own hit or miss, send them to jer@foxnews.com and follow us twitter. thanks to my panel and all of you for watching. i'm paul gigot. hope to see you all right here next week. fox news alert. a series of explosions rocking baghdad, killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens more. hello, everyone. i'm arthel neville. welcome to "america's news headquarters." the new bloodshed comes as iraqi troops beat back islamic insurgents in several areas north of iraq's capital, trying to prevent them from advancing any closer. lawmakers in washington now weighing in on the deteriorating situation there in iraq. national correspondent steve centanni live in washington. >> hi, arthel. u.s. lawmakers are pushing for quick action to defend baghdad and stop the advance of al qaeda-linked militants.

some suggest the u.s. pulled out of iraq too quickly, creating a dangerous vacuum. and even though local militia have stopped the advance of sunni militants north of baghdad, at least for the time being, one key lawmaker says the situation remains volatile and the stakes are extremely high. >> according to our own national director of national intelligence, fbi director, the next 9/11 is coming from here. >> that's a very serious -- >> that's what they say, and i agree with them. >> you think we could have another 9/11? >> oh, i think it's inevitable. the seeds of 9/11s are being planted all over iraq and syria. you don't have to believe me. this is what they're telling you they're going to do. they're not hiding their agenda. >> reporter: he also says we may need to create some kind of temporary partnership with iran, which will want to defend the shiite leadership in baghdad now under assault from the sunni fighters. meantime, even some democrats are criticizing the obama administration. >> i think our intelligence has failed us miserably for not

being aware and not -- the threat that we faced and how this could unfold as quickly as it has. this has been planned for quite some time. my first thing that i would recommend to the president is get your intelligence group back on track. >> and manchin says there's little appetite on capitol hill right now for putting u.s. troops back on the ground in iraq. arthel? >> all right, steve. so, what should the u.s. do, if anything, about the situation that's so very dangerous there in iraq? >> well, keep an eye on it. and of course, the president has taken no option off the table. we now have an aircraft carrier moving closer to iraq with its battle group, very well equipped to enter the fray militarily, if need be. the president has not said he'll do that. as you heard from joe manchin, most on capitol hill do not want to put boots back on the ground in iraq, but if we can supply some air coverage, possibly some bombing, if it came to that, the president has ruled out nothing officially but says he prefers not to put troops on the ground.

>> right. >> arthel? >> thank you so much, because of course, we'll be examining that later in the show. we're talking about options there. ste steve centanni, thank you so much. >> you bet. another fox news alert. the world mourning the loss of radio legend casey kasem. the icon and deejay passing away today at his home in washington state. kasem's children saying he had been suffering with advanced parkinson's disease. in recent months, kasem had been the subject of a bitter court custody battle between his wife and adult children over his medical care. today, it was his daughter, kerri kasem, who announced the news about her father's passing on twitter. casey kasem, dead at the age of 82. the release of those taliban commanders for sergeant bowe bergdahl putting renewed attention on the military prison at guantanamo bay.

president obama has long promised to close the facility. now the administration reportedly plans to transfer out even more detainees. chief intelligence correspondent katherine live from gitmo with more. >> reporter: the president is pushing ahead with more detainee transfers from the camps about two miles from me at the military courts. right now there are 149 detainees here at guantanamo, 80 cleared for transfer, another 20 are in the military court system, and the rest are suggest to indefinite detention. that means there is not enough evidence to prosecute them in the military courts, but there is enough evidence to show that they remain a threat to u.s. national security interests. most of the detainees now live in camp 6. it's where the highly compliant detainees, so in exchange for good behavior, they get a number of privileges or perks, such as satellite tv, access to newspapers and magazines. the soccer field and even

gardening. the taliban five that were recently swapped were occupants of camp 6. they were by most accounts highly revered by the other detainees. and it's clear from our reporting that the detainees knew in realtime about the swap of sergeant bergdahl and the political fallout. >> they knew what was going on and they found out by watching fox and other broadcasts, pretty much when everybody else did, and including myself. so, when that happened, they're inbound informed. the mood's pretty much normal. it's normal ops. >> reporter: also this week, more pretrial hearings in the 9/11 case, beginning as early as tomorrow. if you'll recall, there was a target date of january next year to begin jury selection, but most people admit or concede at this point that that's going to be pushed back. but the question that no one is really willing to publicly address here is whether the military trial will really happen here at the courthouse

behind me or whether if the president closed the detention camp, the five 9/11 suspects will eventually be sent back to trial in a federal court, arthel. >> thank you very much for that report from gitmo. another visit for you and more great reporting. thanks, katherine. meanwhile, house majority leader eric cantor giving his first interview since his shocking primary loss to political unknown dave brat. take a listen to his reaction, including whether he thinks immigration reform played a role in his stunning defeat. >> i don't think there was any one particular reason why the outcome was what it was, and if you think about it, there are a number of things that go through voters' minds when they go into the voting booth. but as far as immigration's concerned, my position never wavered. >> however, cantor isn't saying much about his political future. >> i don't think that i want to be a lobbyist, but i do want to play a role in the public

debate. i've had a lot of experience, obviously, in the intersection of government, politics, issues affecting the global economy. so, again, i've been very gratified by the number of people that have reached out to me already. >> speaking of gratifying, another great story here. the 2014 special olympics getting under way today. that's gratifying, for sure. right now, athletes from around the country gathering in newark, new jersey, for the opening ceremonies. rick leventhal joins us now from newark. hey, rick. >> reporter: hey, arthel. 3,500 athletes from every state in the nation joined by 1,000 coaches and 10,000 volunteers, already filling the prudential center for the opening ceremonies scheduled to begin about 20 minutes from now. 21st century fox, our parent company, is one of the founding partners of this event. a short time ago, we spoke to mark edmondson, in charge of the new jersey delegation of the special olympics, about what makes this competition so great. >> the change of hearts, and

that's what it is. if you really understand the passion that our athletes have for sport and their desire to be able to achieve with special olympics, they develop that self-confidence and that self-esteem to be able to go into the community and participate just like any other citizen, and that's what's important. our athletes have to be looked at as any citizen and any athlete on any team. >> reporter: well, earlier this week, we met with one of the athletes representing connecticut, kimberly mallon, who's been training and competing with all four of her brothers for the past 15 years. these games allow athletes with disabilities to compete alongside partners without disabilities with a goal of inspiring inclusion and acceptance and respect. >> i am a bit nervous, because i know they're cheering for me, my parents are there supporting us in everything that we do, and it's really fun. >> continually drive on competition. so, if you give her a challenge, if you can stay with her and say, okay, i want you to do this or practice this, she'll try

harder than many professional athletes, i'm sure. >> reporter: i asked kimberly if she liked competing or winning, and she said she liked competing and winning, and this week she'll have a chance to do both. arthel? >> absolutely! we don't want to just compete, we want to win. go, kimberly. thanks, rick leventhal. >> reporter: yeah, for sure. well, there are big developments in the search for three teenagers kidnapped on their way home from school in the west bank. one of those students is a u.s. citizen. we're going to tell you what the state department has to say about this. and what should the u.s. do, if anything, about the escalating violence in iraq? we're going to go in depth on our possible options there. marge: you know, there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious, and an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. wife: mmmm husband: these are good! marge: the tasty side of fiber. from phillips.

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the state department reacting to the abduction of three teenage boys from a settlement in the west bank, calling it a despicable terrorist act and offering its full support to iraq. an american citizen is among those teens seen here. 16-year-old neftali frankel. he and two other boys are students at a religious school in the west bank and were last seen hitch-hiking home from their evening lessons nearly three days ago. israeli security forces rounded up 80 palestinian suspects in an overnight sweep. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is blaming hamas for the abductions.

and there is growing concerns about the dangerous military uprising in iraq, so what should the u.s. do, if anything, about the deteriorating situation in iraq, which is very complicated? we want to talk about the implicatio implications, bringing in richard grinnell, fox news contributor and former spokesperson for four u.s. ambassadors to the united states. this story unfolds by the minute. in fact, just moments ago we got a statement from jen psaki at the state department, saying that the u.s. embassy in baghdad is going to remain open. at the same time, we're hearing reports that insurgents have overrun a northwestern iraqi town. so, let's start there. what does that imply to you, richard? >> well, arthel, first of all, the situation is very dangerous, and no one should be under the impression that anything that the u.s. does is going to be easy. it's going to be very difficult. there's a whole bunch of moving parts. and right now what we nd is

incredibly active diplomacy. there's a lot of talk about what president obama is or isn't going to do or should or shouldn't do with military action, but it seems to me that our arab partners are desperately looking for u.s. leadership. we have a lot in common with some of these arab partners. first of all, you know, they all want to calm the situation down. it's true, everyone does, except for maybe iran. and i think our first strategic criteria should be make sure that iran doesn't take advantage of the situation and grow their territory and grow their influence. >> okay, let's take it there, then. if you're talking about diplomacy, that makes a lot of people nervous, saying you shouldn't be talking to people who could possibly be terrorists. so, who are we talking about having diplomatic conversations with? who should be leading those conversations? where does iran fit in? because iran, perhaps, is standing by, waiting to take some ground because of the deteriorating situation there in iraq. so, how does this all work? it's very complicated.

>> well, i would argue that iran is not standing by. they're already there. there are reports that they're already inside baghdad, really manipulating the situation. >> good point. >> so, what they want is they want maliki to stay. so, we should want maliki to go. he's demonstrated he doesn't know what he's doing anyway. we need to bring somebody else in. and so, our influence should be with our arab partners, like saudi arabia, turkey, even lebanon. there are parts of the government in lebanon that are very interested in calming the situation down. >> so, let's say, richard, let's say, do you feel like president obama has been forceful enough with maliki, saying, hey, listen, you've got to do something, buddy? >> no. >> and if you don't, this is what's going to happen? but what are those consequences he could put in place and let maliki know that he's serious, the u.s. is serious and the allies there are serious? >> before we talk about consequences, he needs to try. right now he's golfing and he's not interested in doing the hard work of diplomacy. all we've heard, arthel, from the president of the united states is that his campaign promise still stands, that he's

not going to send u.s. troops. we get it. we understand that he's not sending u.s. troops, but there's a whole bunch more that can be done outside of military action. diplomacy is difficult. diplomacy takes time. you've got to not just give a speech. you've got to get on a plane. secretary kerry can be a lot more active. our arab group allies and the u.n., why aren't we calling an emergency session of the security council? there's a whole bunch to do. >> can you suggesting secretary kerry should go over there and get face to face with maliki and basically set him straight. include sunnis in your administration and calm this down right now? >> look, maliki is not the only one could be dealing with right now. he's a mask. he doesn't have the chops, the political chops to really solve some of these problems. he's actually making things worse. so, what we need to do -- >> who's making things worse, i'm sorry? >> maliki. >> go ahead. >> we need to make sure that iran doesn't take advantage of

the situation. so you know, we have an ally in saudi arabia, and they have the same goal as we do, which is to stop iran. so, let's do that. >> here's the question, do you think maliki's looking at syria and saying, hey, look, we told assad, you'd better stop it or else, and the or else never came. is he looking at that? >> i think maliki's clearly frustrated with the united states that we didn't do anything in syria, that iran was able to really exploit the situation and really expand their power base. that's my concern right now. our strategic influence is making sure that iran does not expand in this region. they are looking to do that. so, let's work with our arab allies to make this our priority. and you know, the president of the united states needs to stop with his i told you no more u.s. troops. there's a whole bunch more to do, mr. president, so get to work on the diplomatic effort. i hear you, richard grinnell. thank you very much for your time this afternoon. it's a complicated situation and let's see if we can get some

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cosby topping the charts, followed by president obama. joining us to talk about his findin findings, our pollster. >> they can pull the statistic back up. i want to make the point that bill cosby's on the only non-partisan father in america. look at the numbers for barack obama. 69% of democrats chose him number one. only 3% of republicans. now look at the flip. george herbert walker bush. eking out number one choice of americans just eking out a win over bill cosby. and her to one i point out because he's not a politician, tom hanks. that was the third highest, but only 30% of democrats. this was done by the eagles, one of the most philanthropic

organizations. >> what is it that bill cosby is doing that everybody else isn't doing? >> because he talks about parenting and family. and he did so with great joy and fat albert, and one of the great cartoons of all time. >> can you do it? >> hey, hey, hey. it's fat albert, and i actually look like fat albert. and he's been two generations. he was popular in the early 1960s with "i spy." so here's someone who speaks about the importance of family and fathers for their kids. >> how is it, it makes me a little bit sad to see even going for a father it's divided along party lines pt how can we get people to get on a good page and the same page?

we are all americans at the end of the day. how can we stop the fighting so much and the bickering and kind of come together as an american family? >> and that's fair. billy graham was not on that list. he came in seventh. you can't. you look at the spiritual way that we should be able to come together. but now there's a watle over religion. you look at the financial way we're supposed to come together. but you've got the so-called 1% in that challenge. you look at the cultural way that we should come together, but you have the coastal states versus the middle states. we are promoting our differences rather than the things that should bring us together. >> go to a poll and find some similarities and ways that we are together. >> we tried. 80 questions. i'll be happy to bring it out to fox news.

in almost every question, our opinions are informed by our politics rather than any other standard. and that's a tragedy in this country today. >> i don't even know what to say to that. >> and i apologize to viewers, because i know it's supposed to be a positive, uplifting segment. and that's why bill cosby, if you know bill cosby. call him. >> i know him. >> brings us together. >> happy father's day to bill cosby, dr. cosby, for bringing us all together. and happy father's day to my dad, art neville. and carol alt is up next. keep it right here on the fox news channel [announcer] if your dog can dream it,

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