gonzaga. >> never miss an episode of "the five" set your dvrs for 5:00 p.m. eastern. special report you know it is next. this is a fox news alert. welcome to washington. we are learning tonight that the cyber theft of information of federal employees was far worse than the obama administration has acknowledged. a federal employee union says hackers stole personal data and social security numbers for every federal worker. every federal retiree. up to 1 million former federal employees. senate minority leader harry reid says the hack into the office of personnel management was carried out by quote the chinese." there are rumblings in this town tonight about just what president obama might be willing

to do to step up the so far unsuccessful campaign against isis terrorists in iraq. yesterday we learned about a new troop deployment. today, taught by the top brass that there could be more to come. correspondent kevin courk is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: the president's decision to send an additional 450 troops to iraq could signal the beginning of a subtle but important new strategy in the fight against isis. the white house is said to be considered so-called mini bases, known by some as lily pads throughout the country. the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey suggested it could better enable u.s. advisers to work with iraqi security forces in fight against isis "we're looking all the time at whether there might be additional sites. it's another one of the options." additional bases would likelyor the one being built in anbar province. but it's calling into question whether this is a case of mission creep, a slow ramp up of u.s. military involvement.

white house officials say no. >> rather than being evidence of mission creep, it would be evidence of some progress in the ongoing mission to support the iraqis as they take the fight to isil on the ground in their own country. >> help the iraqis fight isis. that's the obama doctrine in iraq. but given the spread of isis critics argue the president's plan has failed and adding a few more troops won't do much. >> i think it's a step. but the truth is half measures taken too late are not going to make a difference. that's what this is. >> it's a good start. but he's going to need to stand up and say, look here's going to be the strategy that's going to wipe them out. >> how long will the white house maintain its current posture? some of the president's top military advisers say regardless of attack this will be a long fight. >> we said this is going to take a long time. this is not a three, five-year, the president said five years he said originally. it's a three, five year

10-year problem. >> that the white house insists can be engaged without whose sale changes on the level of troops on the ground. >> the general has a lot of credibility when talking about these issues. the best way i can describe to you the president's position is what he said. >> this latest white house strategy is designed in part to get more sunni iraqis to be involved in the fight against isis. but that has been a decidedly tough sell thus far. bret? >> kevin corke, thank you. a 17-year-old northern virginia honors student is facing 15 years in prison tonight for helping another teen travel to syria to join isis. ali amin pleaded guilty to terrorist charges today. he admitted using twitter to encourage isis and its supporters. the number of cases brought against isis suspects on u.s. soil now stands at 50.

an american war hero is facing court-martial over speaking out about a lack of coherent plan to get american hostages out of the middle east. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has the story tonight from the pentagon. good evening, jennifer. >> reporter: good evening, bret. lieutenant colonel jason amarine is a decorated green beret. in 2010 he was asked to look for ways to bring sergeant bowe bergdahl home when army commanders realized there was no coherent way to do so. he testified and how the army retaliated against him for blowing the whistle on a failed u.s. hostage policy. >> juan weinstein is dead. collin rutherford josh boyle, caitlin coleman the child she borne in captivity remain hostages in pakistan. i used every resource available but i failed them. after making protective disclosures to congress the army suspended my clearance, removed me from my job and sought to court-martial me. >> the army won't say why it is

investigating him. "both the law and army policy would prohibit initiating an investigation based solely on a soldier's protected communications with congress." lieutenant colonel amarine describes turf battles between the state department, fbi, cia and dod that he says cost the lives of american hostages like warren weinstein, killed in a cia drone strike in january. >> i'm before you because i did my duty and you need to ensure all in uniform can go on doing their duty without fear of reprisal. >> he contacted congressman duncan hunter about his concerns. he says the retaliation began when hunter revealed the military tried and failed to pay a ransom for bergdahl which is against the u.s. law. bret? >> jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. thank you. tonight republican lawmakers are charging that president obama wants control over who lives in your neighborhood. and he's using the power of the purse strings to pursue it. is that true? correspondent rich edson is here

with an amazing story tonight. >> reporter: the obama administration is proposing to use the power of the federal government to foster more inclusive communities to reduce the number of towns and neighborhoods that are almost all rich or poor black or white. within the next few weeks, the department of housing and urban development will finalize a regulation to use billions in grant money to influence local governments to build affordable housing and spend on other initiatives in areas supporters say have better schools. other public fa sill tis and infrastructure traditionally wealthier places. opponents charge president obama is threatening to withhold federal grant money to as they say push communities that reject his liberal ideology. in a statement arizona republican congressman paul gosart writes "hud officials shouldn't be holding hostage grant moneys aimed at community improvements based on its unrealistic eutopian ideas of what every community should resemble." in a house committee this morning, the president's hud secretary defended the policy. >> can i get a commitment from you that you are not going to do

anything that pre-empts what the municipalitities are doing in their area? that you are not going to go in and make any zoning laws or any rules that are going to pre-empt what cities are going to do? >> i've seen some of this talk about that congresswoman. this is not about changing -- >> yes? >> this is not about changing zoning laws, planning laws anything like that. >> the house has passed an amendment that would halt the hud regulation even though it were to pass the senate the white house would oppose it. >> rich thank you. stocks were up again today. the dow gained 39 s&p 500 finished ahead 4, nasdaq was up 6. the chairman of the corporation that owns fox news channel is preparing to hand over the reins to his son. rupert murdoch will make 42-year-old james murdoch the new ceo of 21st century fox. another son, lockland murdoch, will become executive cochairman along with his father. there are new questions tonight about what bill clinton and the clinton foundation will do if hillary clinton becomes

president. chief white house correspondent ed henry who's covering the clinton campaign looks at the possibilities and the controversies. >> as former president bill clinton revealed he may go so far as to step down from the family's foundation in part to help contain political damage for his wife. one of hillary clinton's rivals declared today he does not want to go negative but can't help but believe that groups paying half a million dollars for a speech were trying to curry favor with the couple. >> it's not bill clinton. i have a problem with organizations that are giving out these kinds of huge honorarium. i don't understand why they do it. i suspect they do it to garner favors. >> amid the criticism, the former president told bloomberg television if his wife is elected president, he may step down from the foundation and he will probably no longer give speeches for money. >> i don't think so. i don't think that -- because once you get to be president, then you're just making a daily story. >> if such speeches would be a conflict if hillary clinton is

elected president it raises questions about why more red flags were not raised when similar activity occurred while she was secretary of state. as bill clinton tried to deal with the cloud hanging over the foundation by declaring nobody has been able to prove was wrong doing. >> our disclosures are more extensive than most private foundations? yes, they are. having nothing to do with politics. >> reporter: democratic social senator bernie sanders says even he has been surprised by his ability to get huge crowds like 1,000 people in keene, new hampshire this weekend. the presidential candidate used a breakfast this morning to blast hillary clinton for waffling ahead of a key trade vote in the house on friday. >> secretary clinton, if she's against this we need her to speak out right now. right now. and i don't understand how any candidate, democrat republican is not speaking out on that

issue. >> reporter: in an exclusive tonight, fox news got new polling information from the conservative group american crossroads. it shows in battle grounds white women in particular seem to be lukewarm on hillary clinton. her image with them 48% favorable, 40% unfavorable. they're hoping to change that with this speech on saturday phase two of the campaign bret. >> ed thank you. up next the manhunt intensifies for two escaped killers in upstate new york. first here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 10 in phoenix with the recall of about 48,000 acura mdx suvs and rlx sedans. the company says their autonomous braking system can malfunction and put vehicles at risk of collision. so far no incidents or injuries have been reported in the u.s. fox 45 in orlando. a team from seaworld rescued three sandbar sharks involved in a serious accident during transport to new york. the sharks are said to be doing well. a fourth shark, though did not survive. this is a live look at

sacramento from our affiliate out in california fox 40. the big story there tonight is a pregnant mom who tried to suck rattlesnake venom from her young son's foot. the boy was bitten while walking along a trail. he's fine. and the venom did not spread to the mom or the unborn child. however, officials say sucking the venom out of a snake bite is not advisable. that's tonight's live look

police are concentrating on an area near a maximum security prison in upstate new york in their search for two killers who escaped over the weekend. correspondent molly line is in west platsburg, new york. >> reporter: day six and the hunt intensified after law enforcement say dogs picked up a scent zeroing in on the area

from the maximum security prison from which convicted murderers sweat and matt escaped. search teams and choppers as residents near the clinton facility correction facility were told to lock their doors and stay inside. with word of a fresh trail, road blocks increased. law enforcement shutting down a stretch of state route 74. >> we're looking underneath every rock behind every tree and inside every structure until we catch these two. >> reporter: sharon frazier watched helicopters zooming over the wide swath of wilderness from her back porch. >> it's scary to think that these people are out there. >> reporter: schools closed for the day, and families are on edge. amanda dickinson is a mother of two, keeping her children close. >> they've actually been sleeping in our room every night with us so we can keep an eye on them. >> reporter: her husband is an officer at the prison where investigators are still working. >> they've been searching the place top to bottom for anything to make sure there's nothing else going on with any of the

inmates. >> reporter: word the escapees may have take an cab ride in philadelphia proved false. while the investigation is expanded to vermont, there's no evidence they reached the neighboring state. meanwhile, prison tailor shop employee joyce mitchell, who investigators say befriended the inmates and may have played a role in their escape has not been arrested. the road blocks remain in place and state police say the public should have no hesitation in calling in if they see any suspicious activity. bret? >> molly, thank you. we'll head back for breaking details. the jockeying for position ahead of the first republican presidential debate is already under way. rick perry is trying to hang onto his spot in the top ten while jeb bush is hanging out with foreign lead nurse a bid to boost his foreign poll credentials. chief crit stall correspondent carl cameron. >> reporter: after laying a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier and meeting with polish leaders, former governor jeb bush said poland wants more military muss nell europe to combat russian aggression and indicates he intends to provide

it as president. >> i do think we should expand our presence here through deployments of different training exercises. we ought to have a more significant presence in this region for sure. >> reporter: he suggested it could be several thousand more u.s. troops. bush was also asked to clarify his 1995 book suggesting the number of american kids growing up in single parent homes has been skyrocketing for lack of a social stigma against parents who don't live up to their responsibilities. >> my views have evolved over time. but my views about the importance of dads being involved in the lives of children hasn't changed at all. it's a huge challenge for single moms to raise children in the worlder that we're in today. >> reporter: several bush rivals will be in utah without him this weekend for mitt romney's big off the record mix and mingle with donors. >> one candidate is very different from the others. >> reporter: one week after former texas governor rick perry announced his a candidacy a pac

supporting him is launching ads keeping him in top ten in national polls to qualify for the first debate in ohio hosted by fox news channel. perry runs tenth in an average recent poll right now. he would comprise the first debate if the results don't change. there are six candidates behind perry in the first polls looking to knock him out. those who don't make the cut will take place in a forum. qualifying is a priority for all the candidates. bush announces his decision to run monday and goes straight to new hampshire, south carolina. then on tuesday, donald trump announces his decision and hits the early states too. bret? >> carl thank you. coming up shortly, republican presidential candidate carly fiorina joins the panel in our center seat. still ahead, why is the number of abortions way down in the u.s.? it depends on whom you believe.

first, the handshaking, arm tugging and promise making surrounding tomorrow's big votes on president obama's trade agenda.

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around a grill and kingsford charcoal. gather 'round. furious lobbying tonight on both sides of the trade issue.

this comes ahead of some key voting tomorrow that could give president obama new power or scuttle his trade agenda. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is on capitol hill tonight. >> reporter: a full court press is under way with the white house chief of staff, secretaries of labor and treasury all visiting capitol hill trying to persuade skeptical democrats to back a trade promotion authority package president obama supports. republican leaders say there should be no more excuses for democratic leader nancy pelosi and her colleagues after addressing an issue with trade adjustment assistance or taa. >> i'm pleased to have worked with speaker boehner to pay -- fix the pay in the taa. we still have one concern we have always had, public employees are not included in the taa. >> reporter: republicans call the idea that a government worker's job could be moved overseas after a trade deal nonsense. >> this is a red herring being raised by some of her

colleagues. i don't understand where public workers would fall into trade adjustment assistance in any way, shape or form. >> reporter: yet unions are pressing democrats to oppose this trade promotion package, while mr. obama and his team are pushing for support. >> what the president has said is that members of congress should be more concerned about the jobs of americans than their own jobs. >> reporter: what lawmakers are considering is a measure to allow a president to negotiate a free trade agreement. for example with asia. it would set limits and requirements such as making sure congress and the public would get two months to review any proposed trade deal. >> the country needs to see these trade agreements 60 days. oh and you cannot put any immigration in here. you can't put any climate change in a trade agreement. so thissies we want to pass trade promotion authorities. >> reporter: there was a really close call late today on a procedural vote narrowly passing 217-212 with many democrats and some republicans opposed. tomorrow may be a nail biter for house gop leadership and the white house.

bret? >> mike emanuel live on the hill. also from the hill tonight, some of the reasons for and reaction to word of a major decrease in abortions in this country. correspondent shannon breen. >> reporter: both sides agree the number of abortions in the u.s. is dropping, though they don't don't necessarily agree about why. >> abortion rates are dropping a third. they are seeing sonograms where they see boys and girls, they see humanity. >> reporter: pro-life advocates point to hundreds of laws passed at the state level over the last few years. some requiring doctors to give women seeking abortions specific information about their pregnancies, and others placing limits on how far into a pregnancy abortions can be performed. pro-choice supporters like planned parenthood president sissy richards disagrees quote better access to birth control and sex education are the biggest factors in reducing unintended pregnancies. she adds more restrictive

abortion laws do not reduce the need for abortions." the associated press collected data from across the country and found since 2010 abortions were up in only two states michigan and louisiana. during that same period number of unintended pregnancies remained roughly unchanged. buoyed by their state level successes, pro-life groups are now pushing for a federal limit on abortions after 20 university of phoenix into a pregnancy, a point at which they say unborn children can feel pain. the house has passed its measure, and today 2016 presidential contender senator lindsey graham introduced the companion measure in the senate. >> i hope that we can as americans understand this is a very defining moment in our history. who we are and what we believe. >> reporter: the president has vowed that he will veto this measure if it passes the senate. earlier this year the administration issued a policy statement saying that the bill disregards both women's rights and the constitution. bret? >> shannon breen, thank you.

a french prosecutor says the copilot who deliberately crashed a commercial airliner was deemed unfit to fly by several doctors but they could not tell. andre us lubitz's employers because of patient privacy laws. the prosecutor says lubitz had seen seven doctors within the month before the march crash, including three sessions with a psychiatrist. three astronauts are back on solid ground tonight after almost 200 days on the international space station. the trio including american terry verts, landed safely in kazakhstan today nearly a month late. their return was delayed by the failed launch of a russian cargo ship in april. no grapevine tonight. when we come back republican presidential candidate carly fiorina in our center seat.

center seat. it is back. tonight we are pleased to have republican presidential candidate carly fiorina in our center seat. joining us on the panel, syndicated columnist george will amy walter national editor for the cook political report and judge andrew napolitano fox news senior judicial analyst. thanks for being here. >> it's my pleasure. thank you for having me. >> we asked twitter followers

and facebook followers to send in questions in addition to the panel tonight. here's a couple of them. jjtremmel writes how will she save u.s. jobs when she cut lots of them at hp? how would she restore an aging infrastructure in the u.s.? >> well of course let me address hp. i led hp through a very difficult time. the dotcom bust post 9/11. your questioner may remember that it's taken 15 years for the nasdaq stock technology index to recover from that period. and yet we doubled the size of the company. we grew the growth rate at four times. we tripled innovation. but in a difficult time sometimes difficult decisions are necessary to compete. it's interesting that many of the companies that were our leading competitors at the time no longer exist. i think what we have to realize in the 21st century is that we have to compete for every job. and honestly we're shooting ourselves in the foot all the time. complexity of our tax code and

our regulatory structure is now destroying another businesses than we are creating in this country, which means we're destroying jobs. most of the businesses that we're destroying are small and family-owned businesses. that's important because they create two-thirds of the new jobs employ half the people, we also shoot ourselves in the foot when we have the highest tax rate in the world. we shoot ourselves in the foot when we don't have a competitive education system. we have to compete for every job. and the federal government can do a lot to make competing for those jobs harder as it is doing now, or easier. >> so when you hear somebody and some other people al scarpa typed in and called you a failed ceo in the tech industry how do you respond to that? >> well didn't fail. the thing about business is they're numbers. so you can't just talk about it. there's a track record. in my case the track record is undeniable undeniable. we built the company to almost $90 billion. we quinnaudrupled cash flow.

went from lagging behind in every product category and every market segment to leading in every product category and every segment. in other words, we competed and we won. it's also true i was fired in a board room brawl that lasted over two weeks. i know having led that you have to challenge the status quo to lead. and when you challenge the status quo, you making am is. which -- making am ie enemies. >> the federal court might rule that the federal subsidies in the affordable health care program is illegal. he will stand on the rose garden saying folks are losing their health insurance. >> i think we clearly need a stopgap measure which as i understand the senate and congress are getting close to so we protect those people who are suddenly in a terrible situation. on the other hand, we need to

put forward a long-term solution. we should have done this when hillary care failed. it was a strategic moment when the party should have seized the advantage and put forward a solution. my own view is this. we ought to let states manage high risk pools. states have done this successfully new hampshire is one. the closer you get to those decisions are the better. which is why devolving decisions out of washington to the states makes sense. i also think we need now to try in the health insurance market the one thing we've never tried which is the free market. we have always had regulated oligopolies. we used to have 50. a cozy little arrangement between regulators and insurance company. now we have one big national one. let's try the free market where people have to compete for your business. >> so let's talk about your experience you ran a multinational, multimillion dollar company. but how is that transferrable to running the national government? you're running against folks who have been governors, who have

run multibillion dollar or million dollar states. aren't they more suited to be able to take that skill set than you? >> well let's talk about what it actually takes to be in the oval office. what's the skill set you need? i think you need someone who understands the economy. i do. i think better honestly than anyone else running. i started as a secretary. i've been in lots of different business settings. i think you need someone who understands how the world works. i know more world leaders on the stage today than anyone running with the possible exception of hillary clinton although i didn't do photo ops. i sat this close to vladimir putin or the king of jordan or african premieres, african leaders, european leaders latin leaders. we need somebody who understands how bureaucracies become. our government has become one jai giant bloated bureaucracy. technology is an important tool. it's defining our flooifs really

amazing ways. some very scary ways. and finally, i think we need someone who understands what leadership is which is not about power and title it's about unlocking the potential of others in this case unlocking the potential of this nation. but who also understands sometimes leadership requires tough calls in tough times for which you're prepared to stand and be held accountable. so i think i'm very qualified. there are other qualified people as well. but i think i bring a unique set of skills and experiences to the table. >> judge we're going to start with you after this quick break. center seat with carly fiorina. we'll talk foreign policy the politics of the day when we come back.

and we're back with our panel and republican presidential candidate carlie fiorina in our center seat tonight. judge. >> one of the things you did, carly, when you ran hp and in

the years after was how general michael hayden set up the most extensive spy apparatus in the world, one that is capable of intercepting every phone call every e-mail and every text message of everyone in the united states of america. a scheme that four federal judges have found profoundly violates the fourth amendment's requirement of individualized suspicion and one that the justice department has said has not stopped a single terrorist act or aided in a single prosecution of terrorist behavior. are you proud of where that spy system has gotten us today or should it be dialled back? >> well i think you overstate my role with general hayden. but i did have the privilege of serving as the chairman of the advisory board for the central intelligence agency. as you may know i have commented recently on this issue specifically and said that it's not clear to me at all that section 215 has stopped a single terrorist attack. it's also true that when i served as that chairman i advised both the cia and the nsa

to be as transparent as possible about everything they were doing. when people don't understand what's going on they fear the worst. so for example, why is section 215 necessary? i agree with you. it has not been proven that it is necessary. what is going on when the nsa builds gigantic data centers in the middle of the country? they need to be as transparent as possible about that. finally i would say, i think this is one of the reasons people are frustrated with the political process. how long have we known the patriot act was going to expire? i don't know. quite awhile. and in the decade or more since 9/11 we've learned a lot about the terrorists. we've learned a lot about technology. we've learned a lot about what the concerns of the american people are. and yet somehow it always comes down to the wire to the last minute. there's grandstanding. and yet there's not a calm deliberation of a solution that would satisfy this balance between privacy and security. >> the president could dial that back with the stroke of a pen. the nsa works for him >> yes he could.

>> would you as president? >> well i think we've dialled it back with what just passed. yes, i would certainly be more transparent. yes, i would dial it back somewhat. i do think that sending the responsibilities over to the telephone companies is a bad idea actually. it's not at all clear that they have the capability to do what they're being asked to do. and i think that probably ensures that we will have less transparency going forward, not more. so i think we've ended up with this kind of hodgepodge that doesn't satisfy a lot of anybody right now, unfortunately. >> iraq policy 450 troops added in iraq. is it enough? what would you do? >> well this president it seems to me is always doing too little too late. i mean, he said 3,000 boots on the ground although he's refused to call them boots on the ground. advisers whatever you would call it. he says 3,000 would do it. it hasn't done it. i'm not sure what difference 450

would make. >> are you quoting hillary clinton there? >> there you go. i missed that one, bret. good one. but i think the one thing he hasn't done that i would do immediately is hold a camp david summit. not to talk our arab allies into a very bad deal with iran. we see iran reneging every day. but instead to talk with our arab allies about what they need from us to fight this fight. we've been asked for some very specific things. the kurds have been asking us to arm them for three years. we have not. the egyptians, i remember you visiting president alsizi. they have asked us to share intelligence. we are not. king abdullah of jordan has been asks asking us for bombs and material. we haven't provided them. the saudi, the qatarrys they know this is their fight. they're not going to fight it unless they sent resolve and leadership and support from the united states. and so far they have none of that. that administration continues to say we need to go through the central government in baghdad. there is no central government in baghdad.

there's a shia-led government that is in collaboration with iran now. >> george. >> the senate has voted 90-1 saying we reject the policy of containing iran thereby implying that iran unlike the soviet union is not rational enough to be with nuclear weapons deterred. do you agree with that? and if so does that mean that president fiorina would order military strikes on an iran that was acquiring a nuclear capability? >> well i think once again, president obama has continued to give the american people a false choice which is a little bit implied in your question. his false choice is if you don't agree with what i'm doing or not doing, there is no option but to go to war. i think with isis there is an option that we haven't availed ourselves of. like-wise i think that's true with iran. i can remember sitting in netanyahu's office five years ago speaking to him about iran. it was a private meeting. there were no cameras. iran is a clear danger. they've had a strategy to destabilize the region and gain

a nuclear weapon for a very long time. i would make two phone calls day one in the oval office. the first to netanyahu. the second would be to the supreme leader of iran. while he might not take my phone call he would get the message. the message would be until and unless you are prepared to open every nuclear facility, every uranium enrichment facility to full unfetterred, anytime, anywhere inspections, we will exact the most punishing financial sanctions we can. we actually have a lot to do with how hard or how easy it is to move money around the financial system. we have used none of that leverage. and we should. and i would also take the recommendation of general james maddus when he was commanding in the middle east. he gave a whole set of recommendations to the white house about how to push back on iran's proxies. we haven't done any of them. we haven't executed a single one of those recommendations. >> amy, you'll start the next panel. next up a lightning round with carly fiorina in our center seat.

there structurally? >> well, i think it is not necessary for us to win the caucuses outright to proceed. i think what's most important honestly what's important for me politically is to continue to exceed expectations. continue to build momentum and rise in the polls. and continue to turn that

enthusiasm into real support. we are at the process now of beginning to roll out endorsements. we just rolled out a whole series of endorsements in new hampshire. i think you will see that happening in iowa as time goes by. i'm very pleased with the team we have in iowa and the support we're building. what's interesting to me, and it's true in iowa and new hampshire as well, 82% of the american people now think we have a professional political class that is more focused on its own power and privilege than on doing the people's work. that is why i think people are paying attention because i don't come from the political class. but i am a citizen with experience that's relevant. >> do you think very quickly we know what we have two debates coming up. threshold about first tier or second tier. if you don't make it into the first tier would you show up to participate in a second tier debate? >> well, i'm very focused on

making it to the first debate. if that were to happen yes i would show up. i think debates are important. they are important for the american people and for me. a lot of people don't know yet who i am. >> you are encouraged about where you are. new bloomberg poll that says feelings toward you favorable 41% unfavorable 19%, not sure 40%. >> i feel pretty good about that shot sure is a reflection of the fact that many people don't know me. in new hampshire the last poll i saw among registered republican primary voters my name i.d. was 4%. and, yet you i recently was at 2% in the polls and now i'm 4% in the polls in new hampshire. that's a lot of -- i see the right trajectory. >> after you, who is the best republican to take on mrs. clinton to expand the base of the party and to appeal to nontraditional republican voters? >> well, i think that's up to others to demonstrate.

what i would observe. >> who would you want if it's not you? >> it's not up to me. it's up to the voters. and i am running in this election because i think i can win this job and i think i can do this job. what i would observe is that so far the person who is taking on hillary clinton is me. i think she needs taking on. sometimes the media will ask are doing it because you are a woman and i say no and she is not doing it because she is a woman. she represents a southwest policy and political class that we have had enough of in this nation and i think it's going to be a fight. >> george. >> because the nine supreme court justices are over 75 years old the next president may have decisive effect on shaping the court conservatives are divided. populist conservatives say judges should be deferential to the elected branches of government. constitutional conservatives say no, it should be actively engaged and holding the branches to their enumerated powers.

but get into a long seminar on jurisprudence which one of those groups do you most identify with? >> in this case i most identify with the constitutionalist. my father was a federal judge. he was a constitutionalist. i think often of my dad, so i would appoint judges that remind me of my father whether they're men or women. >> the "new york times" has expressed an intense interest in the granular details of the household economics of the rubios. [ laughter ] >> do you have any overdue library books or parking tickets we are going to read about. >> i just released two full years of my tax returns so everybody knows every detail about my personal finances. i believe in being transparent. but, wouldn't it be nice, if the "new york times" would do such a detailed expose on the clinton global initiative or bill or hillary clinton. >> they have done a few pieces. we will see if they continue. you are giving a speech tonight state of women in america. jeff caldwell writes in on

twitter why would do the millions of conservative women keep getting ignored. does she, do you you sense the mood is finally changing out there? >> great question. i'm giving the speech because there is no denying that women's potential is not fully utilized in this country. the data is clear. frankly, i think it's time that we take this conversation back. that he we take the term feminist back. to me a feminist is a woman who chooses her own life that we take the conversation back. i'm tired of being told i'm waging a war on women because i don't believe in the litany of the left. >> thank you so much for coming and i'm sure we will see you on the trail. >> all right. >> stick around for kicker part. we have one final thing before we say goodbye to carlie.

finally tonight, good to reflect on things you are grateful for every now and then. one week night host made it a weekly tradition. is he is thankful for a lot of things including where pop culture and politics intersecond. >> thank you the final chips in the bag of doritos for remind me i'm not above drinking crumbs. >> thank you people who say there is more one way to

skin a cat to make me wonder why you even know the first way. >> thank you the new season of the bachelorette for featuring two women and it a guys or as it's also known the race for president. >> two women and 25 guys. >> pretty funny. >> "saturday night live" too. thank you very much for being center seat and thank you for inviting us into your home tonight. that is it for "special report," fair, balanced and unafraid. greta goes "on the record" right now. ♪ ♪ >> it is friday june 12th. a fox news alert. closing in. blood hounds hot on the trail of the killers.

>> shut down for blowing the hidlid off of controversial policies. >> they removed me from my job and sought to court char-martial me. >> why the whistleblower is fighting for the rights of all who serve. >> meet the iraq veteran just ordered to take down the flag. "fox & friends first" starts right now. >> good morning. you are watching "fox & friends first". it is friday morning. i am ainsley earhardt. >> made it to the end of the week. i am heather childers. thank you for starting your day with us. right to the fox news alert. a manhunt for two escaped murderers. new clues overnight as blood hounds track their scents not far from the prison where they broke down. >> residents on edge of the news

that they may still be in the area. anna kooiman has been live where they believe they are closing in on the killers. >> reporter: you got it ainsley and heather. good morning to you and all of you at home. we will get a confession from a corrections officer in just a moment. first heading into day 7 of the manhunt authorities say a scent picked up by blood hounds may be their stronger lead in the case as they search for the escaped killers. picking up that scent in new york neighboring this area blood hounds picked up the scent of david sweat and richard matt. they found food print and food wrappers they may have been using to camp. they may have been so desperate they were searching in a garbage can looking for food at a gas station reportedly. meanwhile a tip that the two men were picked up in philadelphia proving to be false yesterday proving the se