responses, we appreciate it. finally, this is the boston terrier, goes by santa dog, receiving a quarter million hits on youtube, such a good sport. for all of us here, have a wonderful day. hello, welcome to "america's news headquarters". >> great to be along with you at home. i'm leland vittert. one of the finest killed in the line of duty about a week ago. >> he was a new yorker. he was a new york city police officer. he was -- he is a hero. >> with just ten days to go until the start of a brand-new gop controlled congress, how will president obama deal with the much changed political landscape on capitol hill? we'll have a live report. >> and we'll also have a live report about the officer and

thousands of e-mails just released offering a rare glimpse of jeb bush, what they tell us about thinks leadership style as he makes moves towards a possible 2016 white house run, our political panel will weigh in. >> but first, a somber day here in new york city as friends and family and a sea of blue honor one of their own. an overflow crowd of thousands of police officers from across the country filling this church in queens, joined by vice president joe biden and andrew cuomo and bill de blasio and our dignitaries. can we get the video, please? we're having technical difficulties. all there to pay tribute to officer rafael ramos along with

officer liu killed while sitting in their patrol car. >> reporter: it was a service fit for a hero. thousands of nypd officers lining the streets and cleingin on every word at the funeral service outside of the christ tab knackle church here that meant so much to ramos, a father of two young boys and husband who was here for 14 years at this church, was an usher, volunteered there and was studying to become a pastor. today nypd helicopters flew overhead as they carried out officer ramos's casket. taps playing in the background.

while inside the church vice president joe biden spoke directly to ramos' kids, reiterating they are not alone during this trying time. >> justin and jaden, know that although your father is gone, you have inherited an entire family, the men and women of the new york police department will always be there as long as you are alive. they never -- they never never forget. >> police commissioner bill bratton also speaking honoring officer ramos by making him an honorary department chaplain. he and his partener liu were promoted to detective first grade. >> here we are to remember, remember what it means to take the job, those of us who are privileged to call ourselves

cops. no other profession will give you as much or sometimes take as much. >> officer liu's family was here in solidarity and commissioner bratton said both officers will be partners for all time now, jul julie. >> strong support for nypd in today's speeches as well. just such touching words coming from so many different places. >> reporter: that's exactly right. we have to mention though that outside there were hundreds of police officers, some of them definitely turning their backs on mayor bill de blasio, a sign of tension in the city. inside the funeral service and by and large, it was about reiterating support for nypd. andrew cuomo saying he was impressed by these police officers and calling them the greatest and finest police force in the world saying that in the face of these protests they stood there. >> i frankly was amazed at the

discipline and professionalism that the nypd demonstrated. the nypd protected the right of freedom of speech even though they themselves were target of false and abusive tirades by some. what a beautiful testment to their professionalism. >> reporter: again, he is reiterating the weeks of protest, these nypd officers did exactly what they were supposed to do, be professional. also reiterated that officers and families are really cut from a different breed. vice president joe biden saying these families and officers are different from all of us, sending their loved ones to protect us. officer ramos is being laid to rest as of right now and we can say his badge was on him and shield was taken off before he was taken away to be buried.

his shield number 6335 will be forever retired. >> thank you very much. >> and there was another funeral today for an officer shot and then run over by a fugitive trying to avoid arrest. hundreds of officers attended the service and the streets were lined with people paying resp t respects to the father of six killed last week while responding to a noise complaint. he was a 17-year veteran of the force but started his career actually with the nypd. >> reverend jess j jackson senior leading a rally today as thousands protest the decision by the district attorney not to charge for the death back in april of last year.

hopes to create new legislation requiring additional police training to prevent future tragedy iz. the justice department is investigating possible civil rights charges in the case. >> right now, president obama is on vacation in hawaii enjoying the weather and beach. as we've heard some rounds of golf. when he's back he's facing big battles with the gop. on the agenda, tax reform, climate change, obama care and more. the question for 2015, will the president and republicans finally be able to work together to move the country forward? dan springer, drew the very tough assignment of traveling with the president and live from honolulu. as you're there and talking to white house officials, are you hearing any nods towards compromise as republicans take over the house and senate? >> well, it's safe to say nobody on either side of the political

aisle is expecting -- between the incoming republican controlled senate. some would say a desire to go it alone. his executive action on immigration infuriated republicans and came right after the incoming senate majority leader mitch mcconnell met with president o obama at the white house where they both pledged to find common ground. instead of waiting and working with congress, mr. obama signs a executive action which would grant amnesty up to 5 million illegal immigrants. another area of disagreement is obama care, expect congress to pass laws that chip away at obama care. one is eliminating the tax on medical devices. an area where the president seems poised to work with congress is corporate tax relief, to keep jobs and profit in the u.s. it's complicated issue, big issue, there will be a lot of sticking point but the president

is looking at it and certainly republicans are, free trade is another. bunch of free trade agreements that could potentially be hammered out. again, that's an issue that divides the president's party more so than the republicans so might get a little sticky there. >> the republicans have also said passing the keystone xl pipe line is a major focus for them as they start this new year. they want to pass the bill and get it to the president's desk and see what the president does with it. he has signaled he will veto it. back to you. >> he can probably expect the politics in washington to be slightly rougher that be the surf behind you, dan. dan springer traveling with the president there in hawaii, thanks. >> good one. >> good comparison, i have to say. >> i try. >> he hasn't decided if he's going to run in 2016 but newly released e-mails are shedding light on what kind of president jeb bush might be.

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john paul ii in 1981 has been seen laying flowers at the tomb in st. peters basilica, he received a life prison sentence for the shooting in st. peters square but freed in 2000 after the pope lobbied italian authorities to release him. >> former florida governor jeb bush makes moves towards a presidential run in 2016, there's been a new document dump contained dozens of e-mails. this time it's the pro-democratic research group called american bridge releasing e-mails and they say it sheds new light on how he ran his administration in the sunshine state. peter doocy joins us live from washington. any big revelations? >> there's a fascinating look at the once private e-mails especially responses to questions from constituents a decade ago that are certain to come up again if bush finds

himself on a primary debate stage with other presidential hopefuls like this in 2003 as the iraq war was heating up with his brother as commander in chief. somebody e-mailed the governor, quote, this war will make george w. go down as the worst president in history and you will suffer for that too. well, jeb bush responded with this, i respectfully disagree with you, i think our president is right on track. his speech tonight made our position clear and i'm gratified that 60% of the american public agrees. i truly respect your point of view but don't believe that we are on the wrong track. a few years earlier jeb bush had appointed a gay judge to a circuit court in florida and when somebody e-mailed in a complaint, bush had this to say. i did not know she was openly gay. our team doesn't ask nor should they ask sexual preferences in the interview process. ps, i appreciate your prayers. there are e-mails about bush's health and wrote, bigger suits

make me look thin, i'm really out of shape. i walk to work and homeday. >> jeb bush additionally wrote someone he thought marijuana research has benefits and federal raids that grabbed gonzalez and sent his back to his dad in cuba was both horrible and sickening. >> in the run-up to his announcement, he released all of the e-mails back when he was governor and e-mail wasn't nearly as popular. are they different or did this group go through them and pull these individual ones out? sfwl there are a lot. separated by date. still going through them but these are some headlines so far. >> peter doocy, with the number of e-mails, i think you have

your work cut out for you. >> what does this all mean for 2016? thank you both for coming on today. chris, despite the fact that jeb bush planned on releasing e-mails himself, the pro democratic group american bridge beat him to the punch and posted them on friday. first of all, i don't know if they think they did themselves or democratic party any favors. what was the point of releasing e-mails ahead of bush? >> i think they wanted to basically stop -- the governor from being able to control his own narrative by releasing the e-mails. listen, i think it's really interesting that the governor wanted to put these e-mails -- put aside who put them out first or whatever, the fact he wanted to put them out is a pretty telling sign that he is running for president. you don't do something like this unless you are pretty close to pulling the trigger and i think that's -- >> it goes to show though,

chris, you guys really think he's a contender before he's even announced. he said he's exploring it but for your group this democratic group to release the e-mails before he even decides to, means that you guys really might be running scared. i think jeb bush has a good chance if he throws his hat in the ring. >> chris, you believe that in fact jeb bush was replying to e-mails and constituents with the mindset that eventually it's going to win him a presidency, even in 2000 when he was defending his brother for going into iraq and the war? you believe that he hadal tear yor motives in defending his brother's stance? is that a bit far-fetched? >> i don't know if it's far fetched. he clearly had presidential ambitions for a long period of time. i'm not surprised by that. i think the biggest problem of the e-mails, not so much -- he's going to have problems with

democrats and moderates for obvious reasons, the biggest problem he's going to have which we've seen again with conservatives that e-mails and issue of immigration and issue of education, i mean, he has got a real problem on the right and i'm not sure how he gets past that in a republican primary. don't worry, in terms of democrats being afraid of jeb bush, we're not afraid of jeb bush. the republicans have their own problem with jeb bush. >> chris, this represents true transparency, something president obama ran on and honesty. he was intimate with his constituents and respectfully disagreed with them and explained why. he can make a strong stand and shows leadership. and that's what we need today. i think that jeb bush throwing his hat in the ring will not divide the republican party. there was a poster out, julie, that president george w. bush

had, miss me yet? yes, because they showed true leadership and we have a president now -- >> you bring up immigration and that is a devicive issue, bush became a major advocate for immigration reform, his wife was mexican, lived in the state of florida, many cubans that live in the southern part of the state. kept getting re-elected. it's a republican state. that says a lot especially to those legal immigrants voting for him that clearly stand strong about illegal immigration in this country and they are here the way it should happen, they wait in line and get visas and become citizens if they choose or if they are granted that -- i don't necessarily think -- is going to be the issue that brings him down. >> here's the important distinction. it's one thing to be the governor of florida and have a position on comprehensive immigration reform. it's another thing to run for president and have to go through

a very conservative set of primary states beginning with iowa, new hampshire, south carolina and have to defend those positions. it is going to be an incredibly difficult position for jeb bush to defend. listen, it's not because i disagree with it. i believe we should have comprehensive immigration reform obviously but most republicans especially in those early primary states are not going to be supportive of that. >> would we rather have the primary that we had in the past where newt gingrich went after mitt romney and democrats used our own words against us. i believe republicans have learned a lesson and will pick one contender and get behind him 100%. >> angela mentioned transparency, i would like to say approachability, that is something that most in washington don't seem to exyou'd, not a quality that we have seen in many presidents past. but jeb bush has a approachability. what elected official takes time

to respond to probably more than 250,000 e-mails of concerned citizens. during terry schiavo came through and showed support for parents who did not want the feeding tube removed. he was in constant contact with the family, the father and mother who desperately wanted to keep her alive. he showed compassion and approachability. and he showed a quality that quite frankly i think the democratic group that released these is going to regret releasing them. it makes the democratic party look like they are out to get a good guy. >> i think there's one thing to be approachable and there's another thing in terms of what the positions that you have on certain issues. when the governor goes out there and defends, for example, the foremaner president on iraq, that is going to be a serious problem if he becomes the nominee. his -- >> i don't think so.

>> his other positions that are clearly conservative and from my perspective very conservative are going to become a serious problem if he becomes the nominee. but to be honest, i think it's all a debate. i don't see how he gets past a republican primary that's never going to believe he's conservative enough -- >> the tea party represents the whole republican party? >> i didn't say that. >> well, most liberals like to say that. we are a -- i believe we're all going to come together behind one -- >> angela, even you have to admit that the governor will have a serious problem trying to get the nomination. >> i don't think so. >> we'll have to end it here as much as i would love this debate to continue. thank you both for talking to us. >> thanks, julie. >> thank you. time for a quick check on weather. i'll try to get you through it. cold air is expected to return

to much of the country bringing some snow. you see the snow there. we're watching a winter storm and this is the storm that is expected to bring a foot of heavy snow to the northwestern mountains by boise and billings and seattle. this is the scene in denver right now. people there definitely saw a white christmas with the third highest snowfall there since 1882 during christmas and overseas not so welcome snow and heavy rain along with extreme cold is hitting much of great britain, making many of the roads impassable for holiday travel. >> julie? >> new numbers showing how many soldiers deserted the army since 2006 and how few have actually been prosecuted. reaction from bob scales coming up and thousands saying a final farewell to one of new york city's finest. nypd commissioner bill bratton among the leaders who spoke at the funeral for police officer

rafael ramos. >> no other profession will give you as much or sometimes take as much. it can reward you like no other but one day might demand from you everything in return. for the ramos family, today is that day.

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news, thousands gathered to say a final farewell to one of new york city's finest. a funeral held today for officer rafael ramos at christ tab knack knackle church. vice president joe biden came today to speak saying he didn't know ramos but he knows the kind of man he was. >> a brother who always looked out for his sister, a father -- a father whose words were always encouraging to you boys with a touch that could soothe away the fear. and a son who made his mother proud every time he turned and smiled at her and a husband with a gentle hand. >> there were not a lot of dry airs in new york city today. funeral plans for the other

officer killed, officer liu, have yet to be announced. very few soldiers have actually been prosecuted for walking away, no decision whether to court-martial bowe bergdahl in 2009. a move that led to a controversial prisoner swap with the taliban earlier this year. molly has more. >> the bowe bergdahl has drawn attention to the issue of army desertions and what happens to soldiers who leave their unit. the army confirmed to fox more than 20,000 soldiers deserted during the years 2006 to 2014. keep in mind those numbers are less than 1% of the number of active duty soldiers each year. over the past 13 years the army has only prosecuted about 1900 deserters. military analysts say that's because usually soldiers desert

for family reasons and not to go to the enemy. the military can often find the deserter quickly and sort out problems without a court-martial, wlz it bowe bergdahl who left his unit in afghanistan in 2009 and captured and held by the taliban for five years will face a court-martial is up in the head of the u.s. army forces command. one former army lawyer says there can be special circumstances that factor into how the army deals with deserters. quote, a lot of deserters suffer from ptsd or other mental health issues or they were on their second or third deployment. when it comes to leaving a post in a combat zone, he says, quote, those are looked at very harshly because commanders have a unit of other people looking at that soldier and saying, i don't want to go either. obviously there has to be an example made. sergeant bergdahl was released by the taliban earlier this year in exchange for five top taliban

commanders being held at gitmo. julie? >> thank you so much. >> for more on this, let's bring in major general bob scales retired from the u.s. army and fox news military analyst. >> good seeing you. >> someone who is not a military man, you see these numbers since 2006, 20,000 soldiers have dropped out of the ranks, only 1900 have been prosecuted. it sounds pretty bad. is there something we're missing here? >> i think there is, i think molly put it pretty well. desertion in times of peace -- strange to say we're not in war even though we are in war, desertion is not the same thing as leaving your post in the face of the enemy, which during war time is punishable by death. most deserters leave for reasons

unrelated to combat, they have an argument with their commanding officer, they are financially strapped so they desert their post at ft. hood or ft. benning and go on the lam for a period of time. most come back to the unit -- >> getting soft though? should they prosecute people and make an example out of them? >> if they walk away from their post, and for reasons other than cowardess in the face of the enemy, the army has ways to dismiss and punish soldiers without court-martial. they can be administratively discharged and can be tainted by that for the rest of their life. you don't have to take a soldier to court-martial to punish him for desertion. >> the big case of desertion that a lot of folks have been talking about and thinking about in the grander scale is bowe bergdahl, the army thinks he walks from his post, he ended up

in the hands of the taliban and had to trade prisoners to get him back. the report is finished but the public has not seen it yet. do you get the sense by these numbers coming out and this discussion happening the army is setting the precedent that we don't have to prosecute bergdahl clearly, somebody wh away from a combat post? >> great question. leland, i've been in the business many years and usually get a whispering of something that's going to come well ahead of time. this one is completely dark. jennifer griffin, we've all tried to look underneath the tent flap on this and we got nothing. that suggests to me that the results of this investigation are not going to be good public relations for the army. look, real quick, this is not about the law. this isn't about somebody who's being prosecuted or not prosecuted. this is about soldiership, we

have a band of brothers effect, willing to die for his buddy and buddy is willing to die for him. when a soldier in combat walks from his post, guys who have been in combat, who know how sacred that band of brothers effect is are deeply, deeply hurt by what he did. he goes to jail or doesn't go to jail, that is diminished by the fact that he's abandoned his buddies in the face of the enemy and forced his buddies to go out and risk their lives to retrieve him and for me that is unforgivable. >> clearly your emotions are echoed by so many -- in a serious way as we saw that came out when the berg daul swap happened. there was so much anger. you point you don't the last time a soldier was executed for cowardess and desertion, in 1944. all right, general bob scales, thanks for being with us. >> thank you, leland.

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this christmas week was another big week for stocks and your 401(k) with the dow rising 23 points on friday to once again over the 18,000 mark. s&p 500 had also posting a record high. the markets were fueled by rosy headlines and strong economic growth and plunging gas prices, all really good things. how long can we expect the wall street rally to last? let's ask dominic, president of diversified financial consultants. it's interesting when you hear about things that sound so good but yet a lot of polls come out and majority of americans say they rate the economy as poor. where is the disconnect? >> the disconnect is that not all people are -- certainly all americans are participating in the recovery the same way. there's 48 million below the

poverty line. i guarantee you they don't care what the stock market did. if you're not anticipating this recovery, it looks dire to you. >> for sure, let's go through some of the metrics here, unemployment, for example, has crashed. a lot of people will tell you unemployment rate has come down but there's a lot of people who have given up trying to find employment, therefore it doesn't matter. there's been a lot of debate over whether low falling gas prices actually helps the economy or perhaps hurts the economy because fracking businesses and those kind of things that have gone into this. >> on the unemployment number, we're seeing a low for the obama administration, but the quality of the jobs created tend to be lower paid, maybe even minimum wage type jobs and lower oil prices are helping everybody. that's going to be a big boost for the economy in 2015, putting money back into people's pocket. but if you ask somebody across from the george washington bridge, they just took the money out of the pocket. >> it's all about perspective.

>> speaking of perspective, one thing the president talked about a lot and rumored for state of the union address is it trying to address the issue of the middle class income equality, trying to bring up middle class, all of the people not invested in the stock market. that something you can legs late, can the house and senate get together and say we're going to raise everybody up or do we need to let the free market take care of trying to bring everyone long along and participate in the recovery? >> congress and president get involved and they can raise the minimum wage and that's going to help a small portion of the working population. in fact it might eliminate some jobs. it might help some employer go, i'm going to make a decision not to hire somebody because i can't afford to pay them. you have to let the free markets here get involved, job creation has to start really with the small business owner who can create a company out of nothing and really create wealth. it's about helping the economy grow as opposed to legislating

what you're going to pay somebody. the other issue out there that we discussed a lot. how the rest of the world affects the united states. things in the u.s. are going very well but you look at russia's economy on the verge of collapse, we hear about europe and asia and china, are these kind of things that people really need to be worried about over the next two years or are we in a 90s-esque boom time? >> i think this is one of the things that people are really missing. looking at our own economy, gas prices are low and job creation is good and economy is booming, 5% gdp growth. what happens in china and russia affects us and in africa. we saw it with ebola, can affect us. these things outside of our scope, outside of our country understand that they can economically affect us. europe is our largest trading partner and china is the second largest. their economy is not working --

>> certainly has the ability to affect all of us back at home as 401(k)s are so dependent on the metrics to your point overseas. dominic, we began the segment asking if everything is really awesome, pretty awesome but wait a few days. >> things are pretty good and we said that all year long. 2015 has the prospect of being a good year. things could affect us that maybe we're not looking at it. >> always good to be careful and listen to the experts. take care. >> you guys, texting, scanning social media and the internet, i'm guilty of all of the above. that's what more americans are doing more than ever before thanks to record smartphone use. researchers say it's actually good for your brain.

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american adults owning a smartphone these days, researchers in switzerland have found that those who use devices have higher brain activity than those who use old style cell phones. let's talk about it with dr. nina radcliffe. if anyone has been around me more than two seconds they know i'm a mad texter. i use my thumbs and others use fingers but i've never imagined in a world smartphone of technology this is actually helping my brain. how in the world is it helping my brain? >> itaking us smarter. every part of our body from head to toe has a corresponding or december designated area in the brain. our nerves and fingers send back signals at the speed of sound to process in that particular area. >> i tend to use my iphone most at night while i'm in bed. i did all of my christmas shopping that way.

my best friend did the same and we have until this day, you would think we were 16 years old, stay up all night long, sometimes until 3:00 or 4:00 in the morning texting each other. only time we have time to communicate, it's like a sickness. >> night time texting not so smart. >> correct. >> everything in moderation may be good. we may be using phones to make us smarter but when we overuse something, even our phones, this can be a problem, when you're using it at night, the lights from the screen can affect the way we sleep. >> i absolutely dim it to the lowest setting. >> it still makes a difference, that's enough to depress our levels of melatonin, if you leave it on by accident, and get a text, moderation is key. you bring up a great point with that. >> some text with their thumbs, i text with my thumbs and lore in a texts with her fingers. is this a difference? does your brain react differently depending on which

digits you're using. >> what they said your thumb and index finger or pinky, that will correspond -- >> who texts with their pinky? >> not me. people are starting to >> we'll see a whole new generation of people growing up with this. my 3-year-old knows how to unlock it and go to her favorite song, let it go from frozen. we're looking at the whole new generation, my concern for younger kids, will they lose their ability to communicate and build -- >> how does the future mold out

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this week, from the republican midterm sweep and president obama's rule by regulation, to the rise of islamic state and decline of america's global influence, we'll look back at the biggest stories of 2014. and from an embattled washington bureaucrat to silicon valley ceo, our panel's pick for the winners and losers of the year. ♪ >> welcome to the special edition of "the journal editorial report", our look back at the biggest stories of 2014. i'm paul gigot and joining our final panel is wall street