room? >> ed, thank you for offering for that job. >> the case of being thin. how does it feel. and we'll go to overtime on the web. "happening now" starts now. a fox news alert and brand new reaction coming in from the justice department to the murders of two new york city police officers. >> the officers were fatally shot in the line of duty. wee are covering the news. >> there is not a systemic problem of hate racism. >> killing of two new york cops putting police on alert. they face a catch 22. plus, as president, i will close guantanamo. the obama adminis

is hell bent on locking the doors. and why the prison the president said inspires terror. >> terrifying moments and a plane flies over a quiet neighborhood. >> you can see the flames outside of the window. >> the lives of 150 on board at risk. >> you can die in an instant. >> and how the quick- thinking pilot was able to save everyone on board. it is all "happening now"! and welcome to our second hour. we are following two developing stories, new york city police officers murdered in cold blood while north korea is making a new threat against the united states. i am jon scott. >> and i am heather in for jenna l lee. two of new york's finest were shot and killed saturday

afternoon. the shooter posted an anti- police message before going on the rampage. and the regime of north korea kim jong-un vowing attacks on our shores after the fbi accused the country of organizing the attack on sony. >> and so specifically what is the threat from north korea? >> reporter: it is not specific but more rhetoric. it was north korea's national defense commission that put out the threat after president obama vowed to respond to the cyber attack on sony. that threat said, our toughest counteraction will be boldly taken against the white house and pentagon and u.s. mainland by far passing the sumetric counteraction declared by obama.

one possible response is putting north korea on the list of states that sponsor terrorism. and they can -- mr. obama called the attack cyber vandalism on saturday or a comment on cnn and the gop, said it deserves a sharper response. >> north korea is a growing problem in the foreseeable. you have a person running that country that is mentally unstable. >> reporter: senator mccain said a lot stronger statement. he said what north korea did should be considered an act of war, jon. >> dan, what about the shooting of new york city, what is the president saying while he is there? >> reporter: the president

hasn't made any public statements at all on camera. but issued a statement and condemned the attack. the officers who serve and protect our communities risk their own safety every single day and they deserve our respect and gratitude every day. i ask people to reject violence and words that it harm and turn to words that heal. and he called new york police commissioner bill bratton and offered condolence. and then later all philadelphia ramsey and reenforced the him for the job police officers do. and today, the attorney general james kohl was asked if the administration ratcheted up the rhetoric and he flatly denied that and saying that the

administration has not done going to foster anti- cop beliefs. >> dan springer out in hawaii where the president is vacations. we want to hear from you, has president obama done enough to improve race relations in america? go to fox news.com/"happening now"now and click on america's ask. >> the washington that the president left will be different than the one he returns to. of course, last week's deal he wants to end sanctions against cuba is only the beginning of an aggressive push by the president to implement his agenda in 2015. we'll bring in tom bevin. tom, hello, where do you think that the president starts in

january? that is a good question. it will be a different environment with the republicans taking control of the senate. the president said in the year end press conference that there is common ground and they did manage to get the budget resolution to keep the government open and that included democrats and republicans coming together in the lame duck session. we'll see if there is actual common ground and compromise found when republicans take control of both chambers. it will be tough going i think. >> tom, is it really common ground? you heard the president say he will work with republicans but you get the sense only if they agree with him. where on earth do they have common ground? >> you are right, heather, up until now, the president's idea of bipartisan ship is i do what

i want and sign the bills and it is great. he was asked about tax reform and free-trade, but beyond that it is going to be tough. republicans are lining up bills. key stone is in the top of the list and republicans will pass it and send it to the president's desk making him sign on or veto those bills. it will be interesting to see. maybe there is tax reform, but tax reform is a complicated issue. it is not like they will get something done immediately. it will take time. there is not a lot of things to quickly get don in terms of bipartisanship. it will be rough going. >> you look at the polls, we have a fox news polls that talk about how people feel about washington and 65 percent according to the recent poll think that the federal government is broken. and so when you come at it at

that point how do you come at that when folks believe that? >> good question. washington has been polarized sense before the president took office. there is a lack of trust. both sides from come to distrust each other and the well is poisoned and will the next congress be an opportunity to start fresh on issues? >> it is hard to see how that will happen. the president has folks, telling him he needs to be more aggressive and take more executive action and that alienates the republicans in congress not only in immigration and marco rubio will take up the fight against doing anything on the the cuba embargo. it is tough to find. that they need to find common ground and trust to be able to work together and pass stuff. it doesn't seem like it is going to be there.

that is probably the story we'll see now that 2016 will kick in. and you have folks inside and outside of the senate. >> it is tough to get things done certainly. >> tom bevin, thank you and merry christmas to you. and in france. police are on high alert after a crazed driver slams his car in a crowd of people. and why authorities think that it might have been an act of terrorism. >> and passengers on board of one flight and the plane loses an engine in midair. and flames are streaming out of the back 911 calls and panic in the skies and witnesses watching on the ground as a southwest plane hits a flock of birds. wait until you hear about people on board. >> a plane hit highway house.

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in more financial terms as opposed to helping the war on terror. >> it does not make sense for us to spend millions of dollars per individual when we have a way of solving the problem that is more consistent with our values. >> is the president placing his political agenda ahead of national security. we'll talk to the senator from new hampshire. good to have you here and spending part of your day with us. what did you think about this? i heard the president talk about opposition to the guantanamo prison and now all of the sudden, it is the expense that is bothering him? >> first of all, it is ridiculous. the people held in guantanamo are dangerous terrorist. he is going to empty guantanamo and impact our national security. they have transferd 22 from

guantanamo and before that, the public reports are they are transported back to their families and they are high risk prisoners. and in fact, there are reports that general campbell our top commandener afghanistan expressed concerns that if you release those individuals they could get back and harm our troops. we are facing a 30 percent suspected reentry rate of those we release. and we are putting ourselves and allies in danger. the cost is a red herring and an excuse he is using and he doesn't have a plan to making sure they don't get back to it battle. >> if it is an excuse he used it more than once. >> i will do everything i can to

close it. it is something continues to inspire jihaddist and extremist the fact that they are held. and it is contrary to our values and it is wildly expensive. we are spending millions for each individual there. >> and so again, all of the sudden, the president is concerned about apparently the expense. would it cost less to hold them in our country? >> here's the issue, first of all, i don't think the american people want the mastermind of 9/11 to come back and to stay in the united states. it is a top grade detention facility and the other issue, we are facing many terrorist challenges around the world and what this administration is doing because they don't want to put other individuals in guantanamo, they have not fully interrogating them. and putting them on ships and

reading them miranda rights. that is a top rate detention facility. we face threats from terrorist. he is doing to the detriment of our national security and 30 percent who are suspected of getting back in the battle and gotten back in the battle against us and what price can we put on the fact that they are secower. and do we want them on american soil? the american people clearly don't. >> in every other war we have held prisoners of war until the war ended. the president doesn't like to call it a war on terror. the geneva convention doesn't cover those people. but they are prisoner ares of

war. >> i think the point is yes, they are enemy combatants because they took up arms against our country and many of them tried to commit terrorist attacks and involved in attacks against us and our allies. they are not common criminals. i was a murder prosecutor. we don't want to capture these individuals and read them miranda rights and they should be held under the law of war and we capture them and interrogate them to find out what they know and find out what they are planning and we make sure we don't have another 9/11 on our soil or allies. >> and the president in the interview a moment ago, these prisoner ares and the presence of guantanamo bay inspires more terrorism, does he think that again, that if we were to lock them up in a facility in this

country, that, that they would be any less inspired toward terrorism? >> i think that argument is absurd. i don't think they would be less inspired unfortunately. what i am worried about, is that the people we are releasing, 30 percent of them have reengaged or suspected of reengaging. and creating future threats against us and our allies and that should be the number one focus of our commander in chief and one of the things i am concerned about. i wrote the president in october. there are reports that some individuals released from guantanamo joined up from isis. i called on the president to have a moratorium on transfers until we can get a better sense of who is joining isis. we are battling isis over there and we release these individuals

and they can get back against us, we have to prevent that and that should be the president's top priority. and not a campaign promise that seems to he is most focused on fulfilling. >> 132 prisoner ares remain nothing git me. and the military released four in the custody of the government of afghanistan and that is a said to be a sign of confidence in the administration of the new president of afghanistan? do you agree that we should trust the afghans to keep an eye on these people? >> it depends on the conditions they were released. the public reports are that they were released back to their families. is there any security? are they in a detention facility in afghanistan or can theyroam freely? in addition to that.

the other thing to keep our eye on is yemen. of the 132 detainees, 84 are from yemen. that is the head quart is of al-qaeda in the araban peninsula. yemen is the wild, wild west. and so the big question is, have they put in sufficient conditions to insure that people will not get back in battle and we'll not face the same terrorist that we released, either our troops or additional acts against our country. >> senator kelly a yotte, thank you for being here. >> and the united states keeping an eye on china's growing military power. and the fallout from the cyber breach could reach a new and dangerous area. what hackers could be targeting.

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birds. witnesses on the ground paint a picture of a terrifying ordeal. many described the plane partually in flames and in distress. one witness said it sounded like a racing car misfiring and sput aring. it rocked the homes and others made these calls. >> a airplane went over my house and it is on fire. >> what is your emergency. >> the plane is on fire. the pilot declared an inflight emergency and able to land it in the airport. it was coming from san antonio, texas and headed to the baltimore. it was carrying 142 passengers and the plane was taken out of service after making the safe landing and the passengers, it

was nerve racking on the ride. one that no one wants to experience. and here's what two passengers said what it felt like and sounded like high in the sky. >> you could tell something was wrong and felt the vibration and the flames outside of the window. there was no control. and you could die in an instant. >> and when it was all over. the plane landed safely and there was a huge applause in the cabin. everyone was very happy to be on the ground safety. that's one of those where they really clap when the plane is on the ground. most people have been on a plane that hit a bird. but notes inially a flock. >> they flow not a live chicken in the plane and they have to

prove that the engine can run. and they hit several geese on the hudson. >> that is too big. >> and new information on china's military capabilities on land and air and sea and the united states weighs its response to north korea's hacking. it is keeping a wary eye on/beijing a powerful ally of north korea. >> hi, there, jennifer. >> in the past, conventional wisdom. north korea hackers are based in china. and the rising rhetoric from the step child of china could lead to miscalculation. >> my biggest concern is that the distance between china and

the united states militarily is closing because of china's development of the power forces and naval and strategy forces and signer and counter space forces. >> reporter: peter brooks helped to author the u.s. and china security review. the conclusion that china conducted the test of a hipper sonic missile vehicle allowing a strike anywhere in the world and able to strike the entire intercontinental united states. we have breaking news, back to you. >> thank you, we'll check back with you, later. >> we are about to take a live look here. jon, you have more on this? >> the mayor of new york de blasio is about to make remarks in the lunchion at the police

athletic league. there is a lot of criticism of the mayor after the assassination of the two police officers sitting in the the squadar having lunch as a assailant walked around the patrol car and killed both officers. it appears that the mayor who is a commanding presence, well over six feet tall, the mayor walked in and not going to make the remarks, when he makes them we'll take you back there live. mayor de blasio who came under a heat. >> back with more in a moment. this is "happening now". you total your brand new car.

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police athletic lunchion. the mayor has been under heat from the police officer. the officers turned their back against the mayor over the weekend. and the officers signed their names to say if i am killed in the line of duty, i do not want the mayor to appear at my funeral. he is taking a lot of heat over the situation on the street protest and others, taking a lot of heat from the members of the department. when he speaks, we'll go back live. >> the current commissioner bill bratton believes that the mayor lost the trust of the police officers here in new york city. it is a big deal. it is the largest city in the united states with crime that is

a major problem. >> the city was cleaned up under the rudy guliani administration and petty crime was taken off of the streets, and rudy is a big hero among the men and women of the blue. >> and mayor de blasio met with the officer ramos' family. they said they forgive the man who shot him. and so a lot going on there and we'll bring you the latest from mayor de blasio when he speaks. >> a french official doesn't believe that there is a terror link in the rampage. a driver yelling a li ak bar nowing down pedestrians in france. the prosecutor said the suspect has a history of severe mental illness. this follows another attack.

and a guy stabbed three police officers in a paris suburb. two of those officers were injured and the attacker was shot and killed in the scene and now the national front party is denouncing the government for minimizing the a islamic part of those attacks. in iraq, the kurds are making. strides. but isis is using snipers and tactics to slow down the kurds. connor powell joins us live from the middle east bureau. >> reporter: jon, a dozen u.s. air strikes and the kurdish fighters pushed the isis militants out of key towns and mountains. this is first major on the field defeat for isis since they swept to power this summer.

the kurdish president said most of the area is under the kurdish control. they have secured a major victory against isis and delivered blows to militants with this offensive. and kurdish fighters control isis strong holds in the syria and iraqi city of mosul. the kurds are cutting off the supply routes for the militants and this is an prnt development in the fight against isis. it is a part of the long- term strategy. there is air support for ground fighters and part of the problem, aside from the kurdish fighters who are pro american and strong warriors, the iraqi forces and forces in syria don't have the reputation and the air strikes are not doing much to help defeat isis. it is part of the problem with

the overall strategy, jon. the kurds are effective because there is a ground force on the the ground. and in syria and in iraqi troops that are disorganized and under resourced, there is not that effectiveness on the ground. and while we are seeing success in the kurdish areas isis controls huge amounts of territory in iraq and syria. >> conner powell joins us live from the middle east news bureau. thank you. >> another fox news alert. singer joe cocher is dead at the age of 70. he is dead. we don't know the cause of but we are getting word of that and bring you new information. and we understand he had lung cancer and been battling that disease. and this fox news alert.

we now know the date that the supreme court will hear the serious legal challenges to obama care. the burwell case, that is the one that suggest that the states which did not set up state exchanges and instead relied on federal health subsidies, would not be eligible. and their citizens would not be eligible for tax relief. shannon bream knows the story better than i do and covers it live from washington. >> reporter: you are doing a nice job. we know the date of the case. it is a second bite at the apple and how it works and what was intended and what was not intended and we'll hear the case march 4th. and we'll cover it here live for folks. but the fact is, the supreme court has to look at the language of the law.

you and i know, and everybody knows it was thousands of pages that came together quickly and house speaker nancy pelosi said you have to pass it to find out what is in it. this is one of those issues. subsidies and tax credits that will help people to afford health care and insurance premiums it only goes in states that set up exchanges. they expect them to set up the exchanges and more than 30 of them did not. we heard from johnathon grubber who was one of the crafters of the law saying in previous speeches and in conversations that he's had. listen, the states don't get the subsidies if their state doesn't set up the exchange. and so what happens, the court will look at this. plain language of the law said one thing and the others say you have tore read it altogether. if the court strikes down the

subsidies, that will affect millions of americans and their insurance will get more expensive and someone who supports obama care said it could be the death spiral for the law. we expect a decision by the end of june. >> doesn't johnathon gruber are the econprofessor, say, if you don't have individual state exchanges, the citizens of those states don't get the subsidies. >> reporter: we saw him on capitol hill and his explanation for that confused a lot of people. it didn't seem to make context. he is making reference to the federal exchange. and that is an option for folks. but the fact is, we have plenty of videotapes of him saying that those subsidies and payments to help people to afford the new

health insurance they are required to have, would go to the states and it is a huge impact on the law. >> it seems like the law is clear the way it is written and we'll see if the supreme court thinks that members of congress can actually read. >> we'll see. >> shannon bream. thank you. >> and there is a moment of silence held in the new york city lunchion. at which the controversial mayor bill de blasio is. he has taken heat for the way he handled race relations and his relationship with the police department. this after the assassination of police officers. "happening now" now, back in a moment. turn the trips you have to take,

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>> no, it was a act of cyber vandalism that was costly and expensive. we take it seriously. and we'll respond. >> and when you destroy economies and impose censorship on the world in especially the united states of america, it's more than vandalism. it is a new form of warfare that we are involved in and we need to react vigorously. >> you got it there two different points of view. from senator john mccain and president obama. the north korea cyber attack on sony pictures. this comes as nuclear operators in south korea say their plant was hacked but no critical data was stolen. it is raising serious questions approximate of the vulnerability of the nuclear plant and other sensitive facility.

and we have president of ross back up.com. when you hear from the companies. how concerned are they? >> most companies are upset. because most malware was undetected. that is a serious problem. we have smaller companies that are worried about this now. >> a lot of people are hiring cyber security experts. how are they testing to make sure their systems are safe? >> they are preparing a better back up plan. when sony came down, they lost their data and brought to their gooe knows and they couldn't get the systems back up and running. the experts have an off account to work with they can work with. >> a completely different system

off site. >> and they will switch. >> how common is that on the fortune 500 companies? >> i am not in touch with that many. but i am sure it is. >> and let me ask you about south korea. a south korea nuclear plant said it was attacked and hacked. and what does that tell us about the safety and security of our installations here in the united states. it is the age of the geek. people can hack. and not 100 percent secure. >> excuse me. we'll have to leave it there because mayor de blasio is making comments. >> yeah, it appears he is ready to speak.

let's listen n. >> hand in hand and expressed powerfully by the work of the police athletic league and that work couldn't happen in neighborhoods all over the city if not for you. i want to thank you for doing the right thing in our city and coming together and move forward. and i have to say bob, i love that story you just told, i love that you kept that quarter for that young girl and you are an honest and good man and it epitomizes the life you have given in service for this city and rule of law and for the healing of people and in service to our nation in world war ii. and i can't think of a man who epitomizes public service and all we hope to be than bob

morganthal. let's thank him again. (applause) >> i want to talk about this organization and the people here and i have to first talk about what is in our hearts and what we are all feeling, but no one is feeling it more than two families today. commissioner bratton and i just came from visiting the family of officer ramos and officer lu. we began that journey with them a few nights ago in the hospital when they experienced the worst possible moment any family could, with no warning, their loved one was gone. their father, their husband, their son, their brother, just one moment and then they were

gone. and commissioner bratton has gone on this mission in many times to console families. it is newer in my life but it is one of the most difficult element in the job we jobs we do is to try to help these families that suffered so wrongly to try to help them in that moment and let them know we will be with them every moment thereafter. ing this city believes in, it is something the nypd believes in. and these families are now our family and we will stand by them they are suffering. they are suffering an unspeakable pain right now. it's impressive when somehow people can put on a brave face, but in the conversations we had, you can tell there's a lot of fear of what the future will hold and we let them know that

we will be there for them, that people such as the good people in this room will be good for them, never forget them, certainly never forget the sacrifice of officer ramos and officer almost ui, who stood for all that is good in this society and we have to understand the attack on them was an attack on all of us. it was an attack on our democracy. it was an attack on our values. it was an attack on every single new yorker and we have to see it as such. this is a lot of pain and it is so hard to make sense of it how one deeply troubled, violent individual could do this to these good families. and i think it's a time for

everyone to take stock, that there are things that unite us, there are things that we hold dear together as new yorkers, as americans, we all see the world through the prism of our own families. it's time for people to take stock of this moment, our first obligation is to respect these families in mourning. first obligation is to stand by them in every way we can. and i call upon everyone to focus on these families and these next days, which so painfully are also a time that we usually think of as one of the high points of the year, a moment of celebration, a moment of faith, a moment of goodness, that they are so deeply scarred by this tragedy. these days, we still have to find that goodness. so i think it's important that regardless of people's

viewpoints, that everyone recognizes a time to step back and just focus on these families. i think it's a time for everyone to put aside political debates, put aside protests, put aside all of the things that we will talk about in due time. but in the coming days, two families prepare for funerals, two families try to think about how to piece their lives back together. that should be our only concern, how do we support them? i would ask that anying orrings that were planning events or gatherings that are about politics and protests, that could be for another day. let's accompany these families on their difficult journey. let's see them through the funerals. then debate can begin again, but until that time, it is our obligation to respect them.

and let's see this attack as an attack not only on all of us as citizens, but an attack on all police and the family of the nypd is feeling this deeply, not just their comrades in arms, two officers, the 84th precinct, but beyond every member of the nypd, every retired member of the nypd of feeling this so deeply. let's respect the family of the nypd as they go through their mourning and take a moment when you see a police officer to thank them, to console them, because it is personal for them. take a moment to con some them as you would one of the members of the families of officer ramos and officer liu. i want to talk about this

organization, because i think in the work you do, there's a message to all of us about where we need to go. my colleagues who spoke before talked about the history. >> so, mayor de blasio is moving on to his scheduled remarks to the police athletic league. this after a rather stunning display over the weekend. on saturday, the mayor appeared a the hospital along with his police commissioner, bill bratton, here in new york city. the hospital where the two officers had been taken after they were assassinated, essentially, in their patrol police officers who were there turned their backs on the mayor, essentially saying he doesn't have our backs. we are not going to pay attention to him. in the meantime, these killings are really reverberating through the new york city police department. mayor -- i'm sorry, members of the leadership of some of the

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carlson starts now. and we kick off this monday's show with a fox news alert. tensions, as you just heard, running high here in new york city as backlash grows over the cold-blooded murder of two police officers. hi, everyone, i'm gretchen carlson. hope odd great weekend. we are here to bring you the real story today. mayor bill de blasio trying to rebuild trust now with new york's police force and the community, addressing the police charity luncheon after those two officers were gunned down in broad daylight simply for wearing the badge. officer raphael ramos and lui shot to death execution style as they sat in their cruiser in brooklyn, new york. the shooter took his own life moments later. he made anti-police threats on social immediate yeah, the attack putting you the rocky relationship between the mayor and the police under the microscope now a f