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>> we start with a fox news alert. democrats reacting to benjamin netanyahu's strong warning about iran to the the u.s. congress. >> and the invitation to the israeli prime minister that left the obama administration out of the loop. >> the remarkable a liiance between israel and the united states is always been above politics and will always remain above politics. >> a defineing moment for america and israel. israel's regime poses a great threat not only to israel, but the peace for the entire world. >> raising the stakes with iran. and the reaction to the prime minister's controversial speech
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to congress. >> i believe in transparency. >> but now hillary clinton facing scrutiny. >> i believe in taking responsibility. snr for using a personal e-mail account for state department business. did she break the law or put national security at risk? >> and foreign mothers to be paying big money to have their babies in america. >> it is it citizenship for sale. >> it is a bombing trade. >> fox news exclusive and cracking down on birth tourism. it is all "happening now". >> but we begin with this histor aric day in washington. the prime minister of israel addressing a joint meeting of congress and delivering a clear warning to law makers that a nuclear iran would not only threaten israel but the whole world. welcome to "happening now". i am jon scott. >> and i am jamie colby in for
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jenna lee. the prime minister of israel urged the world to stand up to iran and not love them with the ability to create a nuclear weapon. >> this deal has two major concessions. one leaving iran with a vast nuclear program and two lifting that restriction in a decade. that's why this deal is so bad. it doesn't block iran's path to the bomb. it paves iran's path to the bomb. >> it didn't take long, and that speech got scathing response from the democrats. house minority leader nancy pelosi calling it an insult to the intelligence of the united states. and edhenry is joining me now. ed scathing is right? >> reporter: i am shocked,
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shocked that politicians in washington are accusing anyone of political theater. leader pelosi put out a statement that she was near tears in the speech and saddened by what she was saying and she clearly thought it got too political and people inside of the chamber said that nancy pelosi looked disstressed throughout the speech and white house aides, watching from here said there was nothing new here. they had attacked the prime minister and saying that the entire trip was destructive to the u.s.- israeli relationship and interesting that the prime minister eviscerated the president's proposed deal with iran over the nuclear program. and earlier in the speech the prime minister tried to extend an olive brafrp and thank president obama. >> what the president has done for israel might never be known
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because it touches on the the sensitive and strattic issues that arise between the american president and israeli prime minister. i know it and i will always be grateful fo to president obama for that support. >> he was talking about private conversations with the president and noting that the iron dome program to help defend israel was funded through people here under the capitol dome and trying to thank americans for their help in defending israel. remember last night in the a ipa c conference said they wanted to work out differences in the like and also last night bob mendennedez suggested that the administration will have a difficult time if they try to go around congress and implement
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the deal. >> when it comes to defending the u.s./israel relationship i am not intimidated by anyone. not israel's political enemies and the not my political friends when i believe they are wrong. >> reporter: a top democrat said he will not be intimidated by the president. we heard reports and maybe the president will use executive action and try to block congress from implementing new sanctions. we'll get reaction when josh earnest has the daily briefing. interesting, where was the president in the remark. the white house added a teleconference at the same hour that the the prime minister was speaking to speak to uk and other places in ukraine. they tried to add additional business to explain why he would not watch the speech. >> thank you, ed, henry live in
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the white house. >> we are joined by peter baker. we just heard the president was not watching and we know the vice-president boycotted the speech. what are they saying in the white house? they had to have a bunch of people keeping an eye and ear on this. >> they will tell you they heard it before. this is netanyahu's argument for the last fewer weeks. and he put it on a high profile. and the law makers have a serious interest for this. and they are trying to get out the counter argument. and yes, this deal that they are working on may or may not be resolved and if it is, it will not be perfect. it is better than what netanyahu is offering and is not an alternative. he is making demands that they say are unattenable and better to have a 10-year deal rather
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than a no deal. and dynamics are really important here and i think that what prime minister netanyahu is bolstered the republicans who are skeptical of president obama's foreign policy and will make it hard for him to sell a deal. >> the dynamics and theatrics are there. the applause suggested a lot of american support for the prime minister's position. >> he is a talented politician. obviously he spent time in american schools and he speaks terrific english and he has a natural connection to an audience like that. and i think that for republicans looking for a voice to articulate their critique of president obama's foreign policy, netanyahu provided a compelling case.
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democrats don't see it that way. they were agitated by the prime minister's speech and found it too harsh for him to come and make that kind of address. >> we'll speakth a jewish member that boycoted the speech and hear what he had to say about it. i want to change topics briefly. we are learning that the hillary clinton used a personal e-mail account to conduct official business in the the department of state. many of those e-mails may not be recovered for record- keeping as the law requires. how big of a deal is this, peter? >> it is an important issue. she turned over 55000 e-mails when the state department came around. and what is in those 55000 e-mails and hadn't been recorded and was she doing business with foreign dignataries with the
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e-mails and were these e-mails secure. if you are using a private account. the federal government has rules about what a government official is to do with the e-mails and that's what she will be questioned about. >> good of you to spend time with us today. i am sure you are on a deadline at the new york times after that speech. >> great talking to you. >> former cia director david petraeus pled guilty to one count of mishandling classified materials. there was revelations that the former top general had an affair with his top biograpper. and today the justice department filed the brief in court. catherine harris has more. >> reporter: thank you, jamie and good afternoon. according to the newly filed court documents, the retired general documented his schedule and classified and unclassified
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notes and meetings and briefings. it is the kind of personal material that you need for an autobiogravy. petraeus admits he was wrong to share those notebooks with paula broad well. hand delivering them in a home where she was work nothing a residence that was not approved for a storage of classified information. in october of 2012, then cia director david petraeus was interviewed and he lied to fbi agents saying he had never supplied classified information to the bigrapier. and the they were in all respects knowing and deliberate and not committed by mistake or accident or other innocent reason. a leading house republican questioned why the case dragged on for three years and now court
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documents showed significant evidence one month after the benghazi terrorist attack and two weeks before he was forced to resign by the administration. >> i worry that it is all drin by politics. it was supposed to be the information on his computer. and it has gone on for years and they have blown through other investigations in a thorough manner and yet david petraeus is left out there dangling. >> fox news reported on the open fbi investigation over a year ago and now the plea agreement includes po two years of proscombagz a fine of $40,000. but lying to federal agents is a serious offense and the plea agreement allows for much less punishment if you will jamie. >> thank you, catherine. more on the bombshell of
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hillary clinton report and regarding her lack of official e-mail account as secretary of state and the capitol hill show down over the funding of the homeland security. house speaker john boehner may be backing down over the fight of the immigration orders. reaction is pouring in to the israeli prime minister's netanyahu's historic speech. a top law maker who has grave reservation in negotiating with iran. >> if iran is left unchecked more will surely follow. at a time when many hope that iran will join the community of nations. iran is busy gobbling up the nations.
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israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu telling members of congress that a nuclear deal with iran, any deal would will threaten israel's existence as iran promotes terrorism on five continents. and now we have a law maker that met with netanyahu. chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. congressman thank you for taking time for us. >> thank you. >> it was a powerful speech. we just heard about how nancy pelosi was seemingly distraught over it. you think that the democrats were desstraight for political reasons or the context of what benjamin netanyahu delivered and what ever dealings going on with secretary of state john kerry could danger israel as a nation. >> we did exactly the same type of negotiating tactic with north
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korea. 20 years ago with a north korea agreement. and we did not get the verification in that agreement. and as a consequence of north korea's action. they have icbm program and nuclear weapons and this is the worry that the prime minister spoke to us about today. if we don't get the verification in this agreement and the points that the a ean is making about what is necessary to really stop not only the nuclear program but to have this thing expire in ten years and treated like the netherlands when they have a full- blown nuclear program? >> who picked ten years. >> that's what the iranians are pushing in the negotiation. but in the last session of congress, i and my ranking member of my committee elliott daniel had legislation to give the a yatollah a choice.
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it was a sanctions bill that was developed. and that would have given a choice between economic collapse for his system or compromise on the nuclear program. it passed 4020 -- 402 votes. and harry reid would not allow. it >> congressman, i am so curious about this. if iran doesn't pay attention to sanctions and they have been hurt by the sanctions and you have worked in the sanction area can we have any confidence that if a deal is raised and comes together that they would abide by that? one of the things that the prime minister brought up inspectors have gone over and looked for facilities and often haven't found all of them. would we get any assurance that
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we know what is going on over there? >> not the way this is written. but with south africa some years ago. south africa had the bomb and we passed legislation. and our government couldn't have waited or lasted ten days was the exact quite before economic collapse and that's why we had to start negotiating to give back the atomic weapon to the iean and prove from apartheid to a system of elections. what we should be pushing for is support for the two-thirds of the population that want a western style of democracy without theocrazy. we should broadcast the way we did under the reagan administration did in the the soviet and ratchet up that opposition. >> dow get the sense congressman, that israel is poised to do what they may need
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to do on their own? did you get that sense today? >> israel is sharing with us the fact that it is a national security threat to us but it is their survival that is at threat. it is a credible argument for them to make. a yatolla is saying death to the great satan, that is us and death to the little satan. israel. they have moved rockets and missiles to hesbollah up on the border with israel. i was in hyffa when it was besieged and those rockets that the iranians had supplied. yes, for israel. it is a threat to their existence and so it is cred i believe that they may try to take action. what is incredible that we would take off of the table in the
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last session the types of sessions that could have imploded the regime in iran. this makes no sense. >> we'll have perspective from the democrat in the show. and thank you congressman, for giving your thoughts today. >> we mentioned that the president did not watch prime minister netanyahu's speech and the white house didn't send a representative to watch that speech. what does it mean for are the relations between the president and netanyahu in the future strong tie its between the the two nations. and fox news goes on a ride a long on a crack down on a so- called birth tourism.
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away from the table and this often happens in the persian bizafrment call their bluchlt they will be back because they need the deal a lot more than you do. (applause) >> israeli prime minister netanyahu telling congress in no uncertain terms that the nuclear deal on the table with iran is a bad deal and saying that the administration efforts to curb the program will fall short. jim walch is a international expert. and mi t securities studies program. and daniel putka here in the american enterprise institute. welcome to you. jim to you first. the prime minister laid out in clear detail his views of iran and its nuclear ambitions and the other way the nations
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intended to counter them. did he get that wrong? >> he got a lot of it wrong. and some of it is at variance with what mosad is telling them. iran is on the not on the verge of nuclear weapons. we heard the same speech when he delivered it with the joint plan of action. the sky was going to fall and appeasement to hitler. hewrong. and the weakest part of the speech was not mischaracterization of the agreement and said they are jihadiist and terrorist and hitler and the answer it to negotiate a better agreement. and that doesn't add up. you walk away from the table. iran went from 164 enter deteriorate refuges to 20000. that is why the agreement is useful. it reigns in the program. >> danielle, if the world has
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options to reign in iran's ambitions. why not continue to keep them in that vice? >> the problem is that the sanctions in many ways have been lifted and turning that around is going to be be hard. the iranians have couped billions in revenues in new contract and oil sales since the president began the talks with iran. that is part of the challenge and they think that the momentum is on their side and they see the pressure on their side and that's what is the case. >> sticking with you a moment, danielle, do you see it differently in the terms of the content in the netanyahu's speech. >> he did a depend job. there is always a fight if iran is a year or so away from a nuclear weapon. it is not normal that people
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particularly for partisan reasons want to take the side of the president on this, the larger challenge here we are leaving the decision to iran whether they break out with 1 or 5 or 10. and that was the most powerful thing that the prime minister said. this paves a way to a iranian's nuclear case capacity. >> isn't it the case jim if iran builds a nuclear weapon many other countries will do so. the saudis? >> that is a possibility. that is a cascade affect. it is not as strong as you suggest. it doesn't matter. the u.s. doesn't want iran to have a nuclear weapon and i don't want it and israel doesn't want it. the question is how you achieve that. if there is no agreement it is
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unconstrained and all of those inspectors under the agreement we have, that goes away and the congress kills the agreement then our sanctions regime is in worst shape because we will get blamed for the collapse of the talks. we all agree we don't want iran to have a nuclear weapon. and a poll coming out from the university of maryland said 60 percent of americans think diplomatic agreement is the way to go. >> and the question is will iran uphold that end of it. i would love to talk to you all afternoon. thank you, both. >> thanks. >> i would too that was great. the obama administration choosing not to it send representatives to prime minister netanyahu's address to congress and many democrats chose to sit it out. and the congressman speech including kentucky's
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business doug has more. >> reporter: hillary clinton and state department are trying to put a good face. but the state department had access to e-mails between her and the department officials with state.gov. >> she used her private e-mail for all e-mail correspondence while secretary of state. and in a separate statement a spokesman for mrs. clinton, she had every expectation that they would be retained. but the new york times notes this about the clinton spokesman's statement. he declined to answer e-mails that mrs. clinton may have sent to foreign leaders or people
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outside of the state department. that looms large over recent controversy over the foreign contributions. this is not sitting well with the political opponents who may face her in the 2016 campaign. >> there is a pattern of nontransparency that is a concern for most people. >> transparency matters. and unclassified hillary clinton e-mails should be released. you can see mine here at jebbushe-mails.com. cherylat kinson wrote that hillary clinton's confidants gathered in the basement to separate damaging information surrounding the terrorist attacks in benghazi.
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we may be visiting that again. jamie back to you. >> thank you. >> a great many democrats chose not to attend prime minister netanyahu's speech to congress. and that created a dilemma for jewish democrats. show support for the white house in a boycott or risk angerring their jewish constitents. >> the congressman of kentucky is here to tell us why he chose to stay away. you wrote 16 paragrap hs. >> i didn't want to be a prop in the netanyahu campaign commercial. i didn't know what we would have learned that i didn't know. i don't think my presence in the speech is what we ought to discuss. it is about the appropriateness of prime minister netanyahu's
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speaking before congress and delivering a political message and aimed at his own political dilemma and not moving the iranian nuclear situation in a way that is productive. again, i don't think whether i went or not is relevant. there is a lot of joint sessions of congress that i don't attend. i was in my office with a ipa c members watch tchlth >> it was a matter of national security and the prime minister made a forceful case for israel, the problem that israel will face if we get a bad agreement and made a case for not trusting the iranians? >> again he didn't tell us anything we don't know. we know that the iranian government has a history of supporting terrorism and we know they are deceitful and we know that a nuclear iran is unaccept
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isable and poses a danger to israel will and the world. we have differing opinions on how to combat that. what i objected to was the fact that he pulled out the dick cheney playbook and made statements that are unsupportable and sounds like this agreement that doesn't exist yet, it would pave the way to a bomb and nuclear war is inevitable and they are again fear mongering tactics that don't advance the dialog. and i knew he would do that and i objected to the the speech. >> give us an example of areas where you think that he is absolutely wrong. you don't know what might result if this agreement is discipline? >> neither does he but he said it with certainty it would pave the way to a bomb and lead to nuclear war.
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ly said and was wrong after the duration of 10-15 years that there will be no restrictions on iran's nuclear program. that is not right at all. the white house said the inspection regimes regardless of the deal would endure beyond that and they are subject to the nuclear nonproliferation agreement. and it is not true the restrictions end o'hthe program. >> he pointed out that israel lives in a rough neighborhood. take a look at the list of its neighbors and countries. libya, and iraq and yemen and iran, which of those countries, congressman can you say things are better than six years ago when the president took office? >> right now, israel and the region is safer with regard to a nuclear program in iran because they degraded the
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program and froze the program in place. but beyond that again, we understand the threats to israel. everybody appreciates that and very sensitive and eph athetic. we didn't are hear from him what he considers as alternative. he wants a perfect deal. we said there is a possibility of a acceptable deal that freezes the nuclear program of iran and make israel and the region safer and hope that the president will reach that agreement. if not and he doesn't then we have all options available to us. ratcheting up sanctions and ultimately military force if they don't work. but to come to congress 2 or 3 weeks before the deadline for reaching an agreement is something that is not doing anything but disruptive and
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damaging. >> thank it you. >> thank you, jon. >> well, this just in. and thousands of women come to the united states every year just to give birth and it makes their children u.s. citizens. and now homeland security is cracking down on birth tourism and fox news joined them for a ride along. william is joining us with more in california. william? >> reporter: jamie, this luxury apartment building is one of several maternity hotels and birthing homes that cater to wealthy chinese national. they are willing to pay 40 or 8000 to not only have the child in the u.s. but stick the u.s. taxpayer with the bill by claiming to be indiggent. and today they served search
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warrants in los angeles and orange and san bernardino counties where pregnant women paid to be taken to restaurants and cinemas and prenatal doctor hoement -- appointments. it is not illegal to it give birth. but it is if you lie to have the child here and get citizenship. and permanent legal residency when that child turns 21. it is so wrong. sorry. >> why? >> because it just it is like i have a 19-year-old son going to college and the competition is just you know for the american citizens on the jobs. >> why should i pay for it? i am not going over there to have my baby and they are not paying for me. >> the businesses operate openly in china and in the internet
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where they coach patients how to lie to conceal the pregnancy at the airport. prices are 8 to 80000 and the child is receiving a u.s. passport and birth certificate and social security number. and the owners are making millions. up to 90000 a month. one here lives in a $2 million house and another drives a bentley and one never filed a tax return and others lied about their income. >> it is legal to it have a child born in the united states. what is illegal is lying about your reasons and committing visa fraud. >> this ring brought in 400 women in two years. they will gather the evidence and hopefully indict. >> keep us posted william. >> israeli prime minister netanyahu sharply critical of the talks with iran.
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>> israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was highly critical of negotiations taking place right now with iran and saying a deal in the works would lejet mate and further of the infrastructure iran needs for the weapon. >> joining me is aaron miller advisor to six secretary of states and vice-president of the woodrow wilson center. thank you for being with us. >> pleasure. >> first of all i the like to get your general reaction. do you think it was helpful for israel to go on record with the preparedness to go it alone and opposition to the deal?
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>> this is a a conviction politicians that is absolutely persuaded as a matter of principle and beating the drum against iran for 25 years and the deal being negotiated which we have not seen yet, of course is imminent and a bad deal. and by and large, plus the fact that you have a republican- controlled congress for the first time in seven years in the obama administration and israeli elections made this moment netanyahus. it is mostly conviction and i think he believes that iran is a serious problem for israel. and remember where you stand in life is a good to it do with where you sit. washington and israel are sitting in two different places. americans can afford greater rifshg and uncertainty and the israelis cannot.
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in two weeks we'll know if benjamin netanyahu will be the longest surviving prime minister in history beating ben gurion or he may be defeated and there will be a new approach and face to the u.s.- israeli relationship. but the relationship itself it is my view, it really too big to fail. we have interest and allies and the israelis share our values and we need friends and israel is one of them. >> that is a very good point to make no matter what we would need each other going forward. is there anything that the prime minister did early on the critics said he would release sensitive information about the deal is there anything that the prime minister did that could be hurtful to us and possibly to israel? >> no. i think the white house feared thered be a lot more detail, and
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nuance to the speech that in fact he would make public the negotiating positions that the u.s. negotiating team is he would actually make public some o negotiations that the u.n. is oftening. but remember, he's seen a lot more than you and i have with respect to what the details may ultimately be. so i think he created a context in which he basically argued there are too many risks and too many uncertainties and by and large, two decades from there iran would still be in a position, should they so choose to be a screwdrivers turn away from nukes.
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hi everyone, major speech by bleng netanyahu. former cia director general david petraeus. and hillary clinton never had or used a state department e-mail account. plus the nation for guiding the planes that you fly an increased and unnecessary risk. find out more about that at the top of the hour. well, the search is on now after a daring highway robbery makes off -- traveling down a rural stretch of interstate, 95 in south carolina sunday night. jonathan joining us with that. >> reporter: the fbi has now
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discussing is iran and obviously that's been the topic of great interest today, so let me just make ing making as r. i did get a look at the transcript and as far as i can tell there's nothing new. mr. netanyahu pointed out that the bond between israel and america is unbreakable. and on that point i firmly agree. and he also pointed out that iran has turned into a dangerous regime and -- the interest of the -- to israel and the region. on that we agree. he also pointed out the fact that iran has repeatedly threatened israel.
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and engaged in the most venomous of anti-semitic statements and no one can dispute that. but on the core issue, which is how do we prevent iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon which would make it far more dangerous and would give it scope for even greater action in the region. the prime minister didn't offer any viable alternatives. so let's be clear about what exactly that central concern should be both for the united states and for israel. we constructed an extraordinary
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