened. some say it squandered the a cry files of troops over the years. there are reports iraq asked for white house help and was turned down. the "new york times" report says there were multiple requests for help from the white house and they were turned down. >> the staging areas in advance

would have been excellent targets for drones or manned aircraft or cruise missiles but the obama administration doesn't want to do anything militarily in iraq no matter the price. now that they delayed the targeting would be much, much harder. when the troops are gathered in a camp it's easy to hit them. now that they are stretched out on road. how much do you tell them from refugees. on the way to do the air strikes is if you put special-ops * spotters on the ground. we are not going to do that. the only way to stop this onslaught is with troops on the ground and we are not going to do that. this is president obama's legacy. the creation of the first jihadi state in modern history stretching from central syria to central iraq, and now approaching baghdad all because president obama saw everything through a political lens and

he's going to end the war in iraq, refuse to gore yaipt seriously for residual presidents. with this jihadi conquest of the months pull and jihady forces approaching baghdad. this is shaping up to be the biggest arab-jihadi victory. i can't overemphasize obama's jihadi state in the middle east. patti ann: the "times" says the reason iraq's appeals were we buffed is obama was reluctant to open a new chapter in iraq. our forces spent 13 years in iraq, some giving their lives. people are asking, was the a kri

fiestles our service members all for naught? >> the answer is question. simply because obama saw things in political, not strategic terms. i have to clarify one thing. air strikes could help impede the jihadi movement. it's just now that since the bees left the hive it's harder to get them. we could hit their areas in syria and get their attention but it won't stop the assault on baghdad. the iraqi army is in collapse. if you are a jihadi fighter, an islamist militant. you believe in your cause and are willing to die for. when they capture iraqi officers, they cut off their head and offen don't boor into use a very harp knife. this is an incredible strategic problem and president obama is

clueless. patti ann: the obama administration is pointing out we have provided $14 million in military aid. they just didn't want to do these drone strikes. let's talk about isis, the islamic state of iraq and syria. the insurgents in iraq and syria teaming up. how much serious is that threat? >> it's an enormous threat because we are seeing the formation of the first jihadi state. that line on the maps dividing iraq and syria is gone. it's now a true jihadi state. our chances to stop it was leaving a residual troop presence in iraq for the moral support as much as anything, and syria, iraq and iran would be different today. the second chance was to intervene early on the secular side in the syrian uprising.

we didn't do that. all of these failures, all of this reluctance and outright outcowardice, and isis, the islamic state of iraq and the le levant, this is son of al qaeda on steroids. as i pointed out with usama bin laden. what if he isn't the terrorist messiah and he's just jaunt baptist and the head of isis is chilling in his resolution, brutality and hatred for civilization. patti ann: lieutenant raffle peters thank you for joining us. bill: the iraq crisis could lead

to higher gas prices at home. the average price for gas, $3.60. i can't remember a day when it was below $3. where does it go? >> it goes up. the price of gasoline goes up. one of the baselines for gas prices is the price of crude oil. at the moment crude oil is surging. it reached $106 a barrel. the highest level of this year. up $2 on the day and it's up because the iraqi oil field within the supply of oil coming out of the iraq, that is now threatened by what colonel peters was describing. when you have got a threat to 3 million barrels of oil going on to the market every day. oil prices go up and in turn the price of gas goes up. it's $3.5 and going higher still. >> it's 9 summer driving season.

oftentimes we see the jump anyway. can you remember the days when it was $3 a gallon or less? was it five years ago? >> when president obama took the white house the price of gas was $1.84 per gallon. it has doubled since the president walked into the white house in january 2009. i don't believe it's been below $3 in 3 1/2 years. keystone? >> where is it? we wanted to build that pipeline so we have have an alternate supply of oil not from our enemies in the middle east. but we delayed it for five years. where is it? bill: i hear you, partner. patti ann: it was the so-called trial of the century. it started with a double murder in los angeles 20 years ago

today. o.j. simpson's wife and her friend ronald goldman were found stabbed at her condo. the ex-football star was acquitted in his trial. remember this picture, o.j. simpson trying on a glove found at the crime scene? at this time he's doing hard time in nevada for a burglary. bill: i remember, i was at a barbeque and someone said, they found o.j. and the bronco chase was on. we'll debate the possible fallout from the the multitude of interviews. patti ann: the fbi is launching an investigation into the va

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relations. clinton taking heat for this comments. >> we came out of the white house not only dead broke but in debt. we had no money when we got and we struggled to piece together the resources for mortgages for houses for chelsea's education. it was not easy. bill: monica crowley and edshown. what do we think of this? is this a big deal, doug? >> i don't think it was a big deal. they were broke and did have a lot of debt. they had possibilities but these kind of gaffes won't add up this early. bill: the snow was two feet

deep, monica in august. it was a rough winter. i'm just relating to the folks. >> it's like that thing in one of the celebrity magazines. the clintons are worth upward of $100 million. god bless them. i don't begrudge anybody the ability to make money in america. that's mitt romney territory, goldman sachs territory, $100 million. she has been talking about income inequality. she is going have a tough time making that income inequality argument when she is worth $100 million. she can't claim standing in solidarity with occupy wall street. bill: another one from wednesday or tuesday. it was two days ago, senator

lincoln. watch. >> a senator from illinois ran against a senator from new york just as had happened way back with a senator from illinois named lincoln and a senator from new york snaimed named seward and it turned out the same way. bill: the problem is lincoln wasn't a senator. and in the previous line i wrote in my book. >> she did have a book team. i don't think it many much of an issue. the break was probably important. she is still rusty. i think she has got to get back into campaign mode. campaigning national hill for 18-20 months is a brute pal process. what this raises i don't think any of these so-called gaffes mean anything. but she has got to get back in game shape. if she announces right after the

new year, she has got to get on the stump quickly. bill: one thing we didn't roll yet was the reaction of the taliban five release and this is substance. these are five guys who are not a threat to the united states. they are a threat to the safety and security of afghanistan and pakistan. it's up to these countries to see they are threats to them. >> that's a damaging statement unlike the lincoln gaffe. this is a dangerous stateme for her to say. what it tells me is she is up to her eyeballs in the bergdahl swap. she is up to her eyeballs in the all of obama's foreign policies. she was his secretary of state. she'll have to answer for all of this. these taliban commanders are sworn enemies of the united states. they were in the fight before the they were captured. so for her to make a statement like this is not just rusty,

it's outrageous. bill: you concede the rusty point. but something like this goes to policy. >> correct. >> she is going to have to clarify on benghazi, on bergdahl. she was for a more expansive deal including negotiations with the taliban and greater restrictions on the fighter's access to travel and qatar. these are big questions, they require answers, so far we haven't gotten them. >> she like obama enjoys the protection of the leftist press, so her gaffe and lincoln we can laugh that off. but the press would have been pounding a republican for that end. this is something the press should be following up on. bill: more interviews to come. thank you, doug. patty and, what's next. patti ann: the congressional

primary that forced eric cantor out of his job is taking an interesting turn. newly elected candidate dave brat is set to face off against one of his college colleagues. bill: a judge making a decision on the bitter family feud involving casey kasem. >> i wish i could tell you why people do the things they do. i don't know. she keeps saying i'm after money or the estate. the year we have been in court i never asked for money. i only said please let me see my dad. that's it.

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bill: the world cup kicks off in brazil, but is brazil ready?

billions spent on stadiums. some concern the city is not ready. i think the u.s. is against ghana in a few days from now. so stand by. patti ann: after the unprecedented primary loss of house majority leader eric conner to. two professors at the same college are campaigning for that house seat. randolph macon college in ashland, virginia, what are the student saying. >> reporter: randolph macon is a beautiful campus but it's small. 1,300 student.

so even before tuesday's surprising primary, many on campus already had an opinion about the economics professor turned candidate and the sociology professor turned democrat candidate. weep spoke to the students and here is what they like about these professors. >> we were talking about research and i showed him an article. not because i learned something he wanted me to learn but it was an area for him to learn more too. he's in a constant level of bettering himself and that what's we need in washington. >> he can take complex issues and break them down and make them easy to understand. >> reporter: the two professors are reportedly on good terms with each other. professor brat is famous for unseating majority leader eric cantor with only $120,000 in his campaign account.

professor trammell has so far raised less than $5,000. patti ann: does the school have any special plans with these professors before the election? >> reporter: ashland, virginia calls themselves the center of the universe because of where they are on the map of the commonwealth. but they are the center of the political universe and the school president says he plans to take advantage of that. >> we talked about hosting a debate here. i think this would and most natural place to do that and we'll be extending that invitation formally to both political camps in the very near future. >> reporter: he says the big lesson for student, money isn't everything. patti ann: peter doocy live in virginia, thanks. bill: iraq is under attack by

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this is the age of taking action. viagra. talk to you doctor. bill: 10:00 here in new york, fox news alert now, iraq on the verge of total collapse as terrorists capture city after city, now reportedly setting their sights on baghdad, threatening to wipe away all the years of hard-fought gains made by u.s. forces. the sacrifice that was left there. brand new hour. what happens now? i'm bill hemmer, welcome back here to "america's newsroom." nice to see you, patti ann. patti ann: i'm patti ann brown in for martha maccallum. iraq's prime minister reached out to the white house for help. according to "the new york times," nouri al-maliki asked the obama administration to consider airstrikes, but those requests were reportedly denied. meanwhile, a state department spokeswoman is pushing back against those who suggest the u.s. may have pulled its forces out of iraq too quickly.

>> the situation is certainly very grave on the ground. we are working with iraqi leaders from across the country to support a coordinated response. you can expect that we will provide additional assistance to the iraqi government to combat the threat from isil, but i'm not in a position to outline that further at this point. bill: team fox coverage on this. jennifer griffin at a the pentagon, ed a henry in washington. this caught the white house by surprise, yes or no? >> no doubt about it, bill, because we've been hearing for a couple of years since all u.s. forces left iraq at the end of 2011 that, look, the situation was getting more stable. of course there's been some violence, but they expected things were at least getting a little bit better. this call from the prime minister, nouri al-maliki, saying you've got to get airstrikes in there. that's been rebuffed so far, but look what's happened in the last 48-72 hours. mosul and tikrit overrun by these militants, this al-qaeda

offshoot group. the white house so far is saying, look, they can't help. a statement we've gotten from the national security council saying, quote: while the national security team always looks at a range of options, the current focus of our discussions with the government of iraq and our policy considerations is to build the capacity of the iraqis to successfully confront and deal with the threat posed by isil, a reference to the islamic state of iraq and syria. the problem, of course, is the capacity of the iraqis to do it. the iraqi military, we've seen in recent days, has been in retreat, number one. number two, the weapons and military equipment that we've turned over to the iraqis in recent months and years, there are reports now that they may have gotten into the hands of the extremists. so the idea that the iraqi government can stand on its own right now doesn't seem like a reality. bill: are there concerns we may see the same scenario play out not in iraq necessarily, but afghanistan next? >> reporter: no doubt about it as that war comes to a close as well. i mean, the white house points out a key difference being the

reason why they didn't leave u.s. troops behind in iraq is there was not a status of forces agreement that maliki would agree to that would, among other things, free u.s. troops of any liability if iraqi civilians would be killed. bottom line, in afghanistan the president has signaled he's going to leave behind at least 9800 u.s. troops. at least he's trying to leave some u.s. troops behind to lock in some security gains. but think about what the statements we've heard from white house officials. "the washington post" has a blistering you would to have y'all quoting dennis mcdonough, the white house chief of staff, who back in 2011 said iraq's a success. there's been stability on the ground. that is obviously erased. bill: thank you, ed henry life in washington. patti ann has more now. patti ann: what does the pentagon have to say about all of this in fox news national security correspondent jennifer driven els us what -- griffin tells us what the reaction is there. >> reporter: hi, patti ann.

they're being cagey about whether the iraqis have asked and whether the administration has agreed to use drones to assist the iraqi government. they are not ruling this out. remember, there have been u.s. special operations forces in jordan training the iraqi security forces in recent months. the pentagon and state department point out that the u.s. has provided $14 billion in military aid to iraqis. >> to include hellfire missiles, apache helicopter sales moving forward, and i think later this fall, we're still on track for the delivery of two f-6s. so -- f-16s. so there is a robust military-to million military relationship we continue to pursue with the iraqi security forces, and we're certainly in touch with iraqi leadership. >> reporter: the state department, in essence, has admitted that syria served as a base for this onslaught by these al-qaeda-linked fighters who are standing on the verge of baghdad having just carried out

their own version of a thunder run, patti ann. patti ann: so, jennifer, are preparations being made to evacuate the u.s. embassy in baghdad? >> reporter: nothing concrete as of yet. the state department issued a travel warning to iraq yesterday. that is a bit pro forma. in the wake of the turkish consulate being overrun and 49 turkish dip promats and citizens being taken hostage, there is no doubt planning taking place here at the pentagon. the u.s. embassy is one of the largest u.s. embassies in the world. it is terror dress-like -- terror-dress like in its structure. patti ann: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon, thank you. bill: bret baier, anchor of "special report," good morning to you. >> hi, bill. bill: for our viewers on the screen, let's show them the map where these insurgents now occupy. syria to the west and iraq to the east, and in between these two locations is, well, you've got the area that they wanted to

control. and now they have this. and from a policy standpoint on behalf of the administers, what now? -- administration, what now? >> it's a great question. i think the pentagon is being hesitant about talking about what the ask is, but i recommend a piece by ely lake in the daily beast in which he goes into great detail about what the iraqis are asking for. they are asking for u.s. air power to return to iraq to back up these iraqi forces and to either with unmanned drones or, they suggest, u.s. air power in fighter jets, provide cover for these fighters on the ground. this is, it's hard to overstate the significance of this, bill, because you have this influx from syria of these terrorists, and they are not just haphazard now. they have gone into almost battalion-like structures, and they are taking over cities in a military, conventional military way.

bill: yeah. tikrit, mosul in the last 48 hours. it's really stunning. "wall street journal" now, this is what they write today. ready? some military officials thousand believe isis is the single greatest terrorist threat the u.s. and its allies face, stronger than the al-qaeda affiliates in yemen or africa and far more powerful than al-qaeda's central leadership in pakistan. this is another significant foreign policy issue for this administration. how do they handle it? >> that's a great question. i think this administration will be very reticent to sending any forces, even air power, into iraq. we'll have to wait can and see. but if this continues to build, you cannot see baghdad go down. after all the blood and treasure there, number one. but number two, from a strategic point of view in that region, you have syria that is essentially just a mess, and it is funneling all of these well trained

terrorists, some of them, frankly, have u.s. passports. and this is a serious, serious situation. bill: senator bob corker, republican of tennessee. roll this. >> iraq, we're continuing to read daily, the devolution that's taking place there. you feel it on the ground; the lack of involvement that we have had in helping shape things on the ground is very, very awe parent. bill: if it's true what "the new york times" reports, that maliki asked for cover and it was denied by the administration, you have a position now where the administration is essentially saying we're out of iraq, and we're not going back there. >> right. and in the absence of power, there is a vacuum, and the vacuum is filled by something else. if the iraqis aren't strong enough to defend three cities, something -- these cities, something has to happen. you have, obviously, a break in that iran on the other side is

shia, and these are sunni extremists. but you are talking about a neighborhood that collectively is anti-u.s. across the board, and a terrorist training ground. bill: bret, thank you. live in d.c. thanks. path few anna? patti ann: it's been a long battle to liberate iraq. congress agreed to u.s. involvement in 2002. that was followed by president bush signing authorization of military force. then in march 2003, shock and awe. the united states launching strikes against baghdad after the deadline for saddam hussein's exile expired. fast forward to 2007, president bush announced the surge, the deployment of 30,000 additional troops to iraq. and then the end, twive, president obama announcing the end of the iraq war and saying troops will be withdrawn by the end of that year. in december 2011 the last u.s. troops left the country. the grave human cost of the

crisis? the u.s. suffered nearly 5,000 military casualties and more than 130,000 iraqi civilians have died since 2003. bill: so the question for you at home, ten years of blood and sacrifice possibly given back in a matter of weeks? is this what we fought for? send us your thoughts on twitter @billhemmer, for the next 50 minutes or so and we'll see what you think about things, because the story is far from over. patti ann: for sure. lawmakers are demanding to know exactly who ordered the swap of sergeant bergdahl for five taliban leaders. >> secretary hagel didn't do this, the department of defense didn't do this. this was purely kerry and the state department. patti ann: but it is defense secretary chuck hagel coming under fire over the release of those five detainees. we'll speak with one lawmaker who was in that hearing. bill: also will criminal charges finally be brought against officials over secret patient waiting lists at the va?

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yesterday, defending the controversial prisoner swap that saw the u.s. trade five gitmo detainees for sergeant bowe bergdahl. hagel admitting the administration could have done a better job announcing the trade, and some critics say he's being used as a fall guy. >> secretary hagel's going to be taking the blame for it which is very nice of him, but it wasn't his fault, frankly. he's trying to cover now because you have to tow the line as the secretary. but this was a state department screw-up all the way. patti ann: virginia congressman randy forbes is on the house armed services committee, and he was at that hearing. thank you for joining us. so politicians yesterday on both sides criticized defense secretary hagel, democrat adam smith of washington saying there is no reason that 30-day notice couldn't have been given to the leadership in congress. hagel said we could have done a better job keeping you informed. he also said we didn't handle some of this right. is that adequate? >> well, patti ann, no, because basically the white house lied. they said they wouldn't do this

without consulting with congress. secondly, they broke the law because the law requires them to give the notice. patti ann, the big part of this is how bad this trade is. on the backdrop of everything you've been covering today on your program, what is the administration doing? they're releasing five terrorist leaders that all of our intelligent assessments said we can talk about in an unclassified situation say are likely to rejoin the fight. and what was really appalling was the secretary of defense acknowledged that he would have to put americans at risk to go and get them if they do rejoin the fight, and he hasn't even made a calculus as to how many american lives he'd have to put at risk. we just find that unacceptable. patti ann: there's also the price on the military's heads due to the fact that they know now they can get a sap like this, possibly -- swap like this possibly. the outrage, as you say, seems to be more about the trade itself, the fact that these prisoners were set free. is there any way to fix this? can the u.n. now demand that

qatar turn them over to the united nations since some of them are wanted for war crimes, or our allies -- we agreed to let them go, but could another country go after them as part of their anti-terror efforts? >> well, they could, but that's unlikely. i think the more probable scenario is we're going to see these five individuals rejoin the fight. and the thing to remember too, patti ann, is this is the equivalent of releasing the deputy secretary of the interior, the deputy secretary of intelligence, the deputy secretary of defense, a governor and a commander. these were all big leaders that they're putting back in the fight. i think we're going to see them go join that fight again, and we're going to have to go back and try to get 'em. it was a terrible deal to make. and also as you mentioned, with increasing the hostages, it's not going to be just military hostages. they can look at any american anywhere on the globe now, and the price tag of those hostages has gone up significantly. patti ann: so you heard congressman hunter saying at the beginning that this was a state department call, but the

administration is letting the defense department and secretary hagel take the blame. do you agree with that? and if so, why? >> well, first of all, i think there's always room for courage at the pentagon for people to stand up and say no when they things are wrong. -- think things are wrong. i believe the white house is trying to control the pentagon with some of the generals and secretaries over there, and that's getting us in difficult situations across the globe. you covered some of them today, but whether you look at the russian, the chinese, the north koreans or the iranians or you look at iraq or afghanistan, their foreign policy's just in a shambles, and i think it's because they're not letting the people that know what they need to be doing actually make those decisions. patti ann: congressman randy forbes of virginia, thank you for joining us. bill: fox news now getting exclusive new information on what the administration knew the night of the benghazi raid. details on that moments away.

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the health of the radio star who suffers from dementia and other elements. bill: new details on the benghazi terror attacks, evidence growing a distext between knowledge on the ground and political talking points. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has detailed on this now. catherine, what have you learned? >> reporter: well, bill, counterterrorism and congressional sources have confirmed new details to fox news about a targeting memo drawn up by the defense department's africom which was sent to the state department as the most current available intelligence in the early morning hours of december 14, 2012. three days before then u.n. ambassador susan rice's sunday show appearances, and a day before the e-mail that blamed a video and not the policy failure for the terrorist attack. the memo includes the names of suspects, four included to aqim and seven connected to ansar al-sharia, a group with ties

to the al-qaeda terrorist network. >> they knew from the get go that al-qaeda was involved in this attack. so the idea that the obama administration didn't know that early on or that they suspected it was something else entirely, basically, is willful blindness. you have to look at the facts what did the intelligence say, and that was clear no al-qaeda personalities were involved in the attack from the get go. >> reporter: the memos are part of a growing body of evidence that the intelligence committee knew that benghazi was a direct assault and not linked to a protest. bill: why did it take almost two years for this document to go to congress, catherine? >> reporter: well, mrs. clinton claims the administration made information available as soon as possible: >> r eporter: and in response a

leading republican is now asking the state department to declassify and release the africom memo. >> this is a document from military intelligence widely distributed to the state department, the white house, the pentagon, the intelligence community. you have president obama, you have secretary clinton both said and promised if new information became available, we'd share it with the american people. then show them that document, because it's crystal clear who they thought committed that attack. >> reporter: we'll be asking the state department why, in fact, it took two years to produce this to capitol hill. bill: and what about this cell phone report suggesting that the attackers that night had the cell phones of state department employees and or were using them to call other terrorists and their organization? >> reporter: well, this new information comes from some great reporting by my colleague, bret baier. and in an interview, he was able to lay out that there was information on the night that those who got inside the consulate used these state department phones to call back to their leadership to say that this was a successful attack.

this marries up completely with our original reporting that there were intercepts or electronic communications to leadership up as al-qaeda in north aqim saying this was a successful assault. the tact that this was known, again, almost immediately, is part of this growing body of evidence that the intelligence community knew one thing, that it was a direct assault by terrorists, and then there was this disconnect with a political explanation, bill. bill: good reporting this, catherine this washington. 6 past. patti ann: well, a terrifying ordeal on the high seas. a huge fishing boat goes up in flames. how the people onboard made it out alive. bill: also, the fbi now involved in a criminal investigation at the va. we'll talk to the first man to blow the whistle on those secret waiting lists. >> news reports suggest that the fbi is, in fact, probing the scandal at the veteran affairs

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instead, fatally wounded by a police rifle. >> in regards to our male suspect, the cause and manner of death ruled by the coroner is a homicide as a result of police gunfire. that is a dramatic difference from what we discussed in our previous press conference. patti ann: the millers were reportedly anti-government radicals. during the rampage, they reportedly shout id out that they were start -- shouted out that they were starting a revolution. bill: the fbi launching a criminal division into the phoenix va hospital, considered the center of the scandal. dr. sam foote used to work at that phoenix hospital. he first broke the news about the secret waiting list, and you, sir, were the whistleblower and welcome back here to "america's newsroom." good morning. >> thanks for having me, bill. bill: e know you're a doctor, not a lawyer, but do you believe a crime was committed? >> well, i think there's the herbal for that, and i think that's -- the potential for

that, and i think that's why the fbi is involved. i think the number one question that everybody wants answered is, did the upper management at phoenixen gauge in a criminal -- engage in a criminal conspiracy to defraud the government out of money by providing bogus numbers, and the other issue is were veterans harmed because of that. bill bill so they were trying to imthe numbers to look good and in exchange get money for it. >> that would be the potential crime. bill: what about those stuck on that witting list and verge hi -- waiting list and eventually died as a lack of attention by a physician? >> if they died payoff -- because of the wait, you might also be looking at charges such as negligent homicide. bill: why phoenix? is that where it all started? >> it was a perfect storm for a variety of reasons, too many to list here.

an out of control administration that really did not pay be attention the any rules and seemed pretty oriented on career advancement and monetary gain as opposed to providing the necessary services for our veterans' population, in my opinion. bill: do you think phoenix was the worst, or based on the knowledge and information you have was it possibly worse than other areas? >> i think in terms of is access time -- of access time it had to be as bad or, i don't want to say as worse, but it had to be one of the top five for trouble, and it may be the worst one. that's hard to know for sure. bill: how many in total? is i've seen a number, 69 facilities. is it really 69 facilities where you have issues this bad? >> there may actually be more. that's what we know of. i'm somewhat shocked that people have been brave enough to come forward. there were 76 facilities that

reported one or more lows reported that they were gaming the system on return appointments, and 70% on new appointments. if you look at phoenix, we probably had 12 or 12,000 patients -- 10 or 12,000 patients that do not have a provider, and we have certainly 3100 new patients trying to get in the door to get established. so that's a shortfall of about 15,000. and we have maybe 57 of our 61 pac teams staffed with providers at this time, and mr. young has indicated we need 70 which would be 13 more. and that's going to be halved to -- hard to deliver in a short period of time. bill: i'm sorry. the allegations directed at facilities other than phoenix, are they the same? that they were all just exaggerating the wait listing or do they get more serious elsewhere? >> i've not seen anything as serious as phoenix be so far, but it's early on. mostly, it was a manipulation of the times for return patients and for new patients.

but i haven't seen anybody who has 15,000 patients -- bill: it's remarkable. two other quick questions. why do you think eric holder changed his mind and pursued criminal charges? >> i would assume it was based on limb their investigation -- preliminary investigation by the ig, and it raised questions of was the phoenix staff cooperative with the investigation, or did they possibly destroy or attempt -- evidence or attempt to mislead the investigators. that certainly would have prompted this response. bill: and a quick question here, any change coming? do you feel it? do you sense it? yes or no. >> they've gotten the congress to pass a unanimous motion and to get both sides to work together is something very unique. i think there's a real opportunity for the veterans to get helped, and i fully endorse senator mccain's plan. bill: okay. i'll take that as a yes and let's hope so. dr. foote, thank you. the whistleblower from phoenix,

arizona. appreciate your time. patti ann: powerful storms tearing through kentucky, causing major damage near lexington. torrential rains and high winds bring down trees and that knocked out power leaving hundreds in the dark and damaging several homes. and folks there are bracing for more rough weather today. >> it looked awful. we seen the funnel clouds, and they was black and i don't know, they looked awful. we made our way home and got in front of the house, and we noticed that the house was demolished on the front porch. patti ann: meteorologist maria molina with more for us. >> reporter: still a very busy month, and yesterday we saw many reports of severe weather. about six reported tornadoes including the states of north dakota, the state of kansas and also in pennsylvania. so very widespread showers and storms yesterday and more of the same today. today the northeast we do have some areas of rain, but we're

not expecting too much severe weather. the area that we'll be watching for severe potential is across texas, louisiana, parts of mississippi and also into arkansas. these are the areas that could even be seeing some large hail, some damaging winds and even some isolated tornadoes also including parts of southeastern oklahoma. then as we head into tomorrow, more severe storms possible to. we have a storm coming out of the rockies producing the potential for severe weather across the dakotas, eastern parts of montana and also wyoming. then that system by saturday for father's day weekend continues moving eastward, and you're looking at the risk for severe storms in iowa, nebraska and southwestern parts of minnesota. that's what we're watching across the center of the country. we could be seeing several inches of rain, we mentioned the potential for storms across the northeast, several inches of rain possible and that does bring the potential for flooding across parts of the mid atlantic. we have a number of flash flood

watches out here for maryland, parts of southern pennsylvania, west virginia and northern virginia. so this is the zone out here that we saw heavy rain yesterday and more rain forecast for today and even into tomorrow. and temperature wise, patti ann, i do want to point this out. it's very extreme. in texas we're seeing those temperatures climbing already, 110 degrees in delery owe. we have a number of heat advisories. factor in that humidity, and it's going the feel hotter than that. patti ann: maria molina in the weather center, thanks. bill: new york rangers keeping their stanley cup hopes alive. [cheers and applause] >> score! [cheers and applause] bill: rangers beat the l.a. kings last night, game four. 2-1, now, the final avoiding the sweep at madison square garden. rangers' goalie with an amazing 40 saves. check out how he just barely keeps the puck there crossing the goal line. you didn't see it there, but, i mean, there was a moment here where it stopped on the fringe

of that goal line, patti ann. the buildup of ice prevented the puck from going into the net. kings lead the series three games to one. game five is friday night on the west coast, and we'll see whether or not the rangers can keep temperature bee gees' theme alive. patti ann: well, as a humanitarian crisis unfolds on our southern border, thousands of children are flooding into the u.s. from central america, and critics are blasting white house oil for cause -- policy for causing this. bill: president george h.w. bush, number 41, marking a major milestone today can and taking to twitter to have a big announcement on his birthday plans. it's very, very cool. ♪ ♪ i spent my entire childhood

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bill: we just got some video in from brazil. this is chaos in one of the major cities in brazil. world cup kicks off a hours from now, and watch what they're dealing with already. that's sao paulo. riot police responding now as protesters clash and the tear gas is flying. whoa, that's got that hurt. many brazilians upset over the billions of dollars spent to host the games for this and the olympics, for that matter. brazil plays croatia later today, the u.s. will play ghana on monday, so watch that story

as we move later into that tournament. patti ann: a surge of unaccompanied children crossing from the -- into the u.s. from central america, and border patrol agents say they're powerless against the mounting numbers. immigrants are simply walking across the border, finding an agent and surrendering. critics are blaming the humanitarian crisis on white house policies. >> these are transnational, gl cartels, and parents are giving them teenage girls, teenage boy withs. these boys are subject, these girls are subject to physical assault, to sexual assault, to being sold into prostitution. it is horrific. and it's because the president won't enforce the law. and our hearts should be breaking. patti ann: well, lars larson is a syndicated radio host, emily tish sussman is the campaign director for the american progress action fund. thank you both for joining us. the obama administration claimed this week that the reason for

the surge in violence in central america, but at a hearing yesterday an internal memo from the border patrol surfaced that said the real reason for the surge is a rumor that permissos are being issued, a legal document giving to nonmexicans who are caught at the border. it requires a court appearance, but in reality the washington times says it's regard as a free pass. is this all, lars, due to a white house deportation policy? >> well, it's not all due to it, but let's put it this way: the president is using pure saul lewinsky tactics, he's creating a crisis. he wants to see immigration legislation pushed through the crisis. he can create a -- through the congress. he can encourage people to send their kids across the border. they get that, they get arrested by the border patrol. they're set up for a deportation hearing, and then they're released within the united states. so so they get what they want, and the president gets a crisis that he can use to try to push

this legislation through congress that even president bush couldn't get through the congress. patti ann: judge napolitano says that when president obama announced 13 months ago that he would not be enforcing the immigration law in certain cases, that he was violating his oath to uphold the law. emily, what about that? >> look, the numbers just purely don't support the fact that this is a crisis created by president obama. there has been a surge since 2009 in young people that are coming over the border, and this is directly connected to the violence in areas in particular countries in three particular countries in central america. this absolutely is regional. it is not just the u.s. that is seeing this increase, it's also when you look at mexico, panama, coast tariq ca. they have -- costa rica. they've seen a 700% increase in young people applying for asylum. pga. patti ann: well, the internal memo we saw yesterday contradicted what you just said. that hem mow says that everybody they -- memo says everybody

asked what prompted you to come over, they say we got a free pass. >> what is the reason they're leaving in the first place? it's the increase in violence. once you've made that decision to leave because of the increase in violence, you're going to go somewhere that you think you have potential status. patti ann: okay, fair enough. >> well, right -- patti ann: let's let lars back in. >> sorry. >> patti ann, she's just made the point. they're coming someplace where the president of the united states has spent the last five years saying we have to give people a free pass. and he wants amnesty for illegal aliens, nothing but. and so by offering that tree pass to people -- that free pass to people who are desperate to leave another area, they're going to come here. and they're coming here because they've come to understand there's no real enforcement on the border. this administration has failed in that. while talking a good game about enforcing the law, they actually don't enforce the law. and the end result is we get many, many more illegals crossing into the country which makes the problem even worse

than it is already. patti ann: unfortunately, we're going to have to leave it there. lars larson, emily, thank you both for joining us. >> thank you. >> thank, patti ann. bill: maybe the coolest story today right now. president george h.w. bush celebrateing his 90 birthday announcing that he will sky dive again saying, quote, it's a wonderful day in maine, in fact, nice enough for a parachute jump. president bush celebrated his 75th, his 80th and husband his 85th birthdays, and that's a helicopter look where they're getting ready to head on out. tonight about 200 friends and relatives will join him for a birthday bash at kennebunkport, maine. we'll get that to you once we see him back op the ground yet again, and that will be a wonderful, wonderful way -- says, you know, just because you're getting older doesn't mean you have to get slower or stop doing anything, and that's a big reason why he's been doing

this for so long. patti ann: a few months ago he was sick, he was this the hospital, and people were saying, oh, my gosh, we're so concerned, and he came out and said, hey, don't write me off yet. i'm just a little sick, i'll get better. and here he is. bill: a remarkable man. good luck on that, we'll keep you posted. in the meantime, jenna lee's coming up in a matter of moments, you ever jump out of a plane? jenna: i haven't, i'd like to, i don't think it's going to be happening. i've asked my doctor about a lot of things you can do while pregnant, and i don't think that's one of them. oh, well. bill: it'd be a heck of a picture. they call that a tandem jump. [laughter] jenna: i feel like that's sort of my state of being right now, in tandem. [laughter] all right, bill, coming up on "happening now," iraq is back at the top of the headlines as conditions there continue to deteriorate. we have live fox team coverage on that, in-depth analysis on the fast-moving developments on the ground. we're going to go deeper into the head of the terrorist moves in iraq, one of the most

dangerous guys occupant there. plus, the battle over leadership in the house gop. we're awaiting news from john boehner and also new polling on obamacare and the 2014 midterms. bill: thank, jenna. starting new research claiming you might want to think twice before you put that cell phone this your pocket, especially if you're a man. whoa. instead of hanging out on the couch, you could be hanging ten. what are you waiting for? seize the summer with up to 40% off hotels from travelocity. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure.

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pocket, fellas, especially if you're a man. researchers say mobile devices could actually have a damaging effect on your male fertility. professor of rehabilitation medicine at nyu. how are you, doctor? >> aisle -- i'm good. bill: 1, 492 men, is that a big sample? >> it's a pretty big sample. they compiled the research they've collected from previous studies, so it's pretty reliable. bill: and what did they conclude? >> they found an association between cell phone use or location and infertility, like whether the sperm's actually able to function. can it reach the egg, is it alive, how much is there? they found that, but they can't say for sure cell phone usage actually causes infertility. bill: what do you mean location, where the phone is? >> exactly. so if someone keeps their cell phone in their pocket, there are a couple of things it can happen. cell phones get hot as you use them more, that can actually cause some damage because the temperature can effect sperm,

the quality itself. bill: you're talking about the temperature of the phone, whether the phone heats up because they're using it. be i thought they've been studying there this for a while. >> well, they have, but they didn't have enough data in the past. if the heat actually makes a difference, then you have to think about other things too like laptops. people use their laptops in their lap, and the laptop is warm -- bill: are you convinced by this study? are you, like, hey, i need a little more information. >> i need more information. i think for people who are already struggling with infertility, it's important. it's easy to move it from your jacket to your coat or do things like that. but i think for the average person, they shouldn't necessarily get alarmed. bill: that's a good clarification. it talked about male fertility, but they've been doing studies for years on whether or not this effects the brain. >> exactly. bill: what are we to take away from this? i mean, is there credibility here or not? >> well, there is some radiation that comes from cell phones, but it's a really small amount,

enough that you don't really think about it normally. but it is something that can cause damage, so it can cause local chemical reaction. if it's in your trouser pocket, it might cause damage there, if you're talking on your cell phone all the time, it could cause headaches, but we need more information for sure. bill: are you cautioning people to rethink their habits? >> well, old older habits maybe. cell phone use, smoking can also effect infertility, so it's not enough to be able to tell for sure what to do, but it is enough to give you a heads up, take a look at what you're doing. bill: guys, you've been warned out there. dr. d. said it. patti ann? patti ann: terrorists on the move in iraq, taking control of city after city, and now they want baghdad. we'll have the latest at the top of the hour. when laquinta.com sends him a ready for you alert the second his room is ready, ya know what salesman alan ames becomes? i think the numbers speak for themselves.

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>> i won't jump out of a plane. i don't have the guts to do that now. bill: there is image from maine. our colleagues at "happening now" will pick up that story. have a great day. see you tomorrow, everybody. >> take care. jenna: bill and patti ann, we'll pick up where we left out. how could you not. how do you celebrate your birthday? would you jump out after plane? president george h.w. bush is about to do to celebrate his 90th. i put on twitter this morning, quote, a wonderful day in maine, nice enough for a parachute jump. that is what he is going to do. talk about the fact that, eric he is on twitter at age 90. that is accomplishment. let alone he will jump out of a plane in may. he will jump with retired member of the golden knights team, a parachute jump team as you may know. that is the helicopter we believe is carrying the former president as he makes this jump.