we are back in an hour. "outnumbered" starts now. right now, a brand new session of congress just kicking off with the republicans holding the majority in both chambers for the first time in eight years. the gop is anxious and ready to pass their agenda and get the bills straight to president obama's desk. this is "outnumbered." here with us is jedediah kennedy, and shannon and one lucky guy is former nypd detective beau beetle and he is

"outnumbered." >> i love this show. what a lucky guy i am. >> you are lucky. >> we love having you. >> i am part of the fox family. i have been a contributor for 13 years. >> you have our own little language. a lot of people don't know this. >> if i am running for mayor, which is talk i have to curtail it. >> we are getting ready to the fox dictation and a lot of stories coming from new york city today so we are happy to have you here. but first as the 114th congress opens for business we have drama. john boehner is facing intense opposition in his quest as a third team of speaker of the house. mike emanual is live from the hill with more. >> reporter: first boehner needs to deal with the conservative challenge trying to stop him from being speaker. the speaker elections should be get going forward and three

conservative members said they are willing to challenge boehner. most believe they don't have the votes and allies of boehner are anxious to wrap it up and get to work. >> let's do what the american people elected us to do. we have a strong functional majority in the legislative branch and let's get to work. >> we are 13. people are calling us today, they have been calling us since this morning saying we will support someone other than mr. boehner. we will see the numbers grow. we will go to a second conference. >> reporter: house democrats are are predicting boehner will prevail. once the speaker election is sorted the first order of business is keystone pipeline legislation. an early test to see how much the president is willing to work with congress. the president will hopefully be reaching out. he invited the leadership of

congress to the white house next tuesday and i will be in the meeting to make the case for the keystone xl pipeline and getting the economy moving and people back to work. >> and fox news as confirmed the white house has invited the top 16 leaders of congress to the white house next tuesday for a meeting with president obama. it feels like the first day of school. >> lots of drama. even more than the bachelor lost night. and new video just in. you can see the new sign on senator mitch mcconnell's sign going up reading majority leader. and president obama is reportedly dying up his executive power setting up a potential showdown. they will look to set tougher standards on greenhouse emissions and new overtime rules

and a new series of food safety rules coming from the fda. when asked by greta if he thinks republicans and democrats with join hands and work together rand paul had this to say: >> we will vote vote vote and pass legislation. the only way to figure out the agreement is you have to have votes. if you never have votes and one side puts up what they want and nothing else then nothing gets accomplished. by putting bills forward you will see what the president vetoes and what he doesn't and what the middle ground is. >> can the two sides work together? beau, big republican majority. i am hearing can the republicans work with president obama but isn't the real question can president obama work with the republican majority? >> i see the way the republicans are pulling apart already with

the ultra conservatives. they have to focus on getting control. we have control right now. we don't know if we will in two years. you have to get it done. the supreme court is working on the issue as far as what the obamacare can do. this whole obamacare thing has to be dealt with. not on the conservative side ora moderate but as a group together. we have to utilize the support of the good democratic conservatives also and get them on board and pass things. if we have to overdo a verdict we need two thirds >> i don't see any compromise jedediah. if you look at the conference and caucus on both sides the

republican side is more conservative than ever. on the democratic side, a lot of the moderates lost so they are more liberal. i don't see any room to come together and get a lot done >> i don't either. and i think keystone is interesting. if you see push back from the president right way you know forget. that is bip bipartisan and a lot of democrats are behind it. if he rejects it right out and uses his pens forget it when it comes to regulatory action and obamacare and bigger issues he said he is not budging on >> when i ran for the united states congress back in 1986 i had the republican conservative nomination. but when i got in there i was told would you vote for a three billion -- and i said i will vote for national health care

after the age of 65 because they parents were old. the ultra conservative and the moderates have to come together and get things done in this country. people are frustrated and congress has a 12% rating. >> on fox news sunday, they had the best chance to for republicans to get things done is in the courts. if obama uses his pen do you see the republicans going through the road of lawsuit to get things done? do you think legal action is the best way for republicans to make real points on the board? >> they might think so because of a couple rulings from the supreme court on executive power. any time you get a 9-0 vote from the supreme court you should pay attention. so it is likely they would

understand the lawmakers and thinking between the branches there has to be boundaries. we have the house lawsuit with respect to the affordable care act and the changes they made without going through congress. and there is a lawsuit with 25 states about the immigration executive action he took on friday. they are definitely looking at the courts as a possible way at a shut hill down. >> kennedy, how do you think republicans should handle this? they can anticipate the border security bills and obamacare will be shutdown by the president. the president doesn't care what the public or the polls thing or anyone besides his progressive base. what do you say to the republicans battling this? >> it is all about jobs. and i think that is one thing the gop has gotten right. they have to keep focusing on that. people are upset with

washington. and a lot of constitutionalist within the republican party are not hard-core conservatives but they have been given a mandate by the people that voted them into office and they don't want people spending money and giving them only so much of a head's up on 1600 page regulations. >> all of the regulatory stuff and the regulations so corporations can't do anything. they want to close down coal mines and these are things that have to be debated. regulations are great but they could be restrictive for corporations. >> quickly, let's take it around the couch. there is an election for speaker of the house. but it looks like speaker boehner will hold on to his speakership. should we? >> i think he absolutely will. i would be up for new blood to be honest. i think the conservatives and

libitarians do feel they have been ignored by him. i would be up for someone that gives confidence. we say republicans need to stand together. stand together and move toward what? and that need to be conservative principles in my opinion. >> i think the fact boehner is on notice again -- i hope he doesn't punish the people that put their names forward because they have legit complaints that boehner is spending money we don't have and bowing to the president. >> remember what happened to the people that opposed him previously. >> they should get on make the vote and let's not stagnate it. vote and see if he is going to stay or don't vote. >> and what you were mentioning was a lot of people that didn't support speaker boehner lost their chairmanships. >> they didn't get great assignments.

>> tensions continue to rise between new york city's mayor and the police department. two more officers were shot last night and both in critical condition. this is hours after the mayor called out the professors who turned their back on him. and harvard professors who sported the affordable care act are against it. and should top executives have to reveal what they make compared to the rank and file workers? and head to our website and send us your questions, comments or what topic you want us to talk more about. or if you don't understand one of beau's words we can interept it later for you.

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welcome back to "outnumbered." an uproar over obamacare at one of the most esteemed universities. some of the champions who

advised obama on it are now paying more. they are saying they have to respond to the national trend of rising health care cost. members of the faculty voted down the changes in november but it was too late. one person is saying the out of tax is equivalent to taxing the sick. they supported letters in the beginning supporting the president and now calling it deplorable and regressive and it is a punishment/pay cut. >> they thought it wasn't going to affect them. harvard researchers didn't do their research and realize you are part of the system, too. this happens when we try to reform thing and people say don't take my stuff, it should not affect me. you will see people seeing the cost rise, options decrease,

lose their doctors >> you will see paycuts? am i going to drive over and say excuse me this is a pay cut. >> i have a great idea. why don't they put out a refrend refrendum of people who want to reject obamacare and i bet 80% of people will say get rid of this. >> harvard gets 36 million in an endowment and that is why the professors are saying we are not the average people. and this is in their 2015 enrollment guide some of the price increases are driven by obamacare.

>> this is my favorite story of 2015. and rich lowry had a comment saying who knew karma was a pre-existing condition. and when grouper was talking about the regular voter who knew he was talking about harvar progressives do. they enact laws thinking it will nut affect them. this is supposed to affect the people that don't listen to npr and didn't go to fancy universities. and it comes back and bites them >> so the thing is coming home to roost-itate. >> the rooster is roost. >> we are buying a dictionary on the next commercial. a live look at the dow as we turn to a new rule expect today take affect this week forcing publically traded companies to

expose how many times their high ranking employees make. labor groups are backing the decision saying it will shame the companies into lowering pay for higher ups but others say it will allow them to determine the median salary for emp employees and it could cost millions. they are trying to shame companies into paying the companies. >> and slut shaming companies is not the job of the government. that information exist out there already. they could pull up reports and there is plenty of people sitting at the federal government who are picking their nose who could do this on their own and the only people that should care about this are a shareholders. otherwise it is none of the

government's business. but if they do want to do this i think it would be helpful to tell us about the benefits you get when you help for the government or a private company. or how easy it is to get fired at a private company versus a government company. >> it doesn't require the government to look into the regulations. california is considering legislation that would require companies to have the same public manifesto which is another hand written invitation for the corporations to leave the state. >> you have to present a ratio. they give the example of someone who is making $45,000 versus over 12 million is a 1-268 ratio. and people can tap into that and harnness the anger. >> as being the ceo of a

corporation and many other corporations i am the guy that stays away. i am the guy up at 2:30 worrying about receivables. so i should have no way of having to tell people how much money i am making. i am keeping that company going. if that is a public company they are being wiped out by regulatory stuff. private companies it is no bodies business. if you can find me a good ceo that brings up my market i will pay him anything. and jack walsh said take the 10% on the bottom and fire them so everybody works harder. a ceo is hard to find and when you get a good one he is worth ever dollar. >> when you spend the time crunching the number for the government that is less time on your business. >> the government should stay of out corporations. >> and with everything else i will say this, jedediah and i want you to speak the this

wouldn't you say is the feds monetary policy that is creating this false bubble on wall street and if we had less regulations we will have more wealth. >> less regulation is always a better option. the government doesn't like the ceo's making that kind of monday so are they going to come in and tell you what the ratio should be? is that next? >> they will a bmi for all corporations not just publically traded one and that kills freedom and that is not okay. i am over here. new york city mayor breaking his silence on the thousands of police air forces turning their back on him. and a mayor reappoints a judge

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♪ >> welcome back to "outnumbered." vice president joe biden swearing in senators on capitol hill right now as gop takes control of congress, both houses officers time in eight years. kentucky senator mitch mcconnell, the new senate majority leader. meanwhile, we are a straighting a vote whether house speaker john boehner will keep his job. we'll take you there live of course when that happens. well, tensions are rising here in new york city as a manhunt is underway for suspects in another police shooting. two cops were wounded while responding to a robbery last night. they were part after group of five plain clones officers at the scene. there is no evidence they were specifically targeted.

it is a painful reminder when just two weeks ago when officers were shot to death execution style while shotting in their patrol car. mayor bill place blast is speak first time on officers turning their back on him during the funerals of those officers. >> those individuals who took certain actions these last week, or last two weeks, they were disrespectful to the families involved. that is the bottom line. they were disrespectful to the families that lost their loved one. and i can't understand why anyone would do such a thing in the context like that. >> meanwhile arrests in the city are reportedly way down for the second week in a row. officers arresting then less as half as many people than one year ago and writing 90% fewer summonses. it has some worried a rift with the mayor is a threat to public safety. i'm starting to get worried about this look what happened with the summons. what can bill de blasio do at

this point? and why would he make a comment on police officers turning their backs on him in that way? does he realize that doesn't help matter. >> he disgusts me. i call him mayor big bird. like the guy from "sesame street," a big bird. >> oh. >> he has an idea that this police department needs retraining. that is the first thing. this is the most professional police department in the world. there is over 25 million interactions between police and civilian. out of 25 million interactions last year, there were 5500 civilian complaints, people made against cops. that is .2 of 1% is the complaint against cops. another fact is there was 81 shootings in the course of one year. that means 1 out of 330,000 chances of a cop being involved in a shooting. this is with guys with knives. these are taking action. when this mayor degrades the police department the way they are, and i talk to cops every day, that turning of the back, first i thought it was a bad

idea but now i'm thinking about talking to more cops, they didn't turn their back on the officer, that hero officer that was being buried. they turned their back on big bird, show him don't give any support to the new york city police department, retraining? he should go back to his communist school and get new communist training this police department is the best in the world. people come to us to learn and to make these cops go through retraining because this idiot mayor here, this disgusts all of the cops out there what i speak to and it is a bad atmosphere out there. right now you have the guy with the big gun that shot two of our officers last night yeah, because this mayor came into office against stop and frisk. he wanted to take on the police department. now he is taking on, what i fear, what i fear, is there is going to be resurge of crime in new york. certainly guns are on the up swing. we don't know about it because no one is out there. crimes are they did 300 summons in last month against 8,000

last year. everything is going down. we're going to have a real problem in new york and it is stirring up and i can guaranty you assure as i'm sitting on this couch, 31 people were killed from december 8th till yesterday. 31 people were killed in new york city. they want to throw these statistics around? this is volcano ready to pop and you know what? let our cops do their job. let bill bratton run the police department. big bird go bactigras sy mansion and do whatever you do behind those big high walls thaw built there. i don't know what he does there but he does something in the backyard. >> he can't get out of bed. he is lazy. >> show how tired he looked. >> he is arrogant. i don't know why he is tired because the guy can't get out of bed going according to reports. >> i'm not lazy. i'm just so tired. >> i know where you're going with that. he is also a hypocrite jedediah. you remember protesters when they took to the streets of new york they were chanting, nypd kkk and how did mayor

de blasio react just two weeks ago? he stood up and he lectured police on the first amendment. that the protesters had right to say kkk and nypd. isn't this interesting now, that the police force is exercising their first amendment right but bill de blasio, and i think you're being too kind comparing him to big bird because i like big bird, bill de blasio is getting a taste of his own first amendment medicine. i have a question for you bo? isn't this what de blasio wanted? he didn't want proactive policing. he wanted reactive policing. are the cops waiting for 911 calls to come? >> he wanted this division. if anything, those cops with their respecting that officer at his funeral, they had a right. they did not turn the back on the officer, they turned back on this creep destroying this police deal. i'm from this police department. let bill bratton run the police department. you go run around in circles somewhere else. >> there is much more to this story as we have a new controversy.

mayor bill de blasio reappointing a judge who freed without bail men who allegedly made sickening threats to police. just days after those two officers were gunned down execution-style. see how fox's meagan kelly and bill o'reilly squared off over this. >> i don't think she did the right thing but i think you may being too hard on her and the mayor by extension. he is is a hot mess for other reasons which has been documented. >> a hot mess. want everybody to know that i didn't call the mayor of new york city a hot mess. >> i'm just saying.

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date and had a warrant out for his arrest, days before keeping criminal court judge laura johnson on the bench, said the judge's ruling were in compliance of the letter of the state's laws on bail. the mayor's decision getting this reaction from our own bill o'reilly as only bill o'reilly can do. listen. >> nypd is furious as it should be! judge johnson had to be reappointed to the bench by new year's eve. most of us felt she had no chance, after that outrageous decision! but mayor de blasio did reappoint her! symbolically spitting in the face of his own police department. and de blasio wonders why these men and women are turning their backs on him why they despise him? >> the mayor's decision turning into hot debate between o'reilly and megyn kelly especially regarding no bail for these

guys. the kelly is former litigator but actually agrees with the mayor at this point but doesn't think the judge did the right thing. watch. >> purpose of bail, bill, is only make sure a person shows up. >> that is the theory of it but you know the purpose of bail is to keep bad whom bringings off the street? >> not true. not in new york state. >> you're not sympathetic to de blasio here, are you? you can't be? >> how can i be for him calling him a hot mess at one moment -- >> he reappointed judge. >> i call them as i see him. de blasio has many problems but i don't see reappointment of this judge as one of them. >> cops do. i'll tell you that, the cops do. >> i looked at the bail laws in new york. megyn does have a point some degree. they are a different and bit complex. bail is not pretrial conviction. there is presumption of innocence but this guy skippedded his court appearance. he wasn't a flight risk. he had a warrant out for his arrest? the judge shouldn't have done this. >> as megyn said, within the letter of the law the judge was

correct, this is the way the laws work in the state of new york. this is like a lot of times i have to tell people about supreme court decisions they don't like. as an officer of the court i get when it within the letter of the law and doesn't feel good or meet the common sense test but the judge did within her duties were and judges have discretion and that is something you need to think about in this case. >> no, no, no. we have an environment where we had go officers assassinated the week before. now this guy here is putting our video of shooting cops, the environment, this changes all the rules now, as far as his flight. did he have a job? when you do a bail thing you have to see if he has a job roots in the city. i guaranty you, if you have an open wanter, this guy should have never been let out that's it. the d.a. in brooklyn, the good d.a. in brooklyn wanted $250,000. they knew, this environment right now is a powder keg in new york. by her doing it, it only feed to big bird again.

he reappoints her. now everyone saying we can do whatever we want in this city. she is an idiot. big bird is an idiot for appointing her. the bottom line is the environment is changing. remember the scales of justice the lady with the blindfold? when it goes too much on one side, what happens, you have to equal it out. this was not equaled out. this guy should have been on bail to show an example to people we're not going to allow videos to be put up there with guys shooting cops in police cars through the window. that idiot from maryland, i only don't want to say his name, came to new york because of environment that was here and felt he would kill two cops because of the environment that big bird put in new york city. >> not only this i'm the daughter of a cop. i don't have to like this. i'm just saying technically she got it right but we don't have to like night i think that is what megyn is saying. that is megyn's point. yes, you want to defend the cops especially, i also have family members who have served in law enforcement for years and my

worry is that, you know, aside from the legal subtle at thises of this case i'm not well-versed i'm not an attorney. i don't believe this is overt judicial activism, but i think in grand scheme of things de blasio is winning this, that is what concerns me. >> you do a background on person can make bail. looks to see if he has a job family, roots in the community. certainly if you have a warrant on you that takes it out. i think megyn is wrong on that. if he had an active warrant on him, should have been no bail set. also his roots. did he have a job or source of income? these things come into play for that bail. again for him to return. he didn't return. if you remember, he never went back on his court date. they had to go out and get him. >> traditionally bail you want to keep the person from skipping their court date. you want to keep them around. >> he did skip it. >> he did miss his court date as bo mentioned. there was a warrant for his arrest. this judge has a history of anti-cop decisions.

just a couple weeks before a guy punched a cop in the face in new york city. >> she let him out. >> she let him out. the to bo's point d.a., law enforcement specifically said of the judge 250,000 please do not do this. >> he is very liberal d.a. he is a very liberal d.a. in brooklyn. he is not a big cop trend. >> do you think we would look at this differently if de blasio didn't have a history of this kind of behavior any will not take on megyn kelly. >> we had a guy when i was in the police department when crime was rampant. judge bruce wright. we used to call him cut them loose, bruce. i was in court guy shot five times at the cop and gave him $200 bail. we were outraged, pba d.a., we really went after this guy. his name was bruce wright, god his soul. he was just like this judge. we have to get rid of these garbage cans. >> bill de blasio is anti-cop

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>> more "outnumbered" in just a moment. first so jon scott with second hour of "happening now." jon: we're moments away. new republican controlled senate is now being sworn in. procedural votes are being held as both houses of congress are officially under republican control but there are indications the white house may have a few curveballs to throw. we'll talk with our political panel about the road ahead. another tough day on wall street. the dow is down 150 points right now after falling more than 300 yesterday. stocks continue to take a hit as oil prices continue their plunge. oil now trading below 48 bucks a barrel.

what does it mean for your bottom line? that's ahead. and it is cold. the eastern two thirds of the nation seeing freezing temperatures and know in many places. we'll have an update on "happening now" ahead. andrea. >> thanks, jon. we'll be watching. jon: thank you. >> a battle over the so-called thigh gap. urban outfitters forced by u.k. advertising standards authority to remove this image because the model is too thin. the regulator is calling the image irresponsible for people should aspire to look act r like noticeably underweight model. urban outfitters replaced it with this image. they responded saying it is common practice to use thin models in the underwear industry and they still use skinny models with a thigh gap. >> biggest thigh gap in the world. >> are they offensive? is this something they should be forced to pull down?

>> we don't live in the u.k., thank god but i worry in this country that we're going to have our own advertising standards commission and they will tell us exactly how much, what bmi is acceptable for you know, mass mainstream lingerie ad consumption and you know it, if a woman is a lot larger than you are and looking at underwear ads, the thought well maybe they will be less flattering than i like. however if you look at someone who is live and slim and lean man, i will be looking good when i buy that thong. >> shannon i hate the idea that people hold ads responsible for behavior. so the ad is responsible for my low self-esteem. the ad is responsible for me thing too much or too little s that happening in our culture do you think? >> there is so much victim mentality, if something makes me feel bad in any way it has to be shut down. that is not reality. we have to compete, real life is not you get a pass on everything. i'm not advocating for people being anorexic, when i look

around i don't see a problem with too skinny young people. we have a problem with childhood obesity. there has to be balance somewhere. >> can i jump into this? >> uh-oh. >> pull that sucker down. >> obviously i'm a full-figured guy, you know? my feelings on this thing, they got so much of that photo retouching and what do they call that stuff? >> photoshop. >> photoshopped around, when they show kim kardashian butt. i have seen her in person has more craters than the moon. unmaybe one on left is skinny one, maybe ain't that skinny. they could take the photoshopping thing and cut out some of inner thigh thing. is it real or is it memorex? >> is that issue of photo shop something that problematic. women look at magazines and feel like they should look like, that is not reasonable expectation. none of us do. >> people should know they

photoshop. anyone who can't figure out pictures are heavily retouched needs to have their head examined. >> did you read the complaint? one person, one person in the u.k. complained about this tyranny of the minority. >> could they photoshop my stomach here? can they photoshop -- >> you said it during the commercial break really, when people want to buy underwear they don't want to look at people who are morbidly obese modeling underwear. who cares. no wonder the u.k. is in the dumps. they're monitoring the inches between women's thighs? >> i bought boy shorts from the lena dunham collection they're quite handsome. >> some guys wear the hugger bathing suits. >> banana hammocks. >> you know honestly i like the square ones but some people like them. if you're real skinny you can wear that. but when you're full-figured like me you don't want to wear it. >> i have seen skinny people wearing those.

have you been to the beach recently? >> in europe. >> we won't catch bo dietl in a thong in the hamptons. >> or banana hammock. >> or grape smuggler. >> wow. >> this is fox news alert. right now on the house floor they're going for speaker of the house as current speaker john boehner hopes to hang on to his position. he is facing challenges from a few more conservative members of his party but is expected to emerge victorious. we'll bring you the results of that when they are in.

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the fox news alert. you are looking at the house floor in washington d.c. where there is a vote underway to see if house speaker boehner keeps the title. a number of republican members say he's not conservative enough and we'll challenge him. and we go to texas and a number of them say anyone but boehner. all they have to do is vote for a lejet mate person. they could force a second ball on the. how does that go done. >> if they get the 29 votes and it goes to a second ballot, these members against speaker

boehner have the benefit of saying we heard you and you wanted change and we proved a point. >> what is the percentage? what is the percentage that they need to throw him out? >> if they get to 29 with the full membership. there are people missing and attending governor cuomo's funeral. it depends on how many people. if you vote present that doesn't count on the vote talley. and what do you think will happen to making their stand and say it is on principle. i think they had to. if they got to 29 that would be a statement to send to the establishment and gop in there and say we'll not take it anymore and in a few years, we'll turn the tide and

libertarians and tea party folk. and they will have a greater voice. they will say it would be a huge statement if they got those votes. >> it is a message to the speaker to mitch mcconnell. and that is a younger liberal. they are strict adherrance from the constitution. and he is a cohesive party. >> and look at how it is playing out. we talked about it earlier a number of people set up and didn't vote for boehner knowing he would be vic torous and some of them say it cost them specific assignments and are what do you expect if he is the leader of the caucus and you tonight have his back 100

percent. >> i hope it getting pulled fast like a to the. >> they went to 133 ballots, and we'll keep an eye on it. and more on the vote for speaker, "happening now" starts right now. >> that is our fox news alert at the beginning of this hour. will john boehner hang on to it the gavel as speaker of the house. >> republicans are controlling both chambers and mitch mcconnell is the new majority leader. we are covering all of the news "happening now". >> a brand new congress convenes today. >> i said before if congress fails to live up to his responsibilities, i would act on my own. >> will president obama's vow to take executive action help or hurt him when he deals with the republican house and