ready. >> and scene. happy father's day. happy father's day. that does it for us. >> happy father's day. and of course thank you for watching here on the fox news channel. the iraqi military fires back as al qaeda-linked fighters consolidate their hold over cities in the north and set their sights on baghdad. three years after u.s. troops left iraq president obama considers his options. what should or shouldn't the u.s. do now? chairman of the house foreign affairs committee congressman ed royce will join us live. and in the last few months tens of thousands of children, mostly from central america, have been crossing into the u.s. alone, no parents in sight. now in limbo in holding centers, where will they go and who's to blame for what all sides are calling a humanitarian crisis? my conversation with republican senator jeff sessions, coming up. and the shock waves are still reverberating across capitol hill and the political world after eric cantor's stunning loss to a little known

challenger. what happened? cantor speaks out. >> i don't think there was any one particular reason why the outcome was what it was. sergeant bowe bergdahl back home in the u.s. as new details emerge about his captivity and an upcoming military investigation into why he left his base. plus, how does congress feel about pentagon chief chuck hagel's defense of the controversial swap? congressman john fleming and adam smith join us live. i'm shannon breen. america's news headquarters live from the nation's capital starts right now. some sad news for one famous family this father's day. legendary radio broadcaster casey kasem has died. his daughter says kasem was surrounded by family and friends. a radio legend for decades. he pioneered the top 40 genre. >> and the countdown begins. ♪ number 40 >> kasem was also famous for playing the voice of shaggy from

the classic tv cartoon series "scooby doo." in recent years he'd been suffering from dementia. his children from a previous marriage had been battling with his second wife jean over his care. on his radio show kasem famously refused to say good-bye, and as he leaves us at 82, we know how he'd like to sign off. >> keep your feet on the ground and keep reaching for the stars. back to our top story today. iraqi insurgents are on the march holding three major cities and now just 60 miles from baghdad. at this hour government forces are holding the line, protecting baghdad with the help of hundreds of new recruits. and the "uss george h.w. bush" aircraft carrier is now heading into the persian gulf. on fox news sunday house intelligence committee chairman mike rogers explained america's next move. >> we need to do something to stop their momentum. you can't fire missiles and then turn around and come home. it has to be a coordinated

effort. that's why you have to have the arab league with you. >> conor powell is following the story from our mideast newsroom. hello, conor. >> hello, shannon. well, in baghdad and in basra young shiite iraqi men lining up to join makeshift forces trying to slow down this advance of these sunni militants who've swept across the country, but make no mistake about it, the country is splitting up before our very eyes. militants of the islamic state of iraq and syria now control three of the major cities in iraq -- mosel and fallujah and also tikrit. they want to create a wider sunni islamic state that basically goes across the entire middle east. now, in recent months the government in baghdad, which is led by prime minister nouri al maliki, who are primarily shiite, they have ties to iran, they really tried to consolidate their power among the shiite population. this has alienated a lot of the

sunni population, who in return had really welcomed with open arms these sunni fighters coming in from syria. right now these al qaeda-inspired militants are knocking on the door of the capital. only about 60 or so miles outside baghdad. they control the major cities, as i said, of fallujah, mosel, and tikrit. they also appear to be consolidating their grip around baghdad before moving into the capital, which many people do believe there will be some type of assault on the capital within the coming days. they're using very brutal methods, essentially killing anyone who opposes them, in some cases even beheading people in these cities, trying consolidate their grip. as a precaution the pentagon has sent the "uss george h.w. bush" to the arab gulf. so the white house says they are weighing all of the options. shannon, the real difficulty, though, is there are no good options in iraq right now, and whatever decision the u.s. makes in terms of intervening or not intervening it may be way too late because iraq is really crumbling before our eyes. and these insurgents are moving

fast. they are well supported. and they are really finding very little in the way of defense coming from the iraqi government. the military there really dropping their weapons and fleeing, shannon. >> very disturbing. >> all right, conor, thank you very much for the update. congressman ed royce is the chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. he joins us now live from california. chairman, what do you make of the situation as it continues to deteriorate today? >> well, for four months now the iraqi government has asked -- has pleaded with the administration to have drone strikes against the encampments of this al qaeda affiliate. and as these columns have moved from town to town they've asked the administration repeatedly for drone strikes. as you know, the president is still contemplating his actions. still has not given his approval to do that. and air support frankly is what was needed in order to check the advance. so it's rather discouraging. >> well, mr. chairman, i know that you've held hearings on this. you have been warning about this

particular situation. certainly the administration is well informed on the threats there and what has been developing. why now do you think the president needs additional time? and certainly there's a lot to weigh, having left there, but thousands of american lives lost in helping to liberate iraq, give it the chance at democracy. certainly there's got to be a lot going on at the white house and weighing on this president. >> shannon, it's baffling. you've had four months. you've had these terrorists in our sights. you know where the encampments were. you know where the columns are on the roads. at the same time they only get richer. this is now the richest terrorist organization in the world because they just took $450 million from the central bank in mosel. so as they continue to move town to town and pick up equipment we've known all along, iraqi forces lack air support. what do you need against a force like this? you need to be able to call in drone strikes. at the end of the day the administration has to make a

decision. but waiting four months as only allowed this group, which seeks a caliphate all across the region, to build its strength. and frankly, we're the final, you know, enemies. ourselves and jordan and israel and other countries in the region that are asking us, asking this president to act, you know, we're all at risk as this organization, this al qaeda affiliate grows more powerful. >> how much has the lack of a resolution in syria, where we know this group is also fighting and amassing and very powerful, how much has the lack of a resolution in syria emboldened this group? >> well, clearly in syria this organization of foreign fighters and a big portion of these maybe 10,000 fighters came in from other countries. their ability to operate freely alongside the border -- their

reality is once they went over the border into iraq whatever the president's hesitancy about allowing drone strikes to hit them up on the syrian border, once they went into western iraq this is the part that has our allies baffled. why wouldn't you? why wouldn't you decide to denigrate their forces? why wouldn't you repeatedly hit them from the air? and for us now to have had another press conference, what, on friday as the president announces he's again contemplating his alternatives, those alternatives have been contemplated now for four months. it's time for decisive action. it's time finally to release some drones to be used against these columns. >> chairman ed royce, sir, we thank you for your time. we know there's a lot on the table here that has to be considered. thank you, sir. >> thank you. thank you, shannon. >> all right. your turn to sound off. what can or should the u.s. do

with regard to iraq? if anything at all. you may think don't get involved. tweet us, let us know at @anhqdc or @shannonbream. we'll share your answers later on in the show. as america deals with the resurgent terror threat in iraq and the anger over the controversial prisoner swap of five taliban leaders for bowe bergdahl there's a whole new focus on guantanamo bay where scores of other terror suspects are currently being held. our own chief intelligence correspondent katherine harris is streaming live from there now. hello, katherine. >> reporter: shannon, there are 149 detainees left in the camps and most of them live in camps 5 and 6. and what most people don't realize is these detainees have access to real-time information. >> they get zliet satellite tv. they get newspapers. they get to watch fox and espn. they get to watch the soccer games that are going on right now. >> we arrived here at guantanamo

bay yesterday along with 100 members of the military commissions. this week there are more pretrial hearings on the 9/11 case. the men were first arraigned here under president obama two years ago. and the issue that looms large over all of the court proceedings is what will happen at the end of the president's term and whether he will in fact close the camps. the taliban five were in this camp 6. this is the highly compliant camp. they were in the general population. and those who interviewed him in the camp say that the men stood out. >> i know that within the detention facility especially among the afghans they were -- i wouldn't want to use the term "revered," but there was an honest respect for their authority. and it was not often questioned. >> we have another detainee, a

high-value detainee who is entering the military commission system later this week. and whether you speak to the attorneys or you speak to the people who run the camps here, what they cannot tell you is what will happen to these men if they are convicted and where they will be held if indeed the president holds true to his promise to close down these camps. shannon. >> all right. catherine, we know you'll be there live for several days reporting. thank you so much. well, majority leader eric cantor says he will vote for david brat, a little-known college professor who defeated him in last week's primary. today cantor gave his first interview since the shocking upset. lawmakers and pundits alike struggled this week to explain the loss. many speculating his views on immigration may have been a factor. >> as far as immigration is concerned, my position never wavered. i have always taken the position that i'm not for comprehensive amnesty bill. i've always said that we ought to deal with the kids who did not break any laws and themselves came into this

country in many cases unbeknownst to them. i've always said that. and it's a principled position, and it's one i think that offers the only plausible way forward. >> cantor remained tight-lipped bhiz futu about his future, only saying he needs to consult with his wife. sergeant bowe bergdahl spending his first weekend back home in the u.s. at a military facility in san antonio. investigating why he decided to leave his unit in afghanistan in 2009 p. meanwhile the controversy over swapping five detainees for his release intensifies. chuck hagel continued to defend the swap and the decision to keep congress in the dark. let's talk to two congressmen who were at that armed services committee hearing. coming up, congressman adam smith. he is the ranking member on the committee. democrat from washington state. but first, xhoongs john phlecon fleming, republican from louisiana. good to sigh. how much concern do you have about the influence of those five and are you assured by the plan that was struck with the

qataris to keep an eye on them? >> well, i'm not reassured at all. the claim here is we're sticking with our long-held doctrine that we do not negotiate with terrorists. but the truth is if you negotiate with someone in between terrorists you're negotiating with terrorists. so i think this sets a terrible precedent and this means that there may be a price on the head of americans in the future. and the other issue that we found was the president violated his own law, the law that he signed back in december, by not notifying congress. he gave not a single member of congress even in his own party notice. >> and the law requires 30 days. >> 30 days. exactly. he signed that into law. ar. >> what do you make of secretary hagar's statements under oath saying bergdahl's life was in

danger, we were getting to the point we thought this was our one window of opportunity, it was about making sure we got our soldier home. >> we just don't have the data that supports that. remember there was? video that was viewed, a proof of life, and a decision was made to move forward but it took five months to get it done. it really seems that building up to this the president was committed to getting it done no matter what. we know that in 2011 and 2012 he went this direction and got huge bipartisan pushback both within the administration and among congress. and i think this time he said look, i'm not going to take no for an answer, i'm just going forward no matter what. >> do you think this administration plans to empty out guantanamo bay anyway and this was a chance to get something very valuable in return for something that the president may be planning to do anyway? >> well, absolutely. where's the resistance? now that you released the high-value prisoners there, then now you can go down to the lower echelons with less pushback from the public.

>> all right. well, we will watch as this plays out and see as our own catherine her ij of course reporting from guantanamo bay and the plans for what happens there. congressman, very good to see you today. thank you so much. >> always a pleasure. >> congressman adam smith, he's the ranking member on the house armed services committee, democrat from washington state. sir, i want to ask you, because you expressed concern as well that none of the congressional leaders got the 30-day notice. are you still worried about that? do you feel that you got a sufficient answer from the defense secretary? >> well, i understand the answer. this is basically a presidential prerogative. they interpreted the law that their constitutional responsibilities to protect members of the armed forces superseded the law that we passed. look, this is not unprecedented. president bush repeatedly -- he did warrantless wiretapping. he did diviniindefinite detenti in clear violation of the law and he justified it by saying the constitution post-9/11 gave him the power -- sorry, the constitution in light of the

fact that after 9/11 he had to protect the country gave him the power to supersede those laws. it's not unprecedented. i still disagree with it. i don't think there's any reason in this case why the president couldn't have informed congress he was planning to do this and adhered to the 30-day rule. i am still troubled by that notification and also by the executive branch, many executive branches, superseding the legislative branch authority by saying, well, the constitution gives me the power. that's a long-running dispute going back a long, long time. >> it does. and it goes across multiple administrations, both republican and democrat. but of course there are plenty of critics of this decision who say the president may have released five individuals who are committed to slaughtering americans. >> right. well, there's two things about that. first of all, i totally disagree with the notion that we negotiated with terrorists. sergeant bergdahl was captured on the battlefield as a member of an armed force. this was far more in the area of the law of war. we did not negotiate with terrorists. we negotiated with the other

armed force that had captured one of our soldiers who was fighting in a war. so i don't think -- >> there's still a lot to be discovered, and there will be an investigation. the investigation has announced. into exactly what happened with bergdahl, whether he went willingly or was captured at some point. >> right. >> and also, let me just say that that's the second point. that's irrelevant and one of the more scandalous approaches here is somehow because, well, we don't quite know the circumstances in which left the base, so therefore we don't care about him anymore. that's a ridiculous assumption -- >> and i don't think anyone's suggesting that. >> you were not at the hearing. >> i did watch it. i did watch it. >> ma'am, can i speak? >> sure. >> for just a second. there were two members in congress at the closed briefing on monday. republican members of congress who specifically said that because of the way he left we should not have tried to get him back. so don't say that nobody's saying it. they're saying it. >> maybe privately. we haven't heard that publicly certainly. >> well, i've heard it publicly too. but be that as it may, it's wrong.

that's got nothing to do with it. those two points, the idea that because of somehow the way he left we shouldn't have tried to get him back or, two, that we negotiated with terrorists is absolutely and completely wrong. that's not what we did. we negotiated for the return of one of our soldiers who was captured on the battlefield. and it's an extraordinarily difficult call. i would not have wanted to have been in the president's position. but the notion also that five taliban commanders out of the thousands who are currently still threatening the u.s. and still trying to, you know, fight in afghanistan somehow unalterably changes the profile risk is also wrong. these guys have been off the battlefield for 12 years. it does increase the risk. secretary hagel was clear about that. getting sergeant bergdahl back he thought was worth that increased risk. and i think many including congressman fleming who came on have greatly overstated what that risk is. it's a risky dangerous part of the world. the taliban are a risky, dangerous organization. and they're going to be that with or without these five guys.

>> well, congressman smith, we hope you are right. and by the way, i hear maybe -- >> i hope i'm not right about that threat. >> no, no. i hope you're right that it's a minimal or that it doesn't increase the opportunities for the taliban to be more inspired than ever. be that as it may, happy birthday to you and thank you for giving us part of your time today, sir. >> thank you. >> graduates rise to honor the hero who stopped a campus shooter. >> it is my hope that future generations of seattle pacific engineering students who will benefit from this scholarship will be inspired by john's faith, his witness, and his boldness to act when others are in need. plus, we're going to talk about the flood of unaccompanied children crossing our southern border with senator jeff sessions, who's shedding new light on why this humanitarian crisis is unfolding now.

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it was a day of celebration for seattle pacific university. just a week after a deadly shooting on campus, thousands came together to honor 1,200 new graduates. the school's president announced a scholarship has been named for john meiss who pepper sprayed and tackled the gunman when he stopped to reload his gun. the crowd gave meis a standing ovation when he got his degree. a crisis on the southern border as thousands of illegal unaccompanied children are flowing into the united states. republican senator jeff sessions says the obama administration is to blame for what you're seeing in these pictures. i spoke with the senator earlier and he said he's not surprised by what's happening.

>> shannon, i predicted this a year ago. you keep saying you're not going to enforce the law, and you particularly are not going to enforce it for young people, and it creates a perception and it has created a perception around the world that we are wide open, that children can just come and they'll be permitted to study. it's stunning really. it's absolutely unbelievable. and we have an internal memorandum from the department of homeland security that just was leaked out that says 95% of the people that have poured into our country in recent months are doing so because they believe that they'll be admitted and accepted, particularly young people. >> and secretary johnson says that this is yet another example and a reason to push for more comprehensive immigration reform. in talking about the situation at the border he said if there was more stability with immigration laws, if people knew

what we were working with, it would stem some of the flow and take care of the problem. how do you respond to that? >> well, i reject that totally. we have laws on the books right now. it's not legal to come here whether you're a youth or an adult illegally. give me a break. and what he needs to say, and he refused to say at my direct question, tell the people not to come, if you come illegally you're going to be apprehended, you'll be sent back. he would not say that unequivocally. the president has to say that unequivocally. he has to stop the flow. that's the humanitarian problem. we need to stop people from coming under the false belief that it's going to be legal and they're going to be able to stay. the secretary is failing dramatically. but really at this point it's up to the president to tell the world do not come illegally. we have a process. you can apply, but you cannot enter illegally. >> senator, how much do you think the issue of immigration

played into the majority leader over on the house side, eric cantor, losing his primary this week? there are many folks who say it was about other things, there was a bigger picture, but the folks who were motivated to support dave brat, hischallenge the gop nominee to the election this fall, for them they were very vocal. for many of them it was about the issue of so-called amnesty. >> i don't think it's any doubt about it. it was a dominant issue in that campaign, was immigration. you had a smart candidate who was able to articulate it in an effective way and raise questions about the willingness of the incumbent to be clear on it. and rightly or wrongly, people perceived that he was correct. i like and respect congressman cantor a lot. but i've got to tell you, people in this country are hurting. their jobs are threatened. their wages are down significantly in a number of years. and the idea that we're going to have a bill that would double

the flow of illegal immigrants and guest workers into america to take jobs that americans need to be having is just rejected by the people once it's clearly articulated. >> and senator, we're just about out of time so i need a yes or no answer from you. do you think immigration reform is dead or alive right now on capitol hill through the midterm elections? >> the big business and special interests and political interests want it still and i'm trying to make it happen but i think this election was a major defeat for that agenda. >> thanks to senator sessions for his time. new troubling evidence captured in satellite images. why is the russian army on the move near the ukrainian border again? plus, the new crisis in iraq. insurgents using extreme brutality as they take city after city. fox news national security analyst joins us to talk about what it means for the region and our security right here at home.

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minister tony blair is rejecting arguments that the 2003 invasion of iraq is responsible for what's happening there now. blair says it's actually the west's failure to deal with neighboring syria that's let the crisis bubble up in iraq. he says western leaders must now take targeted military action. >> the extremists who are causing this instability and this chaos, they are not simply fighting iraqis or fighting syrians. they're also prepared to fight us, and they will if they're not stopped. >> nato is releasing satellite images that appear to back up ukraine and u.s. claims that russian tanks recently crossed into ukraine. nato says the tanks don't bear the markings of the ukrainian military. meanwhile, russia is denying its tanks have crossed the border. and israel's prime minister is accusing hamas of kidnapping three teenagers who disappeared nearly three days ago in the west bank. israel's search for the boys,

one of whom is an american, has led to the arrest of about 80 palestinians including members of the militant group. about an hour ago secretary of state john kerry condemned the kidnapping and called for their immediate release. hamas has not claimed responsibility. and those are the top stories right now, shannon. back to you. >> peter, thank you very much. there are growing concerns at this hour in baghdad following decisive gains and mass killings by sunni militants across northern iraq. what should or shouldn't the u.s. do at this point? fox news national security analyst k.t. mcfarland joins us live. always good to see you. thanks for joining us. >> pleasure. >> okay. so where do we go from here? because there's a big debate about whether there should be any military involvement. what can the u.s. do from the sidelines at this point? >> okay, well, look, we've already fought two iraq wars. we don't need to fight a third iraq war. it's time for some out of the box thinking. what's our real strategic interest in the region? it's three things. it's oil, it's terrorists, and it's israel. we want their oil. we don't want their terrorists.

and we want israel to survive in an increasingly dangerous neighborhood. and when people have talked about oh, the problem is that if they don't -- if we don't somehow get rid of the terrorists in iraq they're somehow going to come to the united states, you bet they are. but it's a lot bigger than iraq. there are al qaeda-related extremists throughout the region. so we've got to figure out, if we're looking as a generational war, which i think we are, between shiites and sunnis, it's going to get radical. it's going to get brutal. and it's going to be fueled by arab oil money. how do we solve our national security interests without getting militarily involved? we've got the answer. we've got the energy. we've got the oil and natural gas so that we can have the world no longer need arab oil. and that's what we should be doing first of all. secondly, we've got to focus on the terrorists and make sure that we focus on profiling for terrorists, not racial profiling but profiling for terrorist behavior-k and we need to secure

our southern border because we need to know who's here because they are going to come here eventually. >> well, it only makes sense. let me go back to a couple of those things. energy independence. we can't even get this administration to make a decision on keystone that's been pending for years. there have been multiple studies. what makes you think there will be any motivation, or will there be any motivation by this administration to tap into our own reserves so we're not so dependent on foreign oil? >> the problem is this administration has made a decision to not make a decision. they don't want to have the keystone pipeline. they don't want to have american energy independence. they don't want to use the natural resources that are right underneath our feet and that have proven to be safe, abundant, and secure. we need to have public pressure. because the alternative to this is we're going to be sucked into every conflict in the middle east for the next 30 years unless we get ourselves and the world off of arab oil. what's better? approve the keystone pipeline to develop american energy, revive the american economy on one hand, or on the other hand get involved in the middle of a

shiite-sunni generational civil war fueled by arab oil money. >> all right. you mentioned israel as well. how worried are you about their autonomy, their security, their safety in a very, very rough neighborhood? >> it's a rough neighborhood, shannon, and it's about to get a lot rougher. why? because you have on one side of this civil war throughout the region, you have the al qaeda, which has talked about and absolutely has as its goal killing jews and christians. on the other hand, you have iran about to get nuclear weapons, on the verge of becoming a de facto nuclear weapons state. they talk about exterminating the state of israel on a regular basis. there's a fundamental rule in foreign policy. if you've got two enemies and they're fighting each other, don't stand in the middle and try to stop them. that's why i think it's important that we give israel whatever israel needs to defend itself. we've not been doing, that and we should start doing that. >> all right, k.t., we always appreciate your expertise. thanks for joining us.

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disabilities representing all 50 states and the district of columbia competing here and converging here for the launch of the 2014 games. it's a pretty amazing event, and it's designed to unite people of all backgrounds and abilities and then transform their lives through sport. special olympic athletes carry the flame of hope through times square. on its way to light the cauldron for the opening of this year's summer usa games in new jersey. featuring nearly 3,500 athletes, 1,000 coaches, and 10,000 volunteers. >> softball, basketball. >> that's a lot of medals. you're running out of room. >> been doing it for about 15 years. >> reporter: kimberly mallin will be one of the athletes representing connecticut. >> i'm not nervous. people cheering for me. my parents are there supporting us, everything we do. and it's really fun. >> reporter: the special

olympics allows athletes with intellectual disabilities to train and compete with coaches and players without disabilities with the goal of inspiring inclusion, acceptance, and respect for all people on and off the track and field. for kimberly that means she can practice and play with all four of her brothers. >> do you like competing, or do you like winning? >> competing and winning. >> kimberly thrives on competition. so if you can give her a e, if her and say okay, i want you to do this or practice this, she'll try harder than many professional athletes, i'm sure. >> it's a great experience. kids are always smiling, always open to ideas of how to help them improve on their game. >> how proud are you when she's up there on the medal stand? >> you would not believe. just to see her smile, just to see the arms go up in the air, it's like, i'm glad. because i know she's worked hard. i know that's what she aims for.

>> the malan family hoping for more medals this week. our parent company, 21st century fox-s a founder of these games. the opening ceremony just a couple hours away, shannon, and the competition officially kicks off tomorrow. >> thank you so much, rick, for the wonderful story. we appreciate it. well, the irs accused of a brand new scandal, this time leaking a conservative group's confidential tax return information to its political enemies. it's a violation of federal law. we're going to talk to the group's chairman, who is taking the feds to court. plus a case of bias they wouldn't know about if they hadn't experienced it firsthand. keep it right here. at his current pace,

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john, this case has been going on for a while. essentially somebody called up the irs, pretended to be a member of the media, asked for your tax returns, and they were given all kinds of personal information. my understanding is by law they never should have gotten. >> that's right. they were given our list of donors, our major donors, and their home addresses and their names and the amount of their contributions. and that information is as confidential as your own personal 1040 tax returns are. and it's a felony to disclose that kind of information. the irs has now had to admit that they gave our tax returns to a gay and lesbian activist without any authorization. >> they have made that admission. and so now you move forward to the next phase in which a judge is going to consider those financial damages. the legal costs you've incurred and other things associated with this case. i understand that's in the next few days. tell us what will happen there. >> well, sure, we've got a trial date scheduled for june 30th. they tried to have our damages claim dismissed because they

said it wasn't their fault that we incurred all these additional damages. and the judge denied their motion to rule on that. they said you've clearly got damages, they were caused by the illegal disclosure of your tax return. so we're going to go to trial on june 30th. as you get closer to the date sometimes these things settle out with damages claims >> so we did do more to put a stop to it. whether it was somebody, you know, a rogue agent in the irs itself or whether it happened accidentally, either way, we need to get the system of the irs fixed so this doesn't happen again. >> on that point, i want to ask you your opinion. it's not something you're directly involved with. the announcement that many of lois lerner's emails from her time in the irs and this question about targeting -- has simply disappeared.

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action. go in with special forces and clen clean up this mess. war in middle east will never end. keep our troops out of there and focus on securing our borders. happy father's day to all the dads out will. that's it for us in washington. fox news sunday is up next. all the latest on the developments in iraq. stay tuned. president obama considers military options in iraq as al qaeda-led fighters take over cities and set their sights on baghdad. >> we will not be sending u.s. troops back into combat in iraq. i had asked my national security team to prepare a range of other options. >> three years after u.s. troops left iraq we'll discuss how to stop the islamic jihadist with house intelligence committee chair mike rogers. plus, with the obama white house caught flat-footed in iraq. >> it's not like we haven't seen this problem coming for over a year. what's the president doing? taking a nap. >> our sunday