>> we got to go. we have four seconds lefts left. that's it for "the five" "special report" next. i'm bret baier in washington. remember all the terror warnings before the fourth of july? tonight federal authorities are filling in some details. fbi director james comey says the bureau stopped several potential terrorist attacks in the weeks before the fourth of july weekend. and comey says some of the suspects apprehended had been communicating on encrypted platforms. let's get more on this from chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge tonight. good evening, kathryn. >> reporter: the confirmation from fbi director james comey that federal authorities disrupted a number of plots designed for the july fourth holiday shows there was a severe incredible threat from isis

recruits inside the united states. after his congressional testimony this week in a briefing with reporters, comey said more than 10 suspects were arrested in the past four weeks on isis-related charges. and some of those were involved in plots to coincide with the holiday. in some cases, the fbi director said they elected to bring lesser charges against the suspects rather than take the risk and leave them under surveillance. comey did not provide further details of the plots or what they were targeting, but among the group are men from new york's tri-state area accused of trying to detonate explosive devices and attack law enforcement personnel. the chairman of the house homeland security committee who gets regular intelligence briefings said this afternoon the plots were credible. >> we had several arrests, one in boston north carolina. but more major arrests in new york that we believe led to a cell that we disrupted and

thwarted that blot.plot. the fourth of july weekend was a high concern to official like myself. the new jersey cell was the one we were most concerned about in terms of explosive devices. >> comey also says some of the suspects used encrypted communications to hide their contacts with isis but the fbi used other methods such as surveillance and human informants to ultimately identify them bret. >> catherine, thank you. right now this minute many large corporations and government agencies are scrambling to protect themselves against cyber thieves. and cyber attacks. we're learning more tonight about just how persuasive and pervasive cyber hackers were when they stole information about millions of current and former federal employees. correspondent rich edson reports experts agree the bad guys are on a winning streak. >> reporter: hackers stole valuable personal information, including social security numbers, for more than 22 million of those in government databases. many from background checks. the office of personnel

management confirms the astounding scale of the incursion, one government officials say is a significant hit to national security. this while attacks against government agencies have increased 12 fold in less than a decade. the government accountability office says federal agencies reported about 5500 information security breaches in 2006. last year they reported more than 67,000. >> to be frank, our federal cyber security is not where it needs to be. but we have taken and are taking accelerated and aggressive action to get there. >> reporter: and cyber attacks beyond the government are growing in frequency and sophistication. and a report out this morning shows companies are failing to keep up with their online adversaries. a price waterhouse coopers report says a record 79% of respondents have detected a cyber security incident in the past 12 months. the actual figure's probably higher since many attacks remain undiscovered. the report also says large organizations detected 28% more

incidents in 2014 than the year before. >> i think it's pretty clear that the attackers are winning. and that the defenders are unfortunately lagging behind. this is what our survey data tells us is that slowly spend increases, slowly awareness increases. but so much needs to be done to deal with this very significant issue. >> reporter: to address this some cyber experts are calling for better coordination between businesses and between the private sector and the government. >> if you could simply pass legislation and make it work we'd have a perfect world. the point is that right now the private sector doesn't trust the government. and they're going to be very reluctant to share the types of information the government really needs. >> reporter: congress is considering a host of cyber security proposals attempting to strike an ill lewisively appropriate balance between protecting privacy and security. the a pervasive debate in washington. moments ago with news of the immense scale of the opm attack 22 million identities stolen

house speaker john boehner is calling on president obama to fire the opm chief, saying the president must take a strong stand against incompetence in his administration and instill new leadership at that office. bret? >> rich thank you. the new york stock exchange says problems associated with the software upgrade led to yesterday's 3 1/2 hour suspension of trading. no issues reported today. the dow was up 33 today, the s&p 500 gained 5, the nasdaq was up 13. two of the individuals who would like to be the next commander in chief are going at each other over something you probably have much more experience at than they do, working a regular job. chief political correspondent carl cameron tonight on the squabble over which member of a high dollar political family dynasty can best relate to the american worker. >> the right to rise superpac that republican presidential frontrunner jeb bush raised money for collected a whopping $103 million in the first six months of this year.

bush launched his campaign 16 days before the end of the second quarter and raised 11.4 million. not only does that dwarf his gop rivals it doubles hillary clinton, whose campaign launched in early april and raised $45 million but lacks a superpac with a superbank roll. in new hampshire, bush told the union leader newspaper his goal is 4% economic growth as far as the eye can see. democrats say he's out of touch for just a portion of this remark. >> we have to be a lot more productive. workforce participation has to rise from its all-time modern lows. means that people need to work longer hours. and through their productivity gain more income for their families. >> reporter: the left excerpted the phrase "people need to work longer hours" from bush's full remarks and attacked. john podesta who now chairs mrs. clinton's campaign tweeted "americans are working pretty hard already and don't need to work longer hours, they need to get paid more." bush has complained for months

that too many part-time workers can't find full-time jobs. not that full-time workers should work longer. still, clinton took a shot too. "anyone who believes americans aren't working hard enough hasn't met enough american workers." even the white house weighed in. >> the president believes that the the american people are working very hard. and by some measures working harder than ever. >> reporter: for several years, record numbers of americans unable to find work have simply stopped trying. workforce participation under obama is at a 28-year low. bush tweeted back "anyone who discounts 6.5 million people stuck in part-time work and seeking full-time jobs hasn't listened to working americans" @hillary clinton in an interview with bret baier, bush said he'll win the gop nomination and hillary's campaign will fail. >> she can't be trusted. there's never a straight answer. whether it's the server the e-mails, benghazi just constantly validates this notion that there are two sets of rules. >> while jeb and hillary trade blows, her husband and his

brother are hanging out together right now. former presidents george w. bush and bill clinton are jointly addressing the inaugural graduating class of the presidential leadership scholars program at the george w bush presidential center in dallas. just a little awkward, bret. >> all right, carl thank you. a controversial speech from one of those former presidents is getting some attention. abc news reports former president george w. bush charged a veterans charity $100,000 to speak at a fundraiser in 2012. the organization says the figure was actually a discounted rate and was justified because of the amount of money raised b there. a bush spokesman confirmed the payment but declined to comment further only saying "president bush has made helping veterans one of his highest priorities in his post presidency." right now the confederate is flying over the south carolina capital ground. not much wind there. it's going to be the last time. tomorrow morning it will come down. following this afternoon's signing of a bill by governor

nikki haley. the measure comes in reaction to last month's killing of nine people at a african-american church in charleston. the suspect was a fan of confederate symbolism. here in washington the republican-controlled house scrapped a planned vote on permitting the confederate flag at park service-run cemeteries. the ban was approved by lawmakers earlier this week. now to president obama's plans to massively shrink the american military. even as commanders warn about the growing threat from an old enemy. today the pentagon announced which bases and units will be affected by the huge cuts. and exactly which enemies we might be fighting against. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has specifics tonight from the pentagon. >> reporter: the marine general slated to be the next chairman of the joint chiefs surprised lawmakers at his confirmation hearing today when asked what poses the greatest national security threat to the u.s. right now. >> senator, if i had to rack and stack them today, i had russia down as number one, i'd have

china down as number two. >> reporter: he put north korea and isis third and fourth. meanwhile, the u.s. army announced today it is cutting 40,000 troops from its ranks, which will result in the smallest ground force since 9/11. >> these cuts will impact nearly every army installation both in the continental united states and overseas. >> reporter: 28 installations in all, the army is effectively firing 17,000 army civilians, too. >> these aren't cuts the army wants to make. these are cuts required by the budget environment in which we operate. >> the army is tasked with going from 490,000 active where their today to 450 in the next two years. they've got to come from someplace. >> reporter: fort benning, georgia will be cut by 29%. joint base elmendorf richardson in alaska will be cut by 59%. fort leonard wood in missouri loses 15% of its force. and scofield barracks in hawaii 8%. fort carson in colorado will

shrink by 365 troops. the 25th infantry division will be stripped of its striker vehicle. >> it's bad news for the soldiers and their families. but it's probably recognized as good news in places like tehran where the ayatollahs are chanting death to america. >> when you look at the world we live in it doesn't make any sense to be cutting defense. we end up with a smaller army but we are asking more and more of them. >> reporter: this is not the first time the army has seen its force cut sharply over the past five years in 2010 there were nearly 570,000 soldiers in the u.s. army. right now there are just over 490,000. a decrease already of 13.5% in the past five years. and now defense officials tell us that the u.s. navy for the first time since 9/11 may have to pull its single aircraft carrier out of the persian gulf later this year without a replacement. defense secretary ash carter discussed a solution with his french counterpart this week. today we've learned the pentagon

may rely on a french aircraft carrier for two months raising concerns about the message this sends to iran at this critical juncture in the nuclear talks, bret. >> jennifer griffin out of the pentagon thank you. more on this with the panel. so is the president putting national security in jeopardy with these latest cuts? let me know @facebook.com. up next the clock sticks down on greece's effort to avoid economic collapse. first here's what some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. fox 35 in orlando as the florida supreme court sends legislators back to the drawing board over congressional districts. judges say the republican-controlled legislature broke the law in a new map must be drawn up before next year's election. fox 6 in milwaukee with the happy ending of the search for three missing sisters who grew up in that area. the women were on an excursion in the wyoming wilderness, did

not show up as planned tuesday. a guide notified officials he may have spotted them and 20 minutes later they were found. the women were hungry and cold but otherwise in good shape. and this is a live look at dallas from our affiliate fox 4. the big story there tonight, blue bell ice cream on the comeback. company officials say they are ready to test new procedures at a plant in alabama. blue bell you may remember shut down production at its plants in texas, oklahoma and alabama in april due to a listeria outbreak. that's tonight's live look outside the beltway from "special report." we'll be right back.

greece's government is racing against the clock tonight to finalize a package of reforms that will trigger another bailout before its economy goes over the edge of a disastrous financial cliff. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is

live in athens where it's early friday morning, hello, greg. >> reporter: bret it is now confirmed that the greek bailout proposal has been received by european union officials. there's a lot riding on it. the plan was put together between the greek government of prime minister alexis tsipras. reportedly it includes $14 billion in taxes, cuts and reforms, in return for at least $55 billion in loans from the e.u. and others. what to do about greece's mountain of debt. german chancellor merkel and others are still talking tough with encouragement from the u.s. though there are signs the e.u. is more open to writeoffs and that's exactly what greece wants. this as we saw today some of the worst lines and term percent at banks all across athens. banks now are mostly closed through monday along with limits on withdrawals at atms. after that it is the unknown. probably why the folks rallying tonight in the center of athens in favor of the e.u. seemed a

bit nervous. eurozone finance ministers meet on saturday. e.u. leaders on sunday. they'll either okay the bailout or will start kicking greece out of the eurozone. a number of contacts here say they do believe there will be a deal but none are saying it's a done deal. bret. >> greg palkot live in athens. we'll keep a lookout. back here in washington the obama administration's environmental chief is defiantly vowing to press on with the president's regulation agenda despite last month's setback from the u.s. supreme court. chief legal correspondent shannon bream is here to tell us what the epa is working on right now. >> reporter: bret epa administrator jena mccarthy said she is committed to carrying out the president's climate action plan. frequently sparred with gop lawmakers today over a what that

means. weeks ago the supreme court ruled the agency must consider actual costs when rolling out new federal regulations. mccarthy says it's about a lot more than just dollar signs. >> you cannot have climate happen and not pay attention to the costs today, the escalating costs tomorrow and the tremendous benefits if you stand up tall and do what is our moral responsibility. >> reporter: in today's house hearing, democrats argued that low income families are hit hardest by pollution and related health issues. while republicans argued those same families woulden hurt by electricity rate increases, driven up by the growing cost of complying with federal regulations. another key dispute today was over raw scientific data at the root of epa decisions. the agency has refused to release it saying it dud not have the authority to provide raw data that it doesn't produce itself. that is eventually interpreted by scientists who then provide analysis to the epa which it

relies upon to craft fegderal regulations. americans are left to wonder what's really going on. >> you and the agency may believe you're doing things for people but there's a perception out there across the country, whether it's in ag or construction or a variety of places that in all of these rules you're not doing things for people. you're inevitably doing things to people. >> reporter: meanwhile, 27 states have announced they are suing the epa over a new water rule they argue would give the agency enormous new power over private property. mccarthy said today the rule is about clarifying which water sources are actually subject to regulation. bret? >> shannon, thank you. still ahead, you will not believe what a 15-year-old is allowed to do in one western state without parental approval or even knowledge. and you're paying for it. first secretary of state john kerry says he'll walk away from the iran nuclear talks unless someone makes the tough decisions.

israel says two of its citizens are being held captive in the gaza strip. prime minister benjamin netanyahu says hamas is responsible and that his government is working to get them free. as of yet, there have been no threats of action against hamas. palestinians have not staged the kind of celebrations in gaza that have accompanied other such incidents. the president's top diplomat says he will walk away from nuclear talks with iran unless tough decisions get made. yet secretary of state john kerry says he is not giving up as two more deadlines for an agreement are just hours away. correspondent correspondent kevin corke updates us tonight from the white house.

>> [ inaudible ]. >> reporter: groundhog's day as in another day of talks and still no deal in the iran nuclear negotiations. while the exchange was lighthearted the stakes are not. which is why secretary of state john kerry says he's in no hurry to walk away. >> we will not rush and we not be rushed. and we won't let ourselves be rushed through any aspect of this. >> reporter: rushing hardly seems to be a problem, especially given the repeated deadlines that have already been passed in the hopes of forging a deal to limit iran's nuclear program in exchange for lifting u.s. and international sanctions. but the window of opportunity is closing. >> if the tough decisions don't get made we are absolutely prepared to call an end to this process. >> reporter: meanwhile, iranian president ruhani today met with russian president vladimir putin, a sign of strengthening ties between tehran and moscow. >> translator: i must also thank you for all your efforts towards advancing the program of the 5

plus 1 talks. >> reporter: on twitter, his foreign minister noted the negotiations in vienna but with a cryptic message, tweeting "we're working hard but not rush to get the job done. mark my words, you can't change horses in the middle of a stream." a vague expression about changing horses could suggest that the p 5 plus 1, the united states britain, france russia china and germany, are increasing the pressure on iran ahead of friday's new deadline. meanwhile on capitol hill today, lawmakers expressed skepticism of the talks. >> the obama administration has discounted the fundamental nature of the regime in iran. death to america isn't domestic spin in iran. it's the regime's rallying cry. >> reporter: strong words on capitol hill. me tonight, bret released this photo. it's of the president alongside his national security team inside the situation room taking part in a secure video teleconference with secretary

kerry, energy secretary muniz and samantha power talking about the p 5 plus 1 negotiateiations with iran. those negotiations continue as we approach another deadline. >> kevin, thank you. pope francis has expressed his disapproval at a gift from bolivia's president. telegraph reports after the pope arrived from ecuador, eva morales presented him with a crucifix mounted on a hammer and sicle, the symbol of atheist communism. the pope reportedly said "that's not right." libyan officials say the gift was a replica of a crucifix made by a human rights activist whose execution site the pope had visited earlier that day. pop singer ariana grande is an expert on problems. and she has a new one tonight that will make you shake your head. the grapevine is next.

now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine. we start with celebrities behaving badly. pop star ariana grande could be in for more than just a tongue lashing from police after video surfaced that appears to show her licking doughnuts at a shop in california. local police said they are investigating. local police are investigating along with county public health officials. the 22-year-old singer and a

friend appear to quote maliciously lick the doughnuts that a clerk says they did not pay for. wednesday grande apologized for saying quote i hate americans. i hate america in that same video. actor tom selleck is making headlines for all the wrong reasons. the man who played america's favorite private investigator in the 80s is accused of stealing hundreds of water from a fire hydrant and transmitting it to his avocado ranch. the municipal pal water district says it spent nearly $22,000 to hire a private investigator to document the alleged thefts that date back two years. the lawsuit named selleck and his wife was submitted to superior court tuesday. selleck's reps have not commented. finally, selfies can kill. that's the message from russia's

interior ministry. the french press agency reports the government is launching a public safety campaign urging russians to take safer selfies after nearly 100 people have been injured and dozens killed in accidents involving high risk poses. the signs warn against selfies on train tracks with wild animals, and atop electrical towers just to name a few. if you are now or have ever been a parent to a 15-year-old, you know just how impressionable and fickle they can be. keep that in mind as we tell you about a shocking new policy in one western state that would allow 15-year-olds to have sex change procedures done without parents even knowing about it. here's correspondent dan springer in oregon. >> reporter: 15-year-olds in oregon can't smoke, give blood or get a tattoo. but now they can get drugs to suppress puberty and even a sex change operation without their parents' consent. and the government will pay for

it. >> it is trespassing on the hearts the minds and the bodies of our children. they're our children. and for a decision a life-altering decision like that to be done unbeknownst to a parent or guardian is -- it's mind boggling. >> reporter: the decision was made by oregon's health evidence review commission or herc with no public debate it began covering cross sex hormones puberty suppressing drugs and sex reassignment surgeries for medicaid enrollees in january. a transgender activist says not requiring parental permission will save lives through suicide prevention. >> parents may not be supportive. they may not be in an environment where they feel the parent will affirm their identity. >> reporter: the american psychiatric association classifies gender dysphoria as a mental disorder. a 2008 study concluded most children grow out of it after puberty. john hopkins university was the first u.s. medical center to perform sex change operations but stopped after studying the

outcomes. its long-time director of psychiatry calls oregon's policy child abuse. >> we have a very radical and even mutilating treatment being offered to children without any evidence -- any evidence that the long-term outcome of this would be good. >> reporter: we tried repeatedly to get an oregon health authority official on camera to explain and defend the sex change policy. but they kept putting up road blocks. in fact one spokeswoman even lied to us about the medical director's work schedule. we eventually found her. >> dr. smith? can i ask a couple of questions? the oregon health authority can't say how many children have been treated by the state for gender dysphoria since january. herc says it will decrease suicide rates by one a year. president obama wants to cut 30,000 soldiers from the army payroll.

the army is tasked with going from 490,000 active where they are today to 450 in the next two years. they've got to come from someplace. these aren't cuts the army wants to make. these are cuts required by the budget environment in which we operate. >> bad news for our national security at a time when we're faced with some of the greatest threats we've seen in decades. it's bad news for the soldiers and their families. but it's probably recognized as good news in places like tehran where the ayatollahs are chanting death to america. >> we don't have to live with a smaller army. it's a political choice. and i think the american people are ready for us to make a choice to spend more on defense. >> official today. u.s. army announcing it will cut its ranks by 40,000 the smallest ground force since 9/11. meantime the man slated to be the next chairman of the joint chiefs of staff was up on

capitol hill being asked a very timely question. >> what would you consider the greatest threat to our national security? >> my assessment today, senator, is that russia presents the greatest threat to our national security. in russia we have a nuclear power. we have one that not only has the capability to violate the sovereignty and to do things inconsistent with our national interests but they're in the process of doing so. so if you want to talk about a nation that could pose an existential threat to the united states i'd have to point to russia. if you look at their behavior it's nothing short of alarming. >> i think you'd be the first to admit that reflects his own view and doesn't necessarily reflect the view or the consensus analysis of the present national security team. >> the general was then asked to list the threats, rank them. here's what he said. russia was number one, china number two, north korea number three, and isis number four. that's where we'll start with

our panel. syndicated columnist george will. julie pace white house correspondent for the associated press and jason riley, columnist with the "wall street journal." george. >> it is to say no more dischord ant to simultaneously say the army is going to be substantially cut and that the biggest threat we face is from a european land mass nation russia dismembering another nation in the middle of the european land mass. so that's odd. but what we're really beginning to talk about now, and the gentleman who referred to the budget environment raises this is a great question of our time. which is can this welfare state with an aging population that a welfare state exists to serve with pensions and medical care can it simultaneously have a generous social safety net and arm itself? for two decades we have spent more on means-tested entitlement programs than we have on defense. and that doesn't count social security and it doesn't count

medicare. all entitlement programs mandatory spending now are consuming close to two-thirds of the budget. something's going to get squeezed and it's perfectly clear it's going to be defense. >> julia, the outpouring on twitter and facebook is overwhelming. larry joes larry josephs types in to answer your question does a chicken have lips of course it puts the u.s. in jeopardy. cutting troop levels is never good. these cuts compromise force readiness. from facebook sandy says "frightening is what it is. but then isis is only the j.v. team." just a sampling there. but you get a sense up on capitol hill too, that there's a significant pushback here. >> there certainly is. as you heard some of the military officials say this is not something they're doing by choice. this is something they're being forced to do because of budgetary constraints. what we're heading toward in the fall is a big fight over defense spending versus domestic spending. and who will blink first. will the president in part

because of what i expect throughout the summer to be more of what you're hearing from viewers and from lawmakers to be a pushback against military cuts at a time when we're facing threats in the middle east russia elsewhere, would the president allow defense spending to increase at the same time that domestic spending is being held level. he at this point says no. but i do think that's going to be a huge fight this fall. >> jason? >> it's also worth mentioning that two of those four on the list of threats, russia and china, are increasing their military budgets while we're looking to cut. over the past decade the u.s. military has reduced spending probably about a half a percentage point. not much but it's down. over the same decade russia has more than doubled its military spending. china has also increased its military spending significantly. but this white house has other priorities. notwithstanding what's going on with greece right now, these social welfare states in europe are a model for this president, not something to be avoided. and cradle to grave entitlements are expensive.

socialized medicine is expensive. the president has no problem raiding the defense budget to finance them. >> but for the people who say the pentagon is larded up with fat and needs to be trimmed, what do you say? >> no. i say that is not why we have these deficits that we have today. defense spending is at a pre-world war ii levels in terms of a percentage of gdp. the money is where george said it is. it's entitlement spending. that is where the cutting should be. >> george? >> the pentagon does have an enormous amount of civilian fat that it can cut. there's an enormous growth just as there's a growth in the administration rather than the faculty of universities the growth in the civilian side of the pentagon does leave room for lots of cuts. with that said china, the second on the list it's expensive to have navies. aircraft carriers and their groups are tremendously expensive. this comes at a time when china is creating islands, building landing strips on them one

island is 750 mileschina, 250 miles from the philippines, and china claims it as its territory and challenges our right to use what the navy is good forks which is to defend the world sea lanes. >> julia, i covered the pentagon for six years. there's always this sense that you want to protect or expand. but talking to senior -- former senior commanders they truly believe that this could be a breaking point for the army. in fact one of them said to me privately that on background that he thought the chairman of the army the chief staff of the army should step down resign. >> you know often you have these discussions. and you get a lot of standard talking points about funding the military and the importance of the defense budget. people in the pentagon feel that this is very serious, that this is not just bluster at this point, that they are going to be at a point if the defense budget continues to be cut, are going to be at a point where they're not going to be able to carry out missions.

and we didn't even talk about something like cyber which is something that the pentagon is also focusing on which is an area where the u.s. is behind as we see in the opm attacks that the pentagon is going to have to invest a tremendous amount of money in cyber as well. >> quickly, jason, to see that list from dunford, russia china, north korea and isis. and for all the focus we give isis. >> this is of a piece with obama's lightfoot strategy. if you believe the u.s. military is not a force for good in the world, that it is part of the problem that leads to more instability in the world then you don't have a problem doing this to the budget. and that is the mindset of this administration. >> accept i think what that indicates is -- and it's right -- we are not going to send divisions and abrams tanks to fight isis. >> next up hillary clinton and jeb bush go at it over how many hours you should work.

aspiration for the country and i believe we can achieve it is 4% growth as far as the eye can see. which means we have to be a lot more productive. workforce participation has to rise from all time modern lows. means that people need to work longer hours.

and through their productivity gain more income for their families. >> well, on a day when the bush super pac announced more than $103 million, the bush campaign and jeb bush had to deal with that about working more hours. hillary clinton tweeting out soon after that came out anyone who believes americans aren't working hard enough hasn't met enough american workers. jeb bush responding, anyone who discounts 6.5 million people stuck in part-time work and seeking full-time jobs hasn't listened to working americans @ hillary clinton. jeb bush offered this full-throated kind of clarification to the "the washington post." if we're going to grow the economy, people need to stop being part-time workers. they need to be having access to greater opportunities to work. you can can take it out of context all you want, but high us is is stained growth means that people work 40 hours rather than 30 hours. let's start there we're back with the panel. jason. >> yes obviously. i know this will be a shock

to viewers. bush's comments were taken out of context by the clinton campaign. obviously to achieve the 4% growth that he would like to see and thinks we are capable of, more people need to be working full-time. bernie sanders has said the same thing that there are millions and millions of part-time workers who want to be full-time workers. the only reason we have 5.4% unemployment rate is not because there are so many jobs out there is because some people have stopped looking for work. >> senator ted cruz has said he doesn't want to attack other republicans he didn't pass up on this one. a statement to me would seem to me that governor bush would want to avoid the kind of comments to believe that governor romney was out of touch with the economic struggles many people are facing. the problem is that americans aren't working hard enough the washington cartel of career politicians, special interests and lobbyists. washington cartel including republicans. >> i'm not sure this is going to stick on jeb bush the way that romney's 47% comment stuck with him through the general election

it was clear he was not as precise in his language as he probably wishes he would and tried to make clear what he was trying to say. to ted cruz's point though we know that one of the democratic strategies is going to be to try to make jeb bush look like mitt romney. they feel like he has things in his background, his personal wealth, his family wealth that they can use. jeb bush though is a much different candidate than mitt romney. much different candidate we are already seeing that is not going to keep democrats and some republicans from trying to make that line of attack. but i don't think this is one of those situations where that's going to be successful. >> george? >> it's a bit thick being lectured on the life of the ordinary worker by hillary clinton, who has not had a job in the private sector since she was a rainmaker for the rose law firm the less said about the better. i summon in jeb bush's defense as a witness my man bernie sanders who is going around saying more or less correctly that the real

unemployment rate, if you count people who are unemployed and those too discouraged to keep looking for a job and those who are working fewer hours than they want to work, the unemployment rate is 10.5%. now, is he a socialist. he is good at arit me continuing particular but he is probably close enough in that case. the fact is is the workforce participation rate, if it were today what it was when barack obama was inaugurated the unemployment rate sure live would be over 9%. >> i think this is one of the things that can drive americans crazy about politics. because this is a real problem in the economy that you you have people who want to work and either aren't able to work jobs where they can make enough money work enough hours to support a family or don't find jobs available. let's have a debate over what these candidates are going to be. >> who knew that george would be feeling the burn at the panel here. i want it play this one sound bite from the interview i had with jeb bush the other day in new hampshire. full piece runs tuesday.

but asking about vulnerabilities for hillary clinton. >> what's the biggest vulnerability for hillary clinton? >> it's her just this protective shield she wants to create around her candidacy. i just don't think it's going to work, and the fact that she can't be trusted. there is never a straight answer whether it's the server the emails, benghazi just constantly, you know, validates this notion that there are two sets of rules. >> so when somebody says, you know, if it's clinton vs. bush, it's going to drive down participation people are not going to be motivated to head to the polls, what do you say to them? >> i'm going to win the nomination and i'm going to run a campaign that will inspire people that their lives can get better. that will drive turnout particularly among people who conservative and just don't know it yet. >> they just don't know it yet. a little tease for tuesday the contender's piece. that's it for the panel. stay tuned to see which politicians are taking selfies to a whole n

finally tonight as we mentioned in the grapevine taking the perfect selfie can be challenging, trying to control the angle of the lighting, the background. but what happens when you try to take a picture with a wild animal? two politicians learned the hard way that some times it may be best to invest in a selfie stick.

>> there you are. that's perfect. >> an elephant selfie. >> a great one. >> here we go. there we go. >> do you wonder if they are taking selfies in vienna around the table? oh goodness. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it is it for this "special report," fair, balanced and unafraid. greta goes "on the record" right now. ♪ ♪

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>> and i'm ainsley earnhardt. a heartbreaking good-bye. friends and family gathering for the funeral of kate steinle. >> many are asking where is president obama as the administration remains silent on the cold blooded killing despite sending people to the funerals of freddie gray michael brown and trayvon martin. >> rich is with us with live questions. >> good morning. in the debate over in fighting with san francisco officials it's spread to the campaign trail and washington d.c. the white house has called for congress to yoevoverhaul the immigration system. for this case the president has no comment. >> does the president believe they made a mistake or it should be done differently? >> as to the specifics of the