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right now get up to $650 in credits to help you switch to at&t. >> we'll see you back here in an hour. "outnumbered" starts now. ♪. sandra: this is "outnumbered." happy friday, everyone, i'm sandra smith. here today, harris faulkner, she is dancing already, andrea tantaros. con on, girl. former national security councilmember and veteran on both george w. bush and obama administration, gillian turner is on the couch today, today's #oneluckyguy. >> i'm not dancing. sandra: fox business senior correspondent charlie gasparino is on the couch. we'll remind you, sir, you're outnumbered. >> i want to remind you done
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extra reporting on certain presidential candidate and if you want to hear it let me know. sandra: we know about your great reporting. so much going on. four days to go before the key winner-take-all primaries in florida and ohio. republican front-runner donald trump and his rivals turned last night's faceoff in miami into a mostly peaceful, civil affair. no personal attacks or talk about hand size but serious discussions about policy and delegate math. >> listen everyone up here has worked very, very hard but donald is right, there are only two of us have a path to winning the nomination, donald and myself. >> look, you have to earn the delegates in order to be picked but let's not get ahead of ourselves. we don't know what will happen because we still have half the delegates to be selected. >> we're all in this together. we'll come up with solutions we'll find the answers to things, and so far i can not
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believe how civil it has been up here. >> what the future of this country, and i believe, i believe at the end of this process this nation will make the right choice because i always believed god blessed america, that god's hand is on thetry and and if somebody doesn't have the delegates, two of us that can, two of us that do not, that is not meant to be a criticism. that is a mathematical fact, okay? sandra: different tone. syndicated columnist charles krautham by playing nice they miss ad golden opportunity to derail the trump train. >> i missed armistice declared. i missed it. particularly if you were rubio or kasich it was an opportunity missed this is not a turning point. i don't think it will be a deflection point in the trajectory of this campaign. sandra: charlie, start with you,
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was there a missed opportunity there? should they be more combative against trump? >> i will not to say, acting like relative normal human beings, not talking about hand sizes and other sizes. that said, when you're number two you have to try harder. they're all number two to donald, i don't think they tried hard enough. agree we charles krauthamer. i need a couple knockout blows. you need one moment, ronald reagan deflected on mondale years ago, i'm not going to criticize your youth and inexperience. you need something like that to stand out when on the ropes. ronald reagan was on the ropes at that point. those guys are on the ropes, rubio, cruz, kasich. they did nothing. can you get anything more boring than john kasich. i keep mispronouncing his -- sandra: there were some surprised to see more policy discussion. there was some clashing last night over policy listen. >> if you go to any national cemetery especially arlington you will seacrest sent moons
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there. if you go anywhere you will see men and women wearing uniforms are muslims. they love america. [applause] >> marco talks about a consequences. well we've had a lost consequences including airplanes flying into the world trade center, the pentagon and there could have been white house. there can be a lot of problems and you can say what you want, being politically correct if you want. i don't want to be so politically correct. i love to solve problems. we have serious, serious -- sandra: clearly rubio confronting donald trump there. >> despite civility and new tone and tenor of the debate, one of the voters happy to see some substance there, rubio delivered some heavy-hitting punches last night. there is a lot for people to rally around him about there. i disagree with mr. krauthamer respectfully. i think there were some missed opportunities but not of the kind he was pointing out. not from being, from the
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discourse being civil. i think there was a missed opportunity for some of the opposition to stand up and say to mr. trump, look, hating all muslims is not something that makes you politically incorrect. it is actually something that makes you bigoted. >> they did say that they didn't use the word bigoted. do you think it changed anything? >> no. >> i can't imagine. that is the whole thing here. how do you win, prevent a guy that was liberal, i like donald personally a lot but who -- if you go down his policies, right and you say, take out the immigration thing, he sounds like a big government liberal. sounds like nelson rockefeller. who are you kidding. andrea: not on a lot of issues. that is what is resonating. on immigration issue very conservatiept tore that. andrea: arguably more than conservative than anyone on the stage. he removed political correctness and give voice to voiceless middle class squeezed by both sides. the left prieds themselves
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protecting poorest of poor. right and left taken care of the rich, both sides. middle class blue-collar construction worker lost its job to illegal. seen the gop do trade deals in davos what you cover on fbn they doesn't have a voice. trump gives them that voice. he was very, very presidential. let me just finish. >> i don't get that. andrea: very conservative on foreign policy as well. >> really? andrea: yes. sandra: let her finish. andrea: let me finish. someone got in his ear people keep saying. i don't think so, sandra. he knows without anyone telling them to close the deal he needed this way play not to lose. >> is this new conservatism, equating palestinians with israel? is that the new conservatism? that is what he does. wants to judge them both equally. andrea: talks about no more nation-building. >> i get that. andrea: in direct conflict with the last administration. >> come out to say israel is our
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friend before anybody else? sandra: ted cruz took a moment to two after donald trump, policy plans, calling them basically empty rhetoric. >> the answer is not simply to yell china bad, muslims bad. you have got to understand the nature of the threats we're facing and how you deal with them. and yes, it is true there are millions of radical islamic terrorist who is seek to kill us. we need a president and commander-in-chief focused on fighting them. >> that was an example when they could have done. i agree with you, gillian, i don't think by extracting the discourse we've seen previously that you don't go after one another when you disagree. we've just seen two people disagree and they didn't call each other names or talk about appendages or anything like. so it was nice to see the conversation elevated but somebody in the room seemed to have mistook that, you know what? if you're not insulting anybody that you can't fight. that shows me a core lack of imagination and that is particularly sad because i think
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the american public does deserve to see healthy discourse about the issues. andrea: lazy. harris: armistice you talked about, happened from reince priebus. he took the stage first. everybody was getting in their seats and making sure they had diet dr. pepper next to them, blah, blah, blah. no, he said we've got to come together. said previously in the rate we needed g-rated. he is setting the tone. why? i took a brain room look this morning. 12 million republican identified voters, those states where you have had republicans and democrats voting compared to about five million democrats voting in the primaries. look at that. there are people coming out to vote in the republican party. they can't ignore that. sandra: charlie, i know you're watching the numbers. you heard the candidates at the top. hours, we set it up. we showed clips of them debating delegate math. ted cruz and donald trump is only pathway for those two. >> they're right. sandra: john kasich said quote, don't get ahead of yourselves.
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marco rubio is making case he can win home state of florida. >> if he can win his home state of florida he did not win it last night. i will say this, donald trump, if you listen to him on issues does not answer many questions from policy standpoint. he doesn't talk about how to balance budget. doesn't talk about what government agencies he wants to cut. as a matter of fact he wants to expand size of government. harris: does that help others getting into details? >> my point is this. if he is advocating nelson rockefeller type of conservatism, which he is, with strong foreign policy, nelson rockefeller was, so was lyndon johnson, another big liberal. they have to draw the comparison. they did it a little bit. did not do it enough. talking about islam making them all bigots doesn't help them. andrea: not working in this election. very inexpensive lesson that was learned is be yourself for marco rubio. i could have given him that advice for free. campaign consultants he paid
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thousands of dollars told him to be something other than he is. he became so negative, sandra, that he arguably sandbagged himself. what bad advice can do to a candidate. ted cruz set most conservative candidate on that stage. no question. but there is authenticity chip missing. there is something about him that is artificial. >> from persona. andrea: not resonating with people not able to win in general election. look at numbers in mississippi, he only pulled 18% of non-evangelicals. that is troubling number in general election. sandra: gillian, you seem to be agreeing. >> it was interesting in terms of trump rockefeller comparison, people are comparing him to different politicians of former ages. he a little bit reaganesque in sense he is standing up, making the party look like him. he is saying to you -- >> he is not requiring begannesque for policy though. >> gop establishment you think you know this party but i actually have better finger on pulse for you do.
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>> you're saying -- >> pulling people like andrea said discontents from liberals and -- >> policy go down the policy. he is not -- andrea: charlie no one cares. no one care. >> 35% don't care. we're not talking about purists. he is for big government. he is for a trade war. this isn't purism. this sin sanity. harris: can i ask you a question? i think andrea this may illuminate some things. donald trump has been press ad couple different times now and he doubled down he is common sense conservative. explain that. because the way that i understand it is, he knows how to win and that's what he is going for. does that work in the primary? would probably work in the general election when you look at polling, exit polling, people want a winner, so forth but what does it mean to the gop that he is a common sense conservative? >> a lot of voters don't believe common sense is something thriving in washington, d.c. especially on the establishment side.
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rather than co-opt the compassionate conservative we saw george bush use he is taking his own sort of wording and specialized it i'm a common sense conservative. he is conservative on some issues but not all. that is good enough. so the argument you're making, "national review" made, he not a real conservative! guess what? it didn't work this time. >> you know what i'm saying? andrea: let me finish. gillian pointed out. it is bigger than. >> there are con men out there. i'm not saying donald is con man. tough look at his policies. do his policies make common sense? they don't. andrea: some of them do enough for voters. >> enough for 35% of the voters. andrea: he has tremendous general election appeal, charlie. >> 35%. sandra: will continue on the couch. debate continues across the country. turning to the democrats now, will upset victory in michigan propel more democratic voters to feel the bern? bernie sanders says hillary clinton may have been rattled by
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♪ andrea: vermont senator bernie sanders agreeing with our own ed henry that his upset victory in michigan may have rattled hillary clinton. this coming on the heels of big rallies in florida where thousands of people showed up. he says he is in it for the long haul. still has a path to the nomination. >> we are going to take this to the convention. we have real momentum behind us. and last i heard, there are 50 states in united states of america and we're going to compete in everyone. in our view, i will not tell you it is easy, but we have a path toward victory. some of the states coming up, some very larger states, california, new york, west coast we're strong, oregon, washington state, hawaii. we think we have a path toward victory. andrea: so is he right, harris? we talked about the democratic process different from the republican side because of the superdelegates that are squarely
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in mrs. clinton's camp. harris: but you still can not ignore the voter. the voter is not invisible. path from victory, from the very beginning i don't know if bernie sanders necessarily wants to end up in the white house but he wants to get close enough he could certainly have an impact on economy and other issues he feels passionate about going forward. what does he do? he continues to get those enormous rallies out. something hillary clinton from the very beginning really struggled with. remember the women's conference she gave, hard to get women to come. there was men in the audience. that was early on. as we gotten closer she is able to get delegates, superdelegates because that was already baked in. what she hasn't been able to do rattle free all these people clinging to bernie sanders. so a path to victory for him could look like, he makes it close. he makes it look like he is listening to the voters. andrea: he is. it is resonating to voters on the left.
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putting states like michigan in play, much like donald trump. states in play, how did they pull this off? it is different recollection. >> that was great victory in michigan, mr. socialist, bernie sanders. he is making it interesting. long term -- harris: interesting for the voter. >> we should point he appeals i think even smaller minority than donald. harris: what about all those crowds? >> well you can find 5000 nutcases anywhere and put them in stadium. harris: can you find 20,000? >> i've been to ac/dc concert. you should see that crowd. harris: you want to call voters that? >> bernie sanders voters? yeah. this guy is socialist. said one of the most outrageous disgusting things in the world that white people are not poor. he raise ad race card so absurd. sandra: you equated bernie sanders voters to donald trump voters? >> no i didn't equate them. there are a similarity there.
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a lot are fringe. >> over half the democrats under the age of 18 to 21 support sanders. >> yeah. right. >> the point here harris kind of honed in on it, yes, michigan, i'm sure rattled the clinton campaign, if her weakness is women, bernie's weakness are his colleagues over 50 group. he is having trouble rallying his folks. >> they don't go crazy -- andrea: i disagree, you talk fringe talking like dennis kucinich? >> really? harris: i don't get it. andrea: look at stadiums and arenas trump and sanders are packing. these are not fringe. both are capturing the imagination of the electorate. don't believe me. look at numbers. >> i looked at video on "washington post" where i saw an assault in the donald trump rally. i see angry people fighting. i see people, i see reporters, hear about reporters getting assaulted. now i have not seen that at the bernie sanders. i've seen insane emotion yes but
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if you're telling me that is normal, civil behavior i would say -- andrea: that is not what we're arguing, sandra. >> you asked me to talk about a rally. you mention ad rally. andrea: fringe, versus none fringe. talking about fighting versus non-fighting. >> look at donald trump rallies. look at -- harris: donald trump would be first guy to tell you that emotion -- andrea: what does that matter? what is the pint? that fringe? >> you have a candidate basically does not tamp down on the raw emotion of the people in the audience, that's a problem. you're going to have -- andrea: we're not arguing whether it's a problem, charlie. like a false argument. you are changing let sandra go. you're not making sense in your argument. >> you're not right. andrea: you're not cogent. >> not cogent to bring up fact there is violence at donald trump rallies. andrea: that is not what we're debating. we're debates whether or not -- sandra: where are you going with that? >> here is where i'm going.
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taking issue with my characterization about fringe people at these rallies and i told you when you look at footage of a donald trump rally, you see plenty of fringe. you see fights. you see assaults. andrea: also see other faces in the audience sandra. >> oh, yeah too. that fringe element. andrea: thousands of people that aren't -- sandra: for example, our colleague on the business network, dagen mcdowell, just spent an entire afternoon out at one of the biggest construction sites in new york city talking to construction people. guess what? there was not one mention of kasich. not one mention of rubio. but there was bernie sanders and donald trump. more than any other candidate. >> by the way construction worker loved nixon but didn't start fights at rallies. harris: can i quickly say one thing when. put people in box of fringe you wipe away ability to have voice. hold on. let me finish. i listened to you. something gillian said about the young percentage of democrats going out we have to be careful not to put everybody in that
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box. >> we're not we're not. harris: you wipe away ability to have a voice. but what happened at a rally. there is video of it. >> harrison. happens every time. harris: it is harris. if there -- >> happens every time. harris: if there needs to be a, every single rally? >> almost every rally -- harris: now it is almost. >> you tell, are you really got the blinders on where you don't think there is fringe element that starts violence at donald trump rallies. harris: same thing was said about the tea party. same thing said about, same thing was said about occupy. >> some of that stuff did happen at occupy because i covered it. harris: what you said before -- >> happens almost everyone. harris: almost everyone. >> look at them. it is on tape. harris: we have to dial up fairness and civility takes it one by one. if police need to step in at one point -- >> don't let him off the hook for this. andrea: i think you've been on wall street too long, charlie. sandra: commercial.drea: you'ven wall street a little too long.
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>> i can see a fight when i see one. andrea: i happen to like ac/dc voters and crowds at ac/dc concerts. super tuesday, number two on march 15th. how much will they matter. is the anti-trump vote starting to coalesce around ted cruz. plus america pays tribute as former first lady nancery reagan laid to rest today at the place that she called the shining city on the hill. beside her beloved husband ronald. [beekeeper] from bees to business expenses, i'm in charge of it all. so i've been snapping photos of my receipts and keeping track of them in quickbooks. now i'm on top of my expenses, and my bees. best 68,000 employees ever. that's how we own it.
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♪ harris: on this friday, friend, family, grateful nation paying final respects to former first lady nancy reagan. let's look at this live now. that is the reagan presidential library on your screen. funeral services are expected to get underway fewer than two hours from now. mrs. reagan as you know we reported on fox died on sunday
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from the age of 94. she planned her funeral down to the smallest details from floral arrangements and music to guest list which includes everybody from hollywood superstars to former president george w. bush. trace gallagher is there live for us in simi valley, california, to give us what is going on. trace? reporter: harris, behind me you can see the entrance to the reagan library for the past hour or so. you've been watching as guests and celebrities and dignitaries arriving there, escorting past the military and through the front gates into an area where nancy reagan lie in repose. gives them a chance to go by to pay their respects before they are escorted to their seats. this thing has been planned for 30 years but all had to come together in the past five days which is really a monumental task. as you say, harris, nancy reagan had a part in every little detail of this. you mentioned the flowers. they are her favorite. she picked music, bat till him of the republic will start the service because that was
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ronald reagan's favorite song. as for the speakerrers it is really a family afair. nancy reagan's niece will read from proverbs. her nephew reads from thessalonians. her brother is honorary paul bayer. eulogies come from ron reagan her son and patti davis. patti davis wrote op-ed yesterday, relationship, very tumultuous relationship she had with her mother in the '70s and '80s. patti davis compared it to the cold war back then. when ronald reagan was diagnosed with alzheimer's they reconciled. they're watching today, harris whether or not the rain will come in. they're calling for 100% chance of rain at the time of the funeral. we're keeping our fingers crossed. a thousand people here to pay their respects to nancy reagan. harris? harris: it is the day the lord
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made, whether it rains or shines it is perfect in his eyes. trace, thank you. endorsements galore as we move on to politics as remaining republicans try to build support ahead of primaries last week that will play a huge part who is the gop nominee. just this morning donald trump winning the support of former gop rival dr. ben carson. >> he is actually a very intelligent man who cares deeply about america. there are two different donald trumps. there is the one you see on the stage and there is the one who's cerebral, sit there is and considers things very carefully. harris: meanwhile ted cruz starting to pick up major support in the form of first endorsement from a fellow senator, utah republican mike lee. >> he will stand for you. he will stand for every mother and father and son and daughter in america. he will do what he said. he will speak the truth just as he has in the united states senate.
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it's time, my fellow americans, and in particular today my fellow republicans, to unite behind one candidate. that candidate is ted cruz. harris: all of this coming as another former presidential candidate, carly fiorina, also threw her support behind ted cruz but it is not such great news for marco rubio. the latest polling out of his home state of florida shows the senator trailing donald trump by seven points. charlie, i will come to you first on what you think is happening with all of this. put your arms around it. >> i think that is actually a good poll for marco rubio. there were a lot of donors who i reported were prodding him to get out of the race pre-florida. he was looking at polls, that poll show as tightening race. that is positive. comes on heels of attack ads starting to seep in but i don't think it is going to have -- i think he is going to lose anyway. just a feeling i got that the excitement is behind trump. i think ben carson endorsement
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is pretty big because you know what, donald has to do is buildout his coalition from blue collars to evangelicals and ben carson, you guys know this better than i do, ben carson gets that vote. mike lee is, he and ted cruz are friends but more of the same. so, i think, if you're chess playing here, you have to score a big one for donald getting ben carson. harris: all right. we saw some pushback from marco rubio just a few days ago when there was talk about people putting pressure on him to get out of the race. then this just happen ad few minutes ago. is he opening door for supporters to support john kasich in ohio? watch. >> if voter in ohio is motivated by stopping donald trump and comes to the conclusion that john kasich is only one who can beat them there, i expect that is the decision they will make. i can tell you in florida i'm only one can beat donald trump. whether someone supports ted cruz or john kasich, if you vote for them in florida you're in essence voting for donald trump.
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if voter reaches same conclusion in ohio, i think that is what they will do again. harris: kind of like encircling donald trump. sandra: that was all in effort to stop donald trump. the question is, is the anti-trump crowd starting to coalesce around ted cruz, we have seeing that. one example of that is senator lindsey graham of south carolina who has been a huge critic of ted cruz, who all of sudden in recent days started to show that he is more and more open to ted cruz. so, things are quickly changing, harris. harris: i thought it was interesting during the endorsement today with dr. carson this talk about, you know, it is just politics when you tear each other down like that and we made nice and so forth. when you say senator graham and ted cruz, clearly, i didn't hear lindsey graham saying he loved ted cruz when he sat here on the couch with us but now he is behind me. the enemy of my enemy is my friend sort of thing. >> donald trump was kind of saying when he spoke after ben carson was saying, well,
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yes, i was sometimes horribly mean to him but he understands. everybody understands that it was just politics and this is what you have to do. sandra: he actually said he only tore into dr. carson when dr. carson for that moment during the campaign was leading donald trump. harris: this gets to, andrea, where it talks about winning. this doesn't help marco rubio win. this doesn't help i don't know case kick win. -- john kasich win. they're trying to get one guy to lose. andrea: it doesn't help. mike lee from a lindsay gram, support of less than 1%. nobody. who does ben carson bring? six to% of valuable piece of an electorate that donald trump can use. he has a lot of evangelicals. charlie, hang on one minute. breathe. he has a lot of evangelicals from mississippi and other states. that is remarkable about his rise.
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>> isn't he path logical? no, he is pathological. i heard some candidate call ben carson pathological and a bser. you know who that candidate was? donald trump called ben carson pathological. and he said, don't quote me. quote him in ben carson's book. andrea: you call each other names during politics. not bean bag. you call each other's name. >> pathological means you're insane. andrea: no acts of violence in that announcement. i didn't see anybody fighting him. >> pathological means insane. andrea: you run around fox news that threatening to beat people up and punch people. does that make you have friends, charlie. we're talking about -- >> i know how to defend myself. andrea: so you do fight a lot? >> i'm not pathological. andrea: don't you brag about stories knocking people out. >> i'm not pathological. andrea: i think jury is out on that. harris: bury the hatchet from your example with lindsey graham and ted cruz.
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what do they say about politics? makes odd bedfellows. i believe. let's move on. andrea: it does. harris: just a few hours from now dr. ben carson will be a special guest on "your world" with neil cauto. they will talk about the endorsement and impact on the 2016 race. charlie will be standing outside the door. >> i'm supposed to do a hit as a matter of fact. sandra: i wonder if you're still invited? >> i don't know. harris: islamic state reportedly doubling its forces in libya since last year but as the ranks of the terror army explode in size president obama is blaming some of america's closest allies for what's happening. is this any way to treat our friends at a time when we will need their help the most? [gunfire]
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there are as many as 6,000 isis fighters in libya, twice as many as late last year. meanwhile president obamais pointing the finger at britain and france that has spread there since the overthrow of moammar gadhafi in 2011. speaking to the atlantic, he says in part, when i go back and ask myself what went wrong there is room for criticism because i had more faith in the europeans given libya's proximity being invested in the follow-up. his remarks about david cameron being distracted by other issues and being called some of the strongest criticism ever against a sitting british prime minister by sitting president of the united states. mr. obama also accusing former french leader nicolas sarkozy exaggerating france's role in overthrowing gadhafi. this just in, ashort while ago says the president obama did not mean to be critical of prime minister cameron in that "atlantic" piece.
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it affirms the strong leadership between u.s. and great britain. what is going on with some of our strongest allies, gillian? >> you're right to point out it is some of the most scathing words we hear the president speak against western allies in long time. what is interesting, president obama said to the "atlantic," said only reason i agreed to go into libya to depose moammar gadhafi because you guys told me you were going to do most of the legwork. france and britain reneged on the promise. thanks a lot. that is public shaming. that is what is so unusual. andrea: what about the french and british, would conveniently ignore the passage of mrs. clinton's book takes ownership of libya, pushed president obama in her words to out of gadhafi. she said this is my word and first democratic debate, libya is success story. it's not. >> it is widely kind of accepted
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in the foreign policy community that mrs. clinton when she was secretary of state was really sort of the bullish one saying, little bug in the president's ear was saying do this, the right thing to do. we candepose this evil dictator. the problem much like iraq there was no plan to win the aftermath. i can't even say win the peace. there was never any peace. there was some brief sort of political shock in the country in absence of having muammar qaddafi at the helm. it is rife for infiltration by terrorist organizations since 2011 since the absence of political leadership and stability. sandra: can you explain what is going on with the oil situation there? this report we're talking about says isis has expanded significantly. they don't currently, the report says, direct revenue from exploitation of oil in libya but the attacks against oil installations seriously compromises the country's economic stability. what is the latest. >> absolutely. it is really kind of same old
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story which is oil and natural resource, a blessing and curse for libyans, much like it is for people all across africa and the middle east, the united states is now recognized that what isis is trying to do in libya is take hold of all the oil infrastructure, much like they have managed to do inside of iraq and syria. the problem with libya that makes it extra dangerous, their proximity to the coastline and to europe and so, there is a lot more opportunity for them to kind of get away with things that are much more difficult when you go inland. >> how do you get rid of a dictator not do some degree of nation building? >> that is the billion dollar question this country has been grappling with for 12 years, more than 12 years. can you do it? do you want to try to do it? is it the right thing for the united states to do? i certainly don't have an answer. it is something we can talk about endlessly. andrea: created that vacuum you discussed. great expertise, gillian. pc police apparently infiltrating army, lecturing our soldiers in the classroom about the dangers of white privilege. the army says it was a big
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♪ harris: seems not even members of our u.s. armed forces are immune from the pc police. hundreds of soldiers based at fort gordon in georgia were apparently forced to attend a briefing last year about the dangers of white privilege. it is according to documents obtained by judicial watch and freedom of information action requests they made. the briefing was part of a power point session and training on diversity that society attaches privilege to being white, male, head troh sexual regardless of your class. i am making a privilege a problem and do something about it. the army spokesperson said that diversity briefing was not officially authorized. there were 400 in soldiers in that briefing hard not to authorize. this is the we i would have to the cape tan who made the statement. to keep it from happening again
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they will offer up more bureaucracy to send for digs training so it doesn't happen again. andrea. andrea: clearly a screw-up. someone at lower level not at chain of command. they had a power point presentations some kind after social justice warrior and they apologized. this is larger theme within the military we see move away from traditional military behavior into more pc type of indone trin nation. you see it what happens with the chaplains at department of defense. pc culture affecting department of defense and climate change and winning on front lines. sandra: you bring up a lot incorporation of climate change that the pentagon ordered for military commanders. that they should prioritize climate change and incorporate climate change impacts into plans and praises. in -- operations. in addition tripping materials
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obtained by the military decrying conservative organizations to be hate groups and warned troops not be to be drawn into extremist talk. >> we should also point out that what this session was about is a lie. are you telling me that the white kids that go into the military are from privileged backgrounds? they're often more than not, not. they're poor and working class kids looking for a break. should point out one other thing. one of the best ways the army to create diversity was called booed camp. people all over the country hanging out together, going through the regimen. becoming lifelong friends. my father's friend was a black guy back in the '50s. he was a sergeant. he was his lifelong friend. that is called -- this is at a time when the country was segregated and they became friends. that was all about boot camp. harris: it is interesting what sandra and andrea are saying the job of a soldier morphing into other things part of this class.
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the soldiers were taught such privilege results in yawning divide and levels of income, wealth, dignity, fear, suspicion, discrimination, harrassment and violence. it is part of their job to try to address that my question is, do you mean among the enemy you want them to counsel among the enemy while in some cases, not all, some cases bullets are flying. >> where does this directive come in. >> i don't know. strikes me talking this through, sometimes a little bit of pc training or sensitivity training will go a long way in overseas missions. so, for example, when we send people to the front lines in afghanistan and they're living in the tribal areas for six months, it is very important that they know how to assimilate into different cultures, if not assimilate at least deal with them so they don't offend people. here at home strikes me as very strange this is what we're doing. harris: a story that is out there. we'll follow it. teachers usually give grades to students but now one state wants to do the very same thing with parents. so is this a good idea or yet
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too, at least in the case of mississippi as democratic proposal passed in the statehouse becomes law, teachers would be required to grade parents involvement with their children's education. that includes mom and dad's communication with teachers, their child's completion of homework, how well they're prepped for tests, and how often their child is late or absent. critics say the bill is the wrong way to encourage more parental involvement while the bill's author calls it wake-up call to shock parents about the reality of importance of their child's education. harris, if you were graded, you have two little girls in school, what grade would you receive? >> different grades on different days. no one's perfect. just like the child would get different grades. what this does is breed i think a contemptuous relationship between teachers and parents. we got to be working together. my mom was a school teacher. my father taught in high school after he retired from the military. you need to be a united team on this. it really pits you on different
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sides. you embolden people to get involved by giving them positive feedback. sandra: the way i see it, takes a lot of responsibility off the kid. >> i see what you're saying. i do largely agree with you, just in interest of thinking about it in a different way i would say there is something built in here i like protecting students from sort of like more dell lent went families, for delinquent homes. in grade school your education is just as much of a product from the classroom as you get from your parents. sandra: i don't get it. charlie, teacher gets failing grade, they're not getting into college. >> not totally absurd. i don't have kids, full disclosure. cart before the horse, right? we have problem with lousy teachers. that is our biggest problem, teachers are not held accountable for teaching kids. yes they should be gridded. sandra: andrea, last word what do you think? andrea: focus should be on teachers being accountable. harris, you hit nail on the head why create division between parent and teacher. well-said. sandra: good point. happy friday, everybody.
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