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unapologetic tonight in his criticism of senator john mccain, and he also remains the leader in the latest abc news washington post poll out tonight. trump has 24% support. scott walker is next at 13. jeb bush is at 12. trump's numbers fell significantly sunday after his comments in iowa. >> john mccain has done a horrible job. the va is a scandalous, corrupt organization. >> reporter: donald trump, after his weekend shot at john mccain, refused to apologize for the firestorm caused by this line. >> he's not a war hero. >> he's a war hero. >> he's a war hero because he

was captured. i like people that weren't captured. i hate to tell you. he's a war hero because he was captured okay? and i believe perhaps he's a war hero. >> today mccain broadened trump's insult. >> does donald trump owe you an apology? >> i don't think so but i think he may owe an apology to the families of those who have sacrificed in conflict and those who have undergone the prison experience in serving their country. >> reporter: trump's rivalled pounced. >> some people say that john mccain is not an american hero. i say john mccain and everybody like him is an american hero. >> until mr. trump apologizes

directly to john mccain and also to the veterans of this country, i don't think he has the character or the temperament to hold the highest position in this country. >> it's not just absurd. it's offensive. it's ridiculous. and i do think it is a disqualifier as commander and chief. >> there's no denying that senator mccain's service to his country qualifies him as a hero. >> we'll seen be at a point with our incompetent politicians that we'll be treating our immigrants better than our veterans. >> reporter: trump refuses to rule out a third-party candidacy if his popularity on the right wanes. >> no no no. i won't go on record as saying that. >> reporter: even hillary clinton and john kerry are coming to john mccain's defense,

and he is not backing down in any way, shape, or form. >> what do you think? do you think trump should drop out of the presidential race? make an apology over his comments about john mccain? let me know. you can use the hash tag special report. we'll also see what rick santorum thinks when he joins us later in the show. president obama met today with the new president of nigeria, which is engaged in a brutal fight against islamic extremism. nigeria is seeking additional american help in fighting boca haram. they killed at least 15 people friday in suicide bombings. the united nations security council has given an unanimous stamp of approval on the nuclear

deal between iran and five powers including the u.s. >> reporter: mere minutes into his oval office welcome of nigeria's new president, president obama turned his attention to another country. >> not just among the international community but also among experts in nuclear proliferation. >> reporter: the consensus the president was talking about was a 15-0 vote in the united nations security council that creates the base for international sanctions relief for iran. >> the countries of the united nations did largely unite behind the cause of preventing nuclear proliferation in iran. >> reporter: unity at the u.n. but not in israel.

ash carter tried to reassure america's closest ally in the region. >> friends can disagree about what will work and we'll be watching iran very closely to see. see. >> translator: they say this deal makes war more remote. this is not true. it makes war more imminent. >> reporter: back in april, ben rhodes said quote, under this deal you'll have anywhere anytime, 24/7 access as it relates to the nuclear facilities that iran has and the energy secretary agrees saying quote, we expect to have anywhere, anytime access. but there's a catch. listen carefully to josh ernest. >> we have 24/7 monitoring of iran's nuclear declared

facilities. >> reporter: access to those could still take weeks and that's angered some lawmakers on capitol hill. >> it's not 24/7. it's now 24 days later after the request. >> reporter: meanwhile senators lindsey graham john mccain, and former senator joe lieberman embarked on the no nukes for iran tour. >> thank you. isis terrorists are being blamed for an explosion in a turkish city. it is just across the border from kobani syria. back here at home a country that has long been considered a sponsor of terrorism is now back

in the fold. >> reporter: for the first time since the eisenhower era, washington is host to the cuban em embassy embassy. how little the bilateral relationship is changing was clear. >> translator: only the lifting of the economic commercial and financial blockade which has caused so much harm and suffering to our people the return of the occupied territory guantanamo will lend some meaning to the historic event were witnessing today. >> reporter: cuba's flag took its alphabetical place. then bruno rodriguez became the first cuban foreign minister welcomed to the state department since 1998.

the >> the process of fully normalizing relations between the united states and cuba will go on. it may be long and complex, but along the way, we are sure to encounter a bump here and there and moments even of frustration. >> reporter: kerry will travel to havana on august 14th to raise the american flag there. the cuban people will enjoy greater access to americans inside the embassy than in the past leading republicans joined by some democrats vowing never to lift the trade embargo. >> no matter what steps we're able to take it is undeniable that today is a sad day for u.s. national security interests and

human rights around the world. >> reporter: now you can probably hear and see the celebration that's underway behind me outside the cuban embassy embassy. these folks are pro-castro demonstrators. secretary of state kerry told reporters that recent visitors to the island of cuba have come back and told him there's a new sense of excitement on that island. there are fresh arrests of more than 70 freedom activists, including women in cuba. inside the frightening mind of the chattanooga massacre shooter. fox 4 in dallas with two people killed and several others injured in a wrong-way crash on interstate 45. a pickup truck was going northbound in the southbound lanes when it collided head-on with an suv. the suv was then hit by two

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a big and controversial apology for democratic candidate and former maryland governor martin o'malley. on an apology that appears to be making more news than the original statement. >> reporter: at a liberal net roots nation event in phoenix

over the weekend, a group called black alliance for just immigration marched in and stormed the stage derailing martin o'malley's remarks. >> will you make progress and will begin to dismantle structural racism in the united states? >> i'll just share with you. let me -- i'm trying to respond to the call of your question as best i can. >> reporter: when the crowd chanted black lives matter o'malley tried to respond. >> black lives matter white lives matter all lives matter. black lives matter white lives matter, all lives matter. >> reporter: o'malley left the stage and later apologized for his comments. >> that was a mistake on my part and i meant no disrespect and i didn't not mean to be

insensitive in any way. >> it shows the level of weakness that the democrats have that they would walk back a comment that's common sense. all lives matter. black lives >> reporter: protesters at the same event interrupted bernie sanders. he tried to stand his ground. >> i spent 50 years of my life fighting for civil rights and for dignity, but if you don't want me to be here, that's okay. >> no, sir, we want you to be here and address that and all the other questions. >> i don't want to outscream people. >> reporter: sanders continued a trend of drawing large crowds. it was more than 11,000 people according to an estimate from a city spokesperson. hillary clinton wasn't in phoenix. she was back in little rock where she was once first lady of arkansas serving up red meat to a friendly audience. >> trickle down economics has to

be one of the worst ideas of the 1980s. it is right up there with shoulder pads and big hair. >> reporter: while clinton is talking, there are reports her young supporters have been told no talking to reporters. that's led some to conclude the clinton campaign is trying to control its supporters. we're getting new insights to want into the disturbing mind of mohammad youssuf abdulazeez the young man who killed five service members in tennessee last week. john roberts is in chattanooga again with where the investigation stands tonight. [ applause ] >> reporter: as mourners celebrated the reopening of the army recruiting center next door to the chattered marine and navy office we're learning more about the man who carried out the murderous rampage. mohammad youssuf abdulazeez suffered from depression

struggled with drug and alcohol abuse, couldn't hold a job, and was facing a court date for dui at the end of the month. in depressive episodes he wrote ramblings and gibberish, but one where he talked about suicide and becoming a quote, martyr. the mother of randall smith is angry that the military didn't allow her to carry a weapon for protection. father of skip wells says there should be some sort of armed protection and remarked on the cruel irony of he as a veteran of desert storm. >> when i went to desert storm to liberate kuwait it just happened to be a kuwaiti born

who took my son's life. >> reporter: he was not in the building at the time but says marines and sailors didn't blink in the face of withering fire. >> they made sure that they were safe and then we saw some marines go back into the fray to protect and to make sure others inside the facility were still safe as well. >> reporter: the military is considering purple hearts for the five fallen. mohammad youssuf abdulazeez his downward spiral came to a head on tuesday. he went on a 72-hour bender roaring around the mountain roads of chattanooga until 3:00 in the morning. no one can say why he targeted the military. >> thanks. still ahead, he won 11 primaries and caucuses in 2012

so why isn't rick santorum leading the republican race in 2014? we'll ask him. first, what's the big takeaway from t

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planned parenthood over the alleged selling of body parts of aborted fetuses, there's a larger point to be made about the industry. brit hume is here with that tonight. >> whatever comes with the revelations about planned parenthood and it's participation in the trafficking of fetal body parts, they have parted the veil under which the abortion industry has so long operated. it laid bare the essentially brutal nature of abortion. let's be blunt. abortion involves the extraction and killing of a human life which within a couple weeks of pregnancy has a beating heart. it is these tiny creatures and too often ones that are far more developed that are pulled from a mother's womb and crushed with

forceps, but body parts that can later be sold are preserved. this shows the extent to we as a people have been -- will we as a nation not someday come to look upon that decision and what it has done to us not to mention the 55 million with horror and regret? one can only hope we will. >> back to that story all lives matter and the apology by martin o'malley. what do you make of that? >> that is just astonishing that he was forced to apologize for that or feel he was forced to apologize for that. it does show you at least one political party is politically incorrect to say that all lives

matter. just thinking back on what i was just saying, it is suggests we're long away from that hoped for day when we regret all we've done. wisconsin governor scott walker has signed a bill outlawing nonemergency abortions at or beyond to weeks of pregnancy. there is no exception for pregnancies resulting in rape or incest. courts have blocked the law in some states and litigation is ongoing in others. banks in greece have reopened their doors for the first time in more than three weeks, but strict controls remain on withdrawals. new austerity taxes have taken effect. the sale of goods has grown from 13% to 20%. the dow here in the u.s. gained 14.

the s&p 500 finished ahead 2. the nasdaq picked up 9 to close at another record high. another edition of "center seat." former pennsylvania senator and current republican presidential candidate, rick santorum.

republican presidential candidate rick santorum is with us tonight in our "center seat." joining him on the panel, stephen hayes, juan williams, and charles krauthammer. first, this trump situation has taken a lot of air time. what is your reaction to this weekend and what do you think of all the hubbub around it? >> i issued a statement within a few minutes after he made the comment about john mccain, said that john mccain is a war hero period. we have disagreed on a lot of things over the years, but knowing what that man went through, if that's not a hero i don't know what a hero is. i haven't decided to jump into the food fight. i think when a democrat says something stupid which i think something recently has been said that's not a very good thing, the other side isn't told how do you feel about that and then to

beat up on the other person. it's okay, but just because someone says something that's wrong or doesn't mean that they're stupid or something that's mean doesn't mean they're mean and i'm not going to engage in personal attacks. that's what's going on here. unless you attack him personally you're not tough enough. you're backing off. you're not going after him. it ends up with a weaker candidate. >> isn't this race different, a lot different with all these candidates? now he's topping the latest polls. what are you learning from that? what does that tell you? >> well you go back four years ago and the two top people in the polls were michelle bachman and rick perry. one had a lot of money and one had a lot of grass roots momentum. what i find is these

presidential races i'd rather be an airplane than a rocket. rockets don't have usually soft landings. airplanes take off slowly and reach good heights. that's what you want to do. >> switching to domestic policy if i can you have proposed an increase in the minimum wage. what do you say to a small business owner erer who says to you, if you make me increase my wage,swage wages, i will have fewer employees. >> we're going to put a package together. we're going to make it a simple, fair flat tax. we're going to allow expensesing for capital and equipment. in order to get that passed i'm putting ideas out there that could actually attract bipartisan support for an economic plan. a 50 cent an hour increase per year for three years, when less

than 1% of workers make the minimum wage now -- i was able to have a long list of accomplishments in d.c. we can still provide basic protections to take care of those being left behind. if you want less regulation and be able to expense things you'll see a lot more growth and wages. >> this is good politics not good economics. >> it's both. i think providing basic worker protections is something that republicans for a long time were for. to go out there and argue that we don't need a minimum wage increase i think most people

think we should have some increase. when virtually nobody is getting paid i think you're pretty much at that level. >> you made some news this week. you said cut immigration by 25%. a lot of thought is you want to increase opportunities for working people in this country, but wouldn't it have the consequence, senator, of also increasing the push for illegal immigration in the country? >> well, it comes with a plan to make it harder to come into this country illegally at the border and also a plan that is going to track visa overstays. >> i'm glad you said that. >> it's true. and also with an e-verify system that enforces the law. in the last 25 years, we've seen 35 million people come into this country both legally and

illegally. during that time wages have flat lined. 40% of americans don't have a college degree. they're seeing their wages and their opportunity to rise hurting. we're continuing to bring more unskilled workers in. the highly skilled workers we bring in are replacing people who have good paying jobs right now and are being brought in to replace them. i think people are frustrated that no one looks at immigration as what's in the best interest of the american worker. we look it more from a human rights perspective. i think you need to look at it when you have wages flat lining,e ing and the american dream seeming too far away for the american people. >> to follow up on that would you say that legal immigration has been a negative for the u.s.

economy? >> i would say 35 million people coming here over the last 20 years that can be a good thing or it can be a bad thing. what you have to do is look at the numbers. if you look at the numbers, you see people who are lower skilled workers not rising. i don't think anyone argues that that is a problem in america today, the ability for people to rise. i put forth a plan that highlights manufacturing and to try to bring back jobs for skilled laborers. >> isn't the solution not to go after the gross number but to go after the composition of the legal cohort and would you favor what canada and australia do which is to favor skilled labor, people with education who bring stuff to the united states that is less advantageous more

advantageous to the country than would be low skilled? but would you then still want to restrict the numbers? >> i think you have to look at both. i don't know what's magical about 1,050,000. that's been the case for the last 20 years. the previous high was from 1980 to 1920. we're at the highest level we've ever been. what's magical about that number? there's nothing magical about that number. what we do know is the number we're bringing in is having an impact on low skilled wages. the answer is we need to do both. we need to look at changing the composition of who we're bringing in and reducing that number. we can increase it if we have labor shortages and we need those. >> one last point. wasn't the immigration of 1880 to 1900 overwhelmingly unskilled labor? >> yeah but it was a different

economy than what we have today and also a very different government. we didn't have government benefits like we have today that people can avail themselves to. my grandfather came in in 1923. to my knowledge, there were no government benefits out there, so you had to go to work and we had an economy that was an industrial economy that was booming. i don't think anyone is making the argument charles, that there's a lot of unskilled worker jobs being created with good pay for people to be able to rise in society. >> let's go to

former pennsylvania senator and current republican presidential candidate rick santorum back in our "center

seat" tonight. you want to make a clarification. >> when i was talking about highly-skilled workers, the hb-1 visa program is not highly skilled. >> what are your plans to reduce the national debt? tom gets a little bit more specific. he says the federal debt is currently at 18.3 trillion. what is your plan to get it done to zero? >> real quick, growth. that's the most important thing. flat tax will increase revenues reduce outlays. means testing entitlement program particularly for food stamps medicaid all those programs. means test social security and we need to do something on creating generational equity respect to age. we need to index the equity after it turns to 67.

we need to index the age to life expectancy. on means tested entitlement programs, work requirements and entitlement limits. we did it for cash benefits. we didn't do it for food stamps. that's going to be a big deal. obviously, repeal obamacare. that's a huge cost that's sitting on the federal government and replace it with the same type of system that we're talking about with medicare, which is a premium support model. help employees who don't have insurance buy insurance. today the security council supported unanimously the deal obama struck in vienna on iran's nukes, which means that within 90 days it will become international law and by the end of the year when the iae

reports, all sanctions are going to be lifted. if you were to become president, you'll be a year late into the game. no matter what congress does the u.s. will be committed under the security council. what do you do? >> first off, i have ever confidence that iran will be violating that agreement then because they've violated any other agreement they've ever entered into. number two, i have no doubt that iran will be fomenting terrorism into the world. hopefully, we will begin to ratchet back some of this agreement based upon iran's behavior which i have no doubt will be wrong. also go out and say even in

spite of this agreement, we're going to look and assess iran and if in fact they are moving to a nuclear weapon we'll bring other things to the table, including things above sanctions. >> you mean militarily? >> the united states can do things on their own and we can recruit others who are willing based on iran's behavior. >> would you tear up the deal on day one? >> you can tear up the deal but it's already been executed. the sanctions have already been removed. you can't put the genie back in the bottle. yes, i would tear up in the deal that i think it is not worth the paper it is printed on. you have sanctions that allow for inspections after 24 days.

i can hide anything in 24 days. the idea this is an effective treaty is wrong. i will treat it that way and we will go and implement a policy hopefully not union latterlaterally. >> should we talk to our enemies in the first place? >> it all depends. >> on -- >> if they're terrorists. would we have negotiated a dismantling of their -- yes, i would negotiate a dismantling under certain circumstances. >> but if they're terrorists you would be negotiating with terrorists? >> but if you're negotiating a surrender surrender, that's one thing. if you're negotiating how they

can go forward and keep everything they have and not have to dismantle everything and keep their military sights open -- so you have to have terms that have commensurate with the agreement you're dealing with. my answer is no. this has made a nuclear arms race more likely. terrorism is going to expand. the difficulty in fighting isis. now we've made a partner in peace radical shite islam. you've made isis a more difficult burden to get out of iraq because of this. >> more we'll rick santorum. we'll start with juan when the

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test flush and we're back with our panel republican presidential candidate rick santorum. you are tied for tenth place in the rcp average you are actually ninth place tied

with john kasich who gets into the race tomorrow. if you don't make the top ten in cleveland, will you go to the forum and take part in that? >> i mean, i came to the center seat, i will go. >> you are ready. >> i will go wherever they ask me. >> what about your trajectory here? even in iowa there is a poll that has you 3% in a place that is essentially home for you. >> i would just say that, you know, four years ago i was at 1%. two weeks before the election in iowa in the national polls i was at 2%. you know, we're running a campaign like we ran last time, it's just the way you win in iowa. you go out there. i have been to 48 counties so far. keep working it. a lot of people kicking the tires and testing it out o. the national polls don't mean anything to me. they mean a lot to the media they focus a lot to on it they don't mean much to the voters at iowa. we will focus there. >> why is the pope wrong and ronald reagan right about

trickle down economics. how do you your mind when the head of your church says that the central plank part of your economic party hillary clinton this weekend said trickle down is wrong. it's not fair to the working man and women in this country. >> if you read a lot of catholic doctrine which you might imagine i have. certainly the writings of pope john paul ii and pope benedict and others are how important capital markets are and how important the free enterprise system is and how dangerous communism and socialism is. i would just say if you look at the great body of thought and you look at the reality of what's going on in the world, you have a pope that comes from a place in argentina where capitalism is not practiced quite the way it is here in the united states. and as a result, you might have a little bit more jaundiced view as to the crony capitalism that gets practiced in argentine. the sad part is that's

becoming the norm in the united states because of this president. >> that's what he is speaking to trickle down economics and speaks to your campaign speaking up for the working man and woman. >> i will continue to speak for the working man and woman. part of that is getting rid of the cronyism that we see. bells and whistles in the tax code get rid of special interest provision and have much more fairier. >> senator you won iowa last time, how well do you have to do in iowa to stay as a viable candidate? >> we have to finish either number one or very close to those. and we have to be -- if there is a small group at the top we need to be in that group. we need to do well. i would say that that will be a big springboard for us into primarily south carolina and nevada. >> biggest challenge in iowa? >> you know, at the end of my campaign in wisconsin i really enjoyed the time and i used with the folks

everybody should run for president. >> look at what they did. >> they took me up on it. >> thank you very much. stick around if you would. that's it for the panel. stay tuned for candidate inspired culinary mom has always been one of those people who needs to keep busy. if she's not working in her garden, she's probably on one of her long walks with bailey. she was recently diagnosed with a heart condition. i know she's okay, but it concerned me she's alone so often. so i encouraged her to get a medical alert button. philips lifeline offers the best options to keep her doing the things she loves in the home she loves. if she ever falls, or needs help, i know we can get to her quickly and with her condition that can be critical. and even though she doesn't typically go far from home, the button always goes with her. these days, she's still as busy as ever. just the way she likes it. innovation and you. test

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[ laughter ] are you honing for another menu item? >> i'm thinking i would rather have a business of pizza named after me. >> how many pizza ranches this time. >> so far just four but we have a lot of time to go. >> thanks for your time on center seat. >> thank you. >> see new cleveland. >> you got it. >> thanks for inviting us into your home. that's it for "special report," fair, balanced and unafraid. greta goes "on the record" right now. >> it is tuesday, july 21st. hot car hero. a shoe store manager stopped at nothing to save a toddler

trapped in a smoldering car. >> she was crying and she was drenched in sweat. her shoes were wet. >> what that girl used to get the little girl to safety. >> trumping the competition. days after controversy with comments about senator john mccain's war hero status. donald trump takes his most decisive lead yet. is it enough? the new (indiscernible). >> this makes me sad this morning. country's hottest couple now singing a sad song. why blake shelton and miranda lambert are calling it quits. "fox & friends first" are calling it quits. >> good morning. you are watching "fox & friends first". it is tuesday morning. i am ainsley earhardt. >> i am hither chilleder heather

childers. many americans are in the hot zone as swilterring heat sweeps the nation. triple dig get temperatures being felt coast to coast. >> many are urged not to go outside. image the heat inside a locked car. >> a kansas woman stopping at nothing to save a codler locked in this car on a nearly 100 degree day. the dramatic rescue all caught on cell phone video. kelly wright with how it all went down. >> some frightening moments for a little girl locked in an extremely car in kansas city. fortunately some good samaritans came to her rescue. >> you are listening to the banging going on as several people were trying to rescue the girl inside showing signs she was in danger from the sweltering conditions inside