we're almost history in the after the show show. these two will talk 'cause brian and i are leaving. >> folds of honor, go donate. great job. 26.2. >> love the new york city bill: guys, thank you and good morning, everybody. after his party suffered an absolute political humiliation will president obama now change course, saying he has no problem going it alone. if he does not like what he sees from the new republican-led congress. how is that going to work out, huh? will make some interesting stories i think. martha: i think you're right about that, mr. hemmer. good morning to you. i'm doing just great. good morning, everybody. the president spoke at a news conference yesterday. all eyes on this moment. he told reporters that he quote, he heard the voters in the election on tuesday and that he is ready to pass immigration reform, work on the tax code and quote, get some things done with republicans where he can. here he is. >> i'm eaganner to work with the

new congress to make the next two years as productive as possible. i'm committed to making sure i measure ideas not whether they are from democrats or republicans but whether they work for the american people. that isn't to say we won't disagree over issues we're passionate about. we will. bill: chris stirewalt. love new york city. guy can't leave. good morning, reverend to you. before we do that the results that continue to be digested across the country are nearly profound when it comes to politics, chris. >> oh, my gosh. look, the president, how big and how bad they were is reflected how hard the president tried. it was a verbal gymnastics worthy of alison lundergan grimes as he tried not to say, and not to describe the nature, the historic nature of the election that took place on tuesday. joe manchin, senator from the great state, 35th state of west virginia did it for him and called it an ass whooping.

that will stick to this election for a long time. bill: this is cable. can you say that? one word or two? mitch mcconnell said the senate doesn't do anything. first thing they need to do is get the senate back to normal. that is. job one. >> harry reid's embargo on activity for any kind could be dangerous, any vote really controversial for his fellow democrats in the senate, didn't work as it turns out because he lost the senate anyway. so they didn't act. they didn't do anything. but they still lost the senate. and the margin is pretty, pretty profound. so the senate will start moving stuff. we saw in "wall street journal" today from mcconnell and from boehner. these are basically anadine, consensus things they want to do on keystone pipe and tax reform that the president says, some of the things that the president says he agrees with. they want to start out on a conciliatory note. we'll see how long that lasts.

bill: remember when he was state senator in illinois? state senator, not. he was known for playing poker with republican members at the house in springfield, you buys show me what you want to do. in other words, she me your cards and i will let you know if i like it. much. >> that's right. the president, there is no mystery about what the republicans want. they passed some 200 bills out of the house that the senate and have gone nowhere but it is not like there is some mystery about what the republicans want to do. aside from changes to obamacare, on taxes, on the epa, crackdown on the coal industry, a host of the other things, republicans laid it out, but the president says do it again. show me what you are working with with, if i don't like it, i will just use executive action to go around it as best as i can. maybe i should stay in new york. that's a pretty grim definition of the next two years. bill: no, get back there. train or plane, we'll track you

through gps. see you, reverend. nice to be with you this past week. chris stirewalt. martha. martha: so the president meets with congressional leaders. that is going to happen tomorrow at the white house before the lame-duck session gets underway. is the president, ready, truly to work with congress in a compromise? is there a mood of compromise in the west wing right now? is that where they are emotionally, mentally, on all of this? josh ernest, the press secretary from the white house will be here coming up in moments away. bill: got a question for josh ernest, you have 30 minutes to fire away. @marthamaccallum, @billhemmer. we'll see what we can do for you at home. the virginia senate race could be headed for recount. the election tell too close to call. the democratic incumbent mark warner thought he had the thing sewed up 10 point lead. gillespie trails by about 15,000 votes out of 2 million cast. he could call for a recount,

gillespie could. that would take some time, right? >> recounts usually don't happen until mid-december. the court order determines exactly when the recount takes place and how it takes place. generally they are over one-day period but sometimes over perhaps a two-day period. bill: an attorney for senator warner says a recount won't turn up enough votes for gillespie to win. we'll see there in the old dominion. martha: all right. so on wall street the dow and s&p both setting new records yesterday with investors apparently feeling optimistic about the outcome of tuesday's election and gop takeover on capitol hill. ed butowsky, managing partner at chatwood investments. he joins me now. good to have you here. what is wall street so excited about? >> i think wall street's excited for really a very simple reason. i think we reached the very top, antibusiness policies and regulations are gone from this administration. they will not get anymore of that nonsense passed.

we'll have a very pro-growth agenda hopefully going forward. we might not get a lot passed but optimism is there. you're starting to see some stocks rise because we're probably going to see tax reform. more money in people's pockets. that is good for the economy. that is what we need. we have to get rid of what we have right now, martha. martha: we're about to talk to josh earn e, i want to ask him about that, whether or not he thinks tax reform is area where the president is willing to do compromise on. regulations we hear so much from corporations and leaders around the world, that they have been so hampered and entire departments that to handle regulations bogging them down in very heavy manner. do you expect any real change there? >> well i sure hope so. we have all the money overseas. you hear that from a lot of people but it's true. if we're able to bring all the trillions of dollars back to country by cutting tax rate because if i'm running a corporation and i have 35% tax rate i will not bring that back, that will hurt earnings from my

company. if i can bring that money back that will mean more on any people's pockets. that is good for stock prices and earnings. no matter what this president says he hears or doesn't hear, the economy is hearing hey, lower tax, better stock prices. that is what we want. you will start to continue to see growth because stocks move based on earnings and expectation of earnings. remember, six to nine months ahead of time is where stocks move. stocks already moved up in anticipation of good news. i think there is more to come. martha: what about jobs for the american people? >> yeah. well, you know that is something that really has to happen. remember every net full-time job that we create, is $12,500 of tax revenue to this country. we're not getting any full-time jobs like we need them. once we get the economy going, hopefully jobs will follow. the first step to get the economy going is cut corporate tax, individual tax, expand the tax base. we'll start seeing jobs and get rid of a lot of unnecessary

regulations. when that happens, martha, we will see new jobs and we will see the economy expand. so this has been a very positive election for this country. martha: well, the president says he wants to see the ideas and see where there is some overlap on those ideas. we'll talk about it. we'll see what happens. ed, thank you very much. >> great. >> meantime there is new information on a prisoner release out of gitmo, he said, while the nation was voting. fox news unearthing a message on twitter linking this detainee to a known terror group that the u.s. is currently targeting with airstrikes in syria. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live in washington. what have we learned? what have you learned, catherine? >> reporter: thank you, bill. fox news obtained the tweet which offers congratulations to his family one day before the guantanamo review board made the news public he would be released. translation of the tweet from the arabic account reeds in part, a thousand

congratulationses to the family for raising issue of guantanamo from the very beginning. investigators are questioning how a well-known islamist twitter user had advance knowledge that the kuwaiti detainee would be transferred. why this so-called good news was retweeted by this man, a long time al qaeda operative and leader of khorasan group in syria. the significance of this tweet which implies the men know each other and reinforces view they have longstanding ties to al qaeda had not been fully understood until now, bill. bill: what does the change and control of the u.s. senate mean for the commander-in-chief's desire to close gitmo? >> reporter: bill, there are 148 detainees left and military source tells fox news that the administration is determined to get below the magic number of 100, make it easier to make the argument that few dozen detainees should be removed to maximum security prison inside the u.s. >> the obama administration has

accepted some level of risk with each of their 89 transfers but now there are turning dial even further to the right to accept even more risk because the president wants to fulfill his campaign pledge to close gitmo. >> reporter: transfers came to a sudden halt in may after the taliban five prisoners at guantanamo were swapped for sergeant bowe bergdahl. what the administration thought would be political and policy victory was not well-received by the american public, leading to one source described as bergdahl blowback. loss of senate to the republicans more hawkish on detention issue. make closing guantanamo less and less likely. bill: 145 still there, catherine? >> reporter: 145, 148. the majority are from yemen. the possibility of transferring back to the country given instability is nonstarter. bill: catherine herridge, thank you, reporting on that. pete hegseth takes it on in 30

minutes. he worked at gitmo when this detainee first arrived there several years ago. martha: at this moment republicans bracing for a battle over i am min graduation reform as president obama vows he will get reform done with or without congress. >> it is like waving a red flag in front of a bull to say, if you guys don't do what i want, i'm going to do it on my own. martha: that's a good start, right? we'll see where that goes coming up. bill: rocker for legendary band ac/dc in custody when he tried hiring a hit man. details about alleged plot for murder. martha: bill, this puts a truck through the front after restaurant. oh, my goodness. that is a terrible situation. we're going to tell you what happened when we come back. >> she said she just, wants to park in the handicap and tried to push on the break and she did

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martha: talk about dirty deeds, phil rudd, the drummer for legendary hard rock band ac/dc is charged in new zealand with attempting to arrange the murder of two people. he also faces multiple drug charges. he is not looking like he has a good day. he appeared in court. made no plea. released on bail. ac/dc is one.

biggest bands of all time. rudd's arrest is raising questions about the future of the band and you could see why that raises those questions. >> i rather hear from them, than from you, major. well, conceivably i could cancel my meeting on friday because i heard everything from you. i think i would rather let mitch mcconnell -- >> is there a line you couldn't cross. >> i rather hear from mitch mcconnell and john boehner what ideas they like to pursue and we'll have a conversation with them on that. bill. whoof, major works me, man. bill: that is how we begin the debate on immigration reform. doug schoen, former advisor to president clinton. her shades schlap former advisor to president george w. bush. as fox news contributor, doug, you get the honor to go first. what did you hear yesterday? >> i heard defensiveness. i heard a seeming willingness to listen. bill, but ultimately the

president is once again saying he will go his own direction and when he said he heard from the voters, he also said he heard from the voters who didn't vote, and frankly, as somebody who was with bill clinton in 199 had, i'm not sure the president heard much at all. bill: wow. tone deaf? >> pretty much yeah. bill: just like 2010, doug. >> exactly. that was my recollection, bill, and reaction, yeah. bill: mercedes, what did you think. >> i think the president put himself in a boss. he goes out to leak this information on this executive action he wants to take on immigration, creating false hope for the latino community. then he steps back because of the democratic candidates in swing states telling him, no, don't do it, don't step across that line. now he is forced into a position where he needs to basically keep to his promise. and so i think it makes it very difficult for the president to back down on this executive action. however, i think you're going to see the most short-lived marriage in political history.

this is going to enrage the republicans in congress and some democrats. i mean, 63% of the americans have basically said that they don't want unilateral action on executive action on immigration. and so this creates a very big problem for the president. bill: you know what that is? that is short honeymoon, isn't it? mercy me. i know you guys are not big on psychology but charles krauthamer is and this is what he said about what he believes the state of the president's mind is. watch. >> all right, i think the president's threatening this because he wants to do it and i think he is all the more anxious to go ahead and do this because it makes him relevant, it makes him the center of the universe again. he is not a happy man that he was asked for a year by his own democrats to stay away and be invisible. this is a guy who doesn't enjoy being invest ab. bill: makes him the "center of the universe" again. doug? >> well, bill, i took from the affordable care act that the president saw this as part of

his legacy. and i think he feels the same way now. that if he does immigration reform by executive order, up to four to five million people being given that this will make him relevant but it will make him transformational as well. the only problem i'm not clear that what he plans to do or contemplating doing will be constitutional and as mercedes said, it is sure not going to be popular among vast swaths of the american people. bill: mercedes? >> sure. krauthamer says the president wants to do this i think president is thinking in his mind he needs to do this. this is promise he made to the latino community. he has taken little to no action on immigration and it is one of those issues where basically he has made his promise. he has to basically try to fulfill it. the problem here is that he is looking at this where latino voters are frustratedded, they feel incredibly betrayed by the president. and i think this creates an opening for the republicans.

now i really believe for the republicans, they need to somehow keep immigration on the table. they need to step forward with a plan, even before the end of the year, something they can put in front of the president to basically have the president back down on this executive action. >> you might be exactly right. that might begin with border security. that is where the rubber meets the road. mercedes, thank you. doug schoen, thank you. talk to you later. >> thank you. martha: president obama accused of sending mixed messages in his national address following the midterm elections. white house press secretary josh earnest is here to respond. bill: mother thanking police for a problem is that is kept. her 22-year-old daughter is home after violent abduction and the suspect is behind bars. >> i'm bringing you to the home. aye bringing your daughter home. i'm bringing your daughter home and he brought my baby home. i'm an idaho potato farmer

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bill: there were at least nine people injured when this suv went crashing into a restaurant in houston. you can see the vehicle right there, come through the window. man! the victims are pushed to the opposite side of the restaurant. the driver puts the suv in reverse to get out of there. police say she, the driver was trying to park in a handicapped space, might have hit the gas when trying to hit the brake. minor injuries reported. that is very good. >> the young nursing assistant is found alive after a violent abduction. she was taken near her philadelphia home over the weekend. now she is back with her family. there is the suspect on the tape, that you see there. he is a convicted felon. he is now behind bars again. laura engle joins us in our newsroom. laura, wow, what is story this is been. thank goodness she is home. how did they find her?

>> this has been a roller-coaster. law enforcement credit the 22-year-old fighting spirit with helping her to save her life. shortly after carlesha free land gait they are was taken off the street, she kicked out back window of her be a buck tore's vehicle, no easy task. that broken window is part of what authorities noticed when she was spotted in maryland. agents with the bureau of alcohol, tobacco firearms and explosives received information to be on the lookout for the vehicle seen in this is surveillance video that was involved in the abduction. atf agents found the car in maryland, about 120 miles southwest of where freeland-gaither was grabbed in the germantown section of philadelphia. they arrested suspect delvin barnes after the car was surrounded and he stepped out of the car. it appears barnes didn't know his victim. at this point investigators don't have a motive. >> he is a vicious predator. he is off the streets and hopefully he will be in jail for

the rest of his life. that is the only thing he deserves. >> reporter: barnes is held on unrelated virginia warrant, allegedly attempted murder, assault, malicious injury with acid, explosives and fire and will face federal charges in this case. martha: she was smart to kick out the window. that is what they tell kids to do if ever in the situation. how is she doing now? >> reporter: police say she has some injuries but wouldn't elaborate what those are. she was taken to the hospital after being rescued and released. freeland-gaither's mother begged with the public for her safe release talked with reporters when she was released. thank you for your prayers. thank you for keeping me up. thank you for being there for us. i'm taking my baby home. thank you, thank you so much. >> reporter: her mom said she is resting at home and said to be very shaken up but okay. martha: we don't often see that end to that kind of a story. she is a happy mom and boy, we're happy for her, laura, thank you so.

>> reporter: thank you. bill: listen to the police earlier today say they had been in this business for decades and never seen abduction on video. now you have this. that tip. martha: did a great job. those police did a terrific job and did what they said they were going to do, brought her home to her mom. well-done is right. bill: is the white house warming up to the idea of getting stuff done? that is what the president just said yesterday. we'll ask press secretary josh earnest. he is live on the north lawn with us in a moment next. martha: exclusive interview with u.s. marine andrew tahmooressi, what he is saying about the eight months he spent in a mexican jail. >> they just started hitting me, and started hitting me in the face with open palms, nothing full-blown but, you know, just like, you know, like.

martha: well the president giving his take on the meaning of the midterm elections when he spoke yesterday at the white house. watch. >> as president i have a unique responsibility to try and make this town work. so to everyone who voted, i want you to know that i hear you. to the 2/3 of voters who chose not to participate in the process yesterday, i hear you too. all of us have to give more americans a reason to feel like the ground is stable beneath their feet. martha: all right. joined by josh earnest, white house press secretary. thanks for coming in this morning. >> good morning, martha. martha: good to see you again. what did he mean that the president heard from 2/3 of voters who did not vote? >> what the president is saying people can make a choice on election day. they can vote for one candidate or another. one other legitimate choice is people don't show up. the fact of the matter those people feel disengaged from their government. they didn't have a reason to believe, to make their voice heard.

that is dispointment to president. that should be disappointment to everybody in both parties. those are americans don't feel invested in system. don't feel like the system is working for them. that is something you can express by not just voting for one candidate or other but by not showing up for election day. the president in hess comments was taking some responsibility for that. we need to do more everybody understands that, folks in washington, d.c. understand they should fight for middle class families up here in washington d.c. should be more invested in jobs for people across the country as opposed to looking out for their own jobs. martha: a lot of people looked at this election felt there was pretty loud and clear voice that came out of it. reaction i heard from a number of people in the room yesterday there was a sense that the president was somewhat out of touch with the gravity of these results? >> martha, i don't agree with that. the president has been through a number of election cycles now, certainly as president. this is the third one now. look, i think what the president made, was clear about yesterday is the message that he heard from voters all across the

country is, they want results from washington, d.c. an over the last two years to be sure they haven't gotten at love those results. and, the president, as the leader in washington, d.c. has unique responsibility, if you just heard him say to make this system work. and -- martha: i think, josh, i think a lot of people feel like the president had six years. there are 300 some bills passed house sitting on harry reid's desk. he says show me your ideas, republicans a lot of people are saying right into their television set what do you mean? those ideas have been out there for a very long time, mr. president? >> martha. the other thing that people have observed that republicans spent a whole lot of time in this last election criticizing the president. that may have worked for them politically. i think numbers indicate it might have at least in the short term is that really good for the country? i think what voters want democrats and republicans in washington, d.c. to start looking for common ground. martha: i think you're right about that. >> doesn't mean they agree on everything. there are things the president will do that --

martha: i'm sorry. go ahead. >> there are things the president is going to do that republicans won't agree with. there are bills that republicans will pass the president doesn't agree with. the question are we focusing on disagreements or focus on those areas of common ground where we can actually work together to make progress as democrats and republicans to advance the interests of the american people. that will be subject of the discussion the president will have with congressional leaders when they come down to the white house tomorrow. martha: the question becomes, where is the compromise? where is the president and is there a mood right now in the white house, you know, did everybody wake up on wednesday morning to say, you know what? we were sent a huge message last night. 70 something percent of people say the economy is not going the way they think it should be going. they're worried about the future of the country that they're not leaving it a better place for their kids. at white house, does everyone look at each other, maybe the plan for economy, maybe the way we've been doing things isn't more right? maybe we should be more open like lowering corporate tax rate

in this country s that issue on the table, josh? >> that is consistent with the proposal president put forward. the president put forward tax proposal. martha: he wants to lower corporate taxes in america. >> broaden base, close tax loopholes and lower the corporate tax rate. he would do that in a way that would make american businesses more competitive around the globe and would actually generate some revenue that we could use to invest in infrastructure, something that would create jobs in the immediate term but also strengthen our economy in the long term. there is common ground. i don't want to suggest that the proposal the president has is exactly same as proposal to the republicans talking about but there is certainly common ground to be found there and president is eager to talk about. martha: wall street believes. that the wall street believes that the white house will compromise on things like corporate tax rates and regulations. that is why you're seeing numbers over the past couple days. we were talking about a wall street expert moments ago on that. the other big issue we saw, we covered all exit polls and people saying about their feeling. they feel insecure.

they feel a lack of leadership. lack of safety. more than 70% think we're at risks of a terrorist attack in this country. what is the president going to do to show more leadership abroad? to show more american strength abroad in a way that makes americans feel like, okay, we're in charge. we've got this under our belt now, we have our feet back under us and throw our weight around in the world a bit perhaps? >> martha, anybody who look what is the president has done to confront outbreak of ebola in west of can, lead international community's response to russian interfering in activities of sovereign nation like ukraine or confront isis on the ground in iraq or syria, the president is taking a leading role in all those things, to make sure the united states plays a role in generation. we're mobilizing the international community to deal with tough problems. to give you one example, there is one thing that congress dan do to demonstrate that the american people are united in pursuit of a strategy critical to our national security. so the president mentioned last night, yesterday at his news

conference that he is going to start working with congress, democrats and republicans to pass a new authorization to use military force that reflects the fight that is actually underway against isil in iraq and syria right now. the president believes he has all the authority he needs based on authorization to use military force passed by congress in 2001 but the president believes we can update and right size an authorization to use military force that will send a clear signal to the world that congress, democrats and republicans are united with the president to confront isil on the ground in iraq and syria. martha: i think americans told us the other day that is very important. does the president admit there were missteps where isis was concerned? that the white house was behind the ball on that issue? you talked about ebola. we also talked so much about the beheadings. these were issues really rocked the core of how people felt about their safety and security in this country. we saw that reflected on tuesday. so is there a recognition that that is part of what happened on tuesday, josh? >> well, martha, i haven't spent

as much time loe looking at exit polling date that you probably have, what you noticed 60 some odd percent of voters who participated, cast a ballot support what the president was doing against isil. that means a lot of republicans saying yes. we know a lot more republicans turned out more than democrats on election day. i think that is pretty good indication that the american people are supportive of what the president is trying to do to protect the country from extremists operating in iraq and sir why i can't. we need democrats and republicans in congress to get together to show the support for what the president is doing. that will send a very tokerful message to our allies. we have a coalition of 60 nations take the fight under the president to ice system we need to send a clear signal our ennis. that country is united and determined in our resolve to make sure extremists like those running isil do not establish a safe haven in syria to attack the united states. martha: i want to ask you a quick question on lighter note. i will play golf with john

boehner and have a drink with mitch mcconnell. things we got back from viewers were, what took so long? why didn't that happen a long time ago? why would the president just now come to that conclusion? >> the president did play golf with speaker boehner four years ago. i think the fact of the matter the president is interested in trying to build some relationships with members of congress, to try to advance some of these priorities. i don't think we should all sort of get confused about the fact that what voters, they are not just looking for the president to sit down to have a drink with mitch mcconnell, play a round of golf with speaker beiger. >> right. >> they want results. if there are things the president can do differently to make sure we are getting results for the american families and middle class people he will change tactics. if that means another round of golf with speaker boehner. he described letting, speaker boehner who is excellent at golf win the round. or sit down at the table to enjoy kentucky bourbon with mitch mcconnell. if that will advance our ability

to find common ground with democrats and republicans the president will do it as oven as necessary. martha: thank you, josh. >> good to talk to you. martha: you bet. bill: 20 minutes before the hour. united states marine is now free. andrew tahmooressi is talking with greta first in this exclusive interview about spending eight months in a mexican jail. he describes what happened after an attempt to escape. >> they just started hitting me. they started hitting me, hitting me in the face with open palms. nothing full-blown, just like you know, just like. that was actually joyful to take that beating. i was happy about that beating. >> why? >> i knew the beating was coming. they were telling me stories about the guards. how, if someone acts up or does something wrong they get beat. i already knew it was going to happen to me. i was glad as be take that beat. was, bring it, bring it on. i was there joyful knowing that i got away from that place. so the beating didn't bother me.

bill: hmmm. marine freed airs tonight 7:00 eastern time "on the record" with greta van susteren. ollowed his story since he crossed that border. now he is home. but what an ordeal for him. tonight 7:00 eastern. martha: greta says she is very concerned about him. he was there for too long given his state of ptsd. you will see more of that coming up. so one more detainee is now out of gitmo but will we finish what he started? will he finish what he started, rather. will the president close gitmo forever? we'll ask pete hegseth about that who spent time working at that detention center. bill: big deal in the fl. ray rice tries to fight his way back on to the field as the nfl grapples with a red hot domestic violence case. this is not reechoed hood swing here. >> let's try this out.

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martha: group of daredevils taking a leap of faith with a gopro camera. we see this all the time now, right? plunging straight down hundreds of feet, look at this. oh, my goodness, into the grand canyon they went, in the nick of time. yikes, back up the umbrella which is sort of for show do you think. bill: no "mary poppins." martha: they built this contraption across a 250-foot canyon in utah. not the grand canyon. another grand canyon. >> mini-me, right? martha: exactly. bill: while america focused on elections, detainee in gitmo

sent back to kuwait, released, with new information on the prisoner sent home linking kuwaiti national to known terror group operating in syria. pete hegsethings, president of concerned veterans of america. good morn toking you. 145ish left at gitmo. you were at guantanamo bay. when this kuwaiti national was first brought there, february of 2:00? he would have been 25 years old? what do you remember? >> i was there when he was there. not exactly when he got there. set original gitmo detainee. he is the first one brought there. i read the most recent assessment from may of his, where he is. this guy wittingly joined extremists in afghanistan, had connections to the taliban in al qaeda. clearly through what catherine reported still maintains those ties. he was leader inside of the camp as our own assessment discusses. we're not sure whether he will truly, has truly renounced his radical ways.

in my mind reading that report he is a key candidate for recidivism. this is the kind of guy we're lowering standards for to try to push out of guantanamo bay because our commander-in-chief is campaigner-in-chief who made a pledge he would close it. doesn't matter what the facts on the ground tell him. bill: go back to the battles -- >> the recidivism rate is reaching 30%. it was lower at first. because a lot were swept up on the battlefield. it increased. fox news reported last week, dozens found their way back to syria and iraq joining isis or al nusra front on front lines. you know what they're doing going back to iraq and syria? they were fighting for the very caliphate they are fighting for before 2001. the original detainee from kuwait will be prime recruit, saying come on, motivate our fighters or pull triggers on battlefield. bill: he will spend a year in jail in kuwait. >> we'll see about that. he is in a halfway house for six

months. bill: you don't know because you can't know, right. >> you don't know because you can't know. all you can do is tie elements together. this tweet from radicals in syria, welcoming him home and congratulating the family, you know we're talking about retweets of jihadists. we'll probably not see it. we're in middle of election cycle. they knew about the transfer, bill. they knew about the transfer before it was publicly released. the lawyers that support him are networked. so what guantanamo bay has become is a jihadist university where they come together. now that they're released they have got the connections and networks to leverage and credibility as jihadists all-stars to lead the movement further. which is why i think the best thing you can do to try these guys and execute them if they're found guilty. bill: wow. let me get one more word here. republicans control congress. the initial executive order the president signed, number one, in january much 2009, was to close guantanamo.

now that we know the layout for congress, will that happen? >> i don't know how it does. the only way it does is through a bold executive action, a pen and phone action where he just usurps the will of the american people who have made it very clear that they don't want detainees transferred to the united states and we've got, i don't know what the exact number is, 60 or 70, marked for indefinite detention. we know we can't release them because we know they will go back to the battlefield. what do you do with those folks? transferring them to host countries has not proven to be effective secure way to keep them. five all-stars we traded for bowe bergdahl will probably not be in qatar that much longer. host nations are not good -- the american public will not tolerate to bring them back to the united states. they don't want them here or free. bill: i don't know if you can do that in an executive order. i'm not sure that will even happen now. thank you for your time. >> thank you, bill. bill: hegseth in washington.

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pizza, for a year with anyone's information leading to an arrest. state of washington that is. >> that is -- all right, so nfl commissioner roger goodell on the stand in appeal hearing for ray rice. the former baltimore raven's star fighting indefinite suspension after shocking video emerged of him knocking out his then fiance, who is now his wife in an elevator. jonathan hunt is live in the new york city newsroom. jonathan, what happened in the whole appeal. >> reporter: we know roger goodell was first on the witness stand spending two hours there. what he said precisely, we simply don't know because the arbitrator, barbara jones, a former judge, has issued a gag order and everybody seems to be abiding by that you can hear here as i questioned ray rice when he arrived for the start of this hearing. listen here. ray, how are you feeling today? are you confident?

>> let him through. [inaudible]. >> reporter: anything to say at all, ray? >> give my wife some space to move, please. >> reporter: give my wife space to move is about all ray rice said as he arrived. as i said roger goodell was on the witness stand about two hours. he arrived at 11:15 yesterday morning in a blacked out suv we didn't actually get to see him in person. he left 2:00 p.m. was there in all about three hours. we understand he was cross-examined by ray rice's attorney and basic question, was what did you know about that explosive video of ray rice punching his wife in the elevator and when did you know it, mr. commissioner? we might get some answers in couple days i would think, martha. martha: that is exactly right. the old question is central one in this case. when are we likely to get a ruling here, jonathan? >> reporter: we've been told by our sources to expect another long day today. this is the final day of this

appeal. and then barbara jones can issue her decision at any point. the smart money, martha, seems to me on it being within a few days, a fairly quick decision. what she has to decide is whether ray rice was essentially subject to double jeopardy, being punished twice for the same offense and being punished that second time purely because that video was made public by the website "tmz." as i say, smart money is on us getting this decision within a few days, martha. >> yep. because ray rice says they knew it all along that they had already punished him, so why was he punished twice? >> the big question, martha, does anybody want to sign him even if he is rean stated. martha: good question, jonathan. >> new details on the isis battle. also midterms, talk of country music's biggest event taking aim at democrats. what was that all about? >> why isn't our government

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>> top aides say his message will be very simple, let's get things done on the economy. john boehner and the senate majority leader mitch mcconnell co-authored an op-ed in the "wall street journal" highlighting reforming the tax code and work as 40 hours per week moving forward on the keystone xl pipeline noting there are plenty of tasks ahead. writing looking ahead to the next congress w will honor the voters trust by focusing first on jobs in the economy. voting on the many bills that passed the voter that house with bipartisan support but were never brought to a vote by the democratic senate majority. it also means renewing our commitment to repeal obamacare, which is hurting the job market along with america's health care. 46 bills passed the hous house n jobs in the economy that were never taken up by the senate.

bill: now he is a member of the u.s. senate come january out of the state of colorado. he is offering something about a better future for the party, what is his idea, mike? >> it is a purple state, colorado. this morning on fox and friends laid out a better future for the party. >> i think it has broken a number of areas. we have to talk about traditional energy but also renewable energy. when we come forward to reaching out into communities we cannot simply be against immigration reform, we have to be a way we can before immigration reform. the house, the senate and the president. >> expect many tuesday the playbook from 2014 as they look to be 2016 with tough races ahead. bill: thank you. martha. martha: republican leaders and

president obama say they're willing to roll up their sleeves and get back to work. finding common ground to break the gridlock that has frozen washington in the last four years did the white house is looking forward to meeting with leaders tomorrow. they will try to get some work done on that relationship. >> trying to build some relationships with congress to advance these priorities. they are not just looking for a president to sit down and play a round of golf, they actually want results. if there are things the president can do to get results for the american people, he is willing to change tactics to do exactly that. martha: good morning, one of the things he said they played together golf four years ago, have a lot of ground to make up a lot of munication lines that have been shot for some time.

>> is interesting to hear your interview with him earlier. there is still this disconnect or at least perceived disconne disconnect. a columnist with "the washington post" who has often defended the administration and been pretty tough on conservatives and republicans, but today after that news conference yesterday he said there was a republican victory, political earthquake that went in one political year and out the other. he said it was a minor irritation for the president. he said he knows no changes, his staff acknowledged no-fault or error, expressed no regrets. that is "washington post" columnist. martha: when i asked josh earnest about that, he said this is his third election, he has been through this three times so

he doesn't get that rattled about it anymore, that was the response. >> the president doesn't get mopey about bad results anymore. he pointed to minimum wage ballot initiatives that passed in several states. also what passed were the messages from voters the president is not getting it done. i think you're going to see republicans, however, move forward with bipartisan pieces of legislation. pieces they can get across the finish line fairly cleanly and then gets into the president's desk. and among those are just what you talked about. keystone xl pipeline, some trade deals, that stuff will go first and they will start tackling the tough stuff. martha: there has been a ton of bills on harry reid's desk.

do you think it is possible they could lead the president out of the loop on some of these issues because they will be democrats who want to be seen as being able to work together at this point, are there not? >> there are. some that were defeated on tuesday for the democrats most likely to vote with republicans, so they have to pick up those other votes someplace. if you look at alaska, we expect that to happen, and you look at mary landrieu losing in louisiana, looking at 54, still need six. a filibuster-proof majority, that is how you move things he says. bill: what do you think at home, will washington work again hashta.meanwhile, in virginia is

still too close to call, republican trailing incumbent by 17,000 votes. nobody saw this coming. live in washington, saying he won the race, why is that? >> good question, but you could surmise is a way for the incumbent senator to inject confidence in himself and the vote counting system in virginia. the attorney representing the campaign told reporters in a conference call recounts really only happen when you're talking about a dozen or a few hundred votes separating the candidates. in this case warner holds 17,000 votes lead, but still that is

less than 1% of the total. with the legal threshold that allows a candidate to call for a recount of the state's expense. some indication less be made do just that. here's what they said on election night. >> obviously we will accept whatever is the final outcome, i hope th08 to the voters and to f you to make sure it is final before we make final decisions on this end. >> a member of the board said yesterday if less because ford, the recount will commence after a formal court order likely in mid december. >> recounts don't happen until mid december, the court order determines exactly when the recount takes place and how it takes place. generally over one day, but sometimes perhaps two days.

>> already a statewide canvass of votes is underway. the way for the states to certify the tally be at bill: is there any risk in, speak calling for a recount? >> there is a possibility warner increases his vote reinforcing the election night view he has been reelected. mildly tarnish gillespie in the sense the state would have to spend money toward a foregone conclusion. but he thinks he owes it to the voters to ensure a legitimate outcome. his taking comfort in a vote far closer than anybody expected or any poll predicted it bill: thank you. martha: republican is insisting he will win the december runoff against louisiana senator mary landrieu. she got slightly more votes in election featured eight candidates but fell short of the 50% forcing a runoff in the state of louisiana. she will go head-to-head with bill cassidy who said voters

want a change not just in washington in his opinion. >> almost 60% of people in louisiana voted for change. everyone voted against her, of one else wanted somebody different to be our united states senator. i'm the one who will win on december 6. martha: we will see if he is right. now the last democrat in louisiana. bill: the nation's highest military honor in the civil war, president obama wording the civil honor an officer killed in the battle of gettysburg. army first lieutenant recognize more than 150 years later. took an act of congress and years of lobbying, family, defendants and admirers to get the wisconsin native recognition for his acts of heroism. the happened today around noon eastern time.

martha: an incredible story as he is finally getting the recognition that he deserves. president obama doesn't know if we are winning the war against isis was his answer to the question. he said it is simply too early to know. bill: also, three years later the white house releasing on election day 65,000 documents on fast and furious. what eric holder is saying in those documents. martha: and last night was the cma awards. ♪ óqoqúúñ@

bill: the battle in iraq continues, iraqi forces in the fight against terrorists right here. it is an all-out war this town about 150 miles north of baghdad, thick smoke rising over the battlefield. a counter offensive to the area, which is home to iraq's largest oil refinery. martha: president obama a push now for authorization of military force against isis.

his way seven at henry pushed him and current operations against isis are going. >> my question is are we winning? >> it is too early to say whether we are winning because as i said on the outside of the isis campaign, this is going to be a long-term plan to solidify the iraqi government, solidify their security forces to make sure that our air cover, have the capacity to run a ground game that they have taken. martha: ralph peters strategic analyst. how is it going on the ground right now? >> we have somewhat slowed the advance of the islamic state ste militants in certain areas.

it was painful to listen to the president yesterday. he just had trouble to get the word "winning" out. our president is a strategic flirt. but he fears commitment. he will talk a good dating game, but he will not follow through. in a statement also in response to ed henry, going back for new authorization to use military force in congress. what he is doing with that is laying as much on congress as he can for anything against islamic state in case it all goes wrong. it is hard to see him following through on any issues. meanwhile not just islamic state, isis if you will, but all these other movements, they are

all growing too because we have not hit decisively, america tried and they can't stop us. martha: the free syrian army, the moderates we have been backing, they are having an incredibly rough time and you have to wonder what is on their minds in the middle of this fight with one hand behind their back, right? >> they have lost faith in us and essentially lost the war. we could have helped them early on, it would have made a huge difference but at this point we have to face it, the choices are between the hideous assad regime and now this web of horrific sunni extremists to islamic state. the idea where suddenly going to

get 5000 volunteers to do our bidding, have them defeat what are now probably over 100,000 juice body active in syria, it just doesn't make any sense. what you do is stop talking about rebuilding iraq. stop talking but establishing the borders as the president did. focus on killing america's enemies. don't help iran out by backing baghdad. kill america's enemies, that is the only business working. this president wants to get somebody else to do our dirty work for us and in the middle east it is not going to happen. we have to do the tough stuff our self ordained going to get done. martha: he would step up airstrikes based on what you are saying because you think it has

been puny in your words and won't do the job and put special forces on the ground as well to attack isis wherever they are? >> it is not fair to the brave pilots flying. a real air campaign was start off with 200 strikes the first day. more intel on the ground, certainly special operator and in extreme circumstances i would even put in regulators because make no mistake about it, islamic state does not mean well by us and there is one deal the president may make. one thing he does want to consummate is a deal with iran looking very ugly. martha: thank you very much. bill: new optimism for the keystone pipeline. is that legit? why they fast tracked the

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martha: berkeley california becombecoming the first city tos a soda tax. heads up on this one, three quarter of voters saying yes, they really do want a 1 penny tax per ounce on sugary drinks, charge of us more because it is good for us and it will make us stop. nearby san francisco voters rejected a tax of $0.02.

it will curb people from drinking soda, sweetened tea, energy drinks helping to fight back the epidemic of obesity in america. i don't know about that. >> employment figures with keystone are stunning. bill: which mcconnell trying to jumpstart keystone bringing oil from canada to american refineries. americans are pushing a bill to authorize a pipeline without the need for presidential approval. chief political correspondent for the "washington examiner," good day to you. you say this is the most important test as to whether or not the president will cooperate with republicans, explained that. >> it is the number one test of that because there is such a significant bipartisan support. start off with public support for the pipeline, it is in the

70s. any politician will have to stand up to that if they are going to oppose it. the senate a couple of years ago had a test vote on keystone. it didn't become law, but 11 democrats voted in favor of the pipeline along with every republican. do a little math, we're going to have 54 republicans in the new senate. what if we get 11 democrats to go along with that, that is way over a filibuster threshold and it is not far from the overturning of veto threshold. the president will have to decide if he really wants to stand up to this. bill: that vote was two years ago? >> yes, 2012. he did not allow it to go forward, there was no vote on if it would become law, but it showed you the sentiment in the united states, and the house of representatives has already

passed laws approving the pipeline. bill: i have heard keystone dropped more times in the last 36 hours then i think i have heard in the last six to 10 months. usually when that happens, there is something moving, would you agree with that? >> when i went out on the campaign trail and covered republicans campaigning in north carolina, louisiana, arkansas, iowa, kansas, they were all talking about the keystone pipeline because not only fits their energy agenda, it fits their jobs agenda. it will create thousands of jobs so four republicans this is really a no-brainer. go back to public approval, public approval in the 70s, they feel confident standing up for a vote like this.

bill: the third week of january? >> right after they are sworn in. bill: thank you very much. martha. martha: rush limbaugh says only reason democrats lost in the midterm was voters wanted to stop president obama. is he right? we will debate cap coming up. bill: the justice department releasing thousands of documents from fast and furious on the day of election and coding some unwelcome surprises for critics in congress. we will ask darrell issa about that next. >> i realize contempt is not a big deal to our attorney general, but it is important we have proper oversight. >> you don't want to go there. all right? >> i don't want to go there? >> no.

bill: on election day, did you know 65,000 documents related to

fast and furious returned over to congress? two of those guns were found at the scene of a shootout that killed the border agent. now the newly released documents to 10 e-mails the attorney general eric holder attacking his critics. the house oversight committee chair is with me now out of washington. good morning to you. i think he wanted you to see this. i will share this with you were sped they never gave a damn about this when all that was happening, thousands of mexicans being killed with guns from our country. all he wants to do in reality is a suck up the gun lobby, politics at its worst, maybe the media will get it. what about that? >> i traveled to mexico to meet with leaders and to meet with the atf agents mexico who were deceived and denied access to this activity.

this was an undercover activity that specifically cut out our allies in mexico, so if there is culpability, it belongs with the attorney general and these documents if nothing else show he was a certain there was some executive privilege, he withheld a times they documents not related to the cadet privilege as he ever delivered, that is the kind of cover up this attorney general was found for the first time ever in contempt for withholding. bill: why on election they were these handed over? >> least likely day to affect the election. they kept delaying and delaying, even failed to get a federal judge's order more than a month ago and played they needed until november 3, which he gave them. ultimately this has been delayed i more than and half years, it is still just as we have to

seek. when it comes to the family and so many people across the border that were affected by not just the activities, but the lies and coverups by the attorney general staff, we need to continue exploring it. one thing the documents are beginning to show us his attorney general eric holder was directly involved in e-mails. he went as far as to order that his office door be shut the people would know he cleaned it out two days before the no space firing. bill: if he was that involved, what does that tell you now? >> every time he has been before congress he says i only know what i have read in the newspaper, i just found out about it when you did sort of thing. he is back and forth, including e-mails that come from a minority staff that make their

way directly to the attorney general, so this is an example the attorney general was at the heart of this, we will go through 35, 34,000 plus documents given to us the hardest way to read individual files, each one having to be open, we have a staff going through them, we will give the american people the truth. the atf is working under a u.s. attorney that worked with the attorney general. if there is culpability is the attorney general, it is not the atf, per se. we employ people to be the check and balance, in a case of that, dennis burke, u.s. attorney appointed by the president and hould be command it into a responsible. bill: it seems everybody has an

opinion, what are they telling you? >> they tell me there's no opportunity with the support to legislate. we have passed legislation out of the house 180 or so some of them died in the senate. for the first time we can do things like high-tech reform for guestworkers, something that actually adds to our economy. immigration reform that could become law in addition to other valuable legislation. the federal it reform which has made her committee support and died in the senate would have prevented the kind of fiasco we saw with healthcare.gov, so i will fix for the federal bureaucracy, real savings. bill: appreciate your time today. martha: voters in one dallas suburb passing the first ban on hydraulic fracturing in texas despite this it on the largest natural gas reserve in the

country. so why did some residents want this band? clearly a lot of them. >> they spoke in waves in texas where this happening, one heard 23,000 people or so, roughly 270 gas wells scattered throughout the entire community so the process of fracking is used there where water and chemicals originated in the ground to force out the natural gas, but those claim the controversial process spews toxic chemicals into the air, it is noisy and it is a drain on the local water supply, so i have wanted it on the ballot to get it stopped. >> this is a mandate from the people, we say this is our air, water, we live on this land and we're going to take back our town.

>> and they did. overwhelmingly passing the measure, it is scheduled to take effect on december 2, martha. martha: but issues over to been charged in court, isn't it? >> less than 24 hours after the ballots were counted and already a lawsuit coming from the texas oil and gas association filing a motion seeking an injunction to stop enforcement of the band. representing 5000 gas and oil companies his band $700,000 on the pro-fracking campaign. representatives believe it is unconstitutional and in a the agency said a band denies many interest owners the right to gain value from their property despite the public property in favor of developing natural resources. so everybody waits to see how

this plays out in court, martha. martha: thank you very much. bill: love thy neighbor but don't cheat the homeless. cracking down, or is it a crime? martha: and president obama's party losing the senate republicans. rush limbaugh says he thinks there's only one reason that happened. >> they were not elected to compromise, they were not elected to end gridlock, they were elected to stop the policies of barack obama and the democrats 30.

bill: a 90-year-old man in florida arrested for helping the homeless. he has been treating them for years. the city of fort lauderdale passed an ordinance banning public food lines. they were then arrested. >> i served three people at the

time and served the fourth person they said put down that plate right away. bill: they will speak with gretchen they do today on the real story at 2:00 eastern. a town so tough you couldn't even feed the homeless it was that stuff. martha: we will see where that goes pretty democrats lost the senate on tuesday not because voters want less gridlock, this is what he said. >> it is rare a public party ends up with a mandate, and they have won the biggest and perhaps most important mandate a political party has had in the recent era, and it is simple what that mandate is, it is to stop barack obama. martha: joined now with

syndicated radio network host, welcome. let's start with you, is rush right? this is a debate that will take place on the republican side of the fence. >> i think he is right from this standpoint, voters are unhappy with the president, happy with the congress because they see gridlock, but the gridlock is not coming from republicans. 300 bills passed by the house of representatives. they cannot go to the senate because harry reid will not allow anything to even be voted on because they would earn a majority in the senate and end up on president obama's desk. rush is right when he says it is to stop the policies of the president because that is what made him unpopular, made him so toxic he couldn't show up to support democrats running for reelection or four election on tuesday night because his policies are so unpopular.

martha: i want less it respond to this. say nothing gets done. they are tired of nothing getting done, they want to see a compromise so if republicans block, blocks, stop, stop everything they can, are the voters going to look at this and be turned back on them in the 2016 elections being the party of no? >> martha, you read my mind. the party of no has opportunity for two years to be the party of yes. what we see is a pattern when you look at three presidencies with democrats and republicans with two terms around the six years market would seem american people get tired and throw all the bums out whether republican or democrat. i think they're coming much quicker too many action wanting change. they are not happy with the president, clearly, but don't

think this referendum is entirely on the president and quite frank that makes easier on voters who didn't come out, democrats who did not win. both sides not running on issues. it is not so much about the issues, there are unhappy with this president and things not getting done. martha: the economy was the number one issue, more than 70% of them think the country is headed in the wrong direction and leaving a weaker united states of america the next generation. i don't know how anybody can say it wasn't about issues, because it was it >> here is the problem. when leslie says blocks, blocks, blocks, no. take the keystone pipeline, past that throw, force the president hand, that should have been built five years ago. martha: will the president signed the keystone pipeline?

>> we have heard out of the white house that was an area democrats and the president at the dismay of many democrats was opening up to compromise and was looking at that as a possibility because of job creation. the facts are the market is better, unemployment is down, the deficit is down, one of the problems is they were trying so hard to distance themselves from this president with a low approval rating they did not tell the american people the merits of policies the president working with democrats and republicans on that put the economy where we are today. that message was not there. martha: there is a big disconnect between wall street and the american voters in terms of how they feel about the u.s. economy. >> the economy still stinks right now. you cannot say having wall street on steroids is doing anything for the average person who can't find a job and isn't

making the salary he or she made five years ago. >> to say all of this comes down to be a formal cataract, obamacare policies enacted by the president and democrats is disingenuous. you know that. we look at our country historically, economically it is a roller coaster, and quite frankly top economists will say we are on track, back to where we were with better times ahead. we will see that regardless of who is in the white house. martha: we will talk more about that coming up. thank you very much. bill: jon scott is coming up next, good morning. jon: good morning. as martha was just hearing, it could be an interesting couple of years. laying out the vision of the new congress. it does not mesh well with the president. get ready for some fireworks.

in-depth analysis on the way forward and a news conference from >> the house of john boehner in our second hour of "happening now," but that is a couple of hours away. bill: thank you. some of the biggest stars in country music going political. what was said at the award ceremony that has a lot of people talking today. ♪ that's right. it's just that i'm worried about you know "hidden things..." ok, why's that? no hidden fees, from the bank where no branches equals great rates.

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bill: you can thank us for putting that in your head. last night the biggest event in country music. they had a little fun at the expense of democrats, they went political, did they? >> why isn't our government doing something about it? president obama does not care about postpartum take this with disorder. bill: good morning. >> that is a song that will stick in our heads. country music used to get the reputation of sometimes been depressing about like you're dead dog the last night they fall off last b beginning with n analog by brad paisley and carrie underwood who post fun at

just about everyone. calling her the master of disguise. seeing a song in her honor to the tune of dolly parton. >> ♪ quarantine, quarantine ♪ don't ride your bike ♪ don't i infect my man ♪ ♪ quarantine, quarantine ♪ what part of stay inside don't you understand ♪ >> and they said they suffered from postpartum taylor swift disorder that president obama didn't care about saying that is probably why they lost the senate. miranda lambert had a big night winning three awards in addition to the awards she won earlier in

the day for music event of the year. vince gill honored for the second time with the award of excellence after making surprise performance with country great, and later in the show garth brooks made his first cma awards appearance to present entertainer of the year to look bryant. including pop sensation taking the stage with female vocalist of the year. and ariana grande. they did not disappoint last night. they keep it clean. bill: thank you, julie.

martha: coming up, president obama set to meet with congressional leaders at the white house. a big meeting will happen tomorrow, what will happen? we will talk about it when we come back. your customers, our financing. your aspirations, our analytics. your goals, our technology. introducing synchrony financial, bringing new meaning to the word partnership. banking. loyalty. analytics. synchrony financial. enagage with us.

♪ martha: so maybe now that is the strong that will be stuck in your head today, not all about that base, about that base. they say the spice girls hit, wannabe is the world's catch thinkest tune. i beg to differ. they used online interactive game to identify song clips t takes two seconds to recognize wannabe. second catchiest song, mamob number five? are you familiar with that? are you familiar with that?

martha: all about that base is in my head all the time. bill: yesterday it was all about that desk. martha: you might have noticed. bye, everybody. have a great day. we'll see you tomorrow. jon: a new vision from the president and republican leaders in the wake of the midterm elections on tuesday. good morning to you, i'm jon scott. heather: i'm heather nauert, in for jenna lee. we await a briefing from the white house in just a short time, new comments coming in from house speaker john boehner. the president is gearing up to meet with congressional leaders tomorrow at the white house. though he says is willing to work with republicans mr. obama made it clear he will act on immigration with or without them. >> whatever executive actions that i take, will be replaced and supplanted by action