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bill hemmer is live outside sandy hook elementary school in newtown and joins us live this evening. we are just getting word of some news about the guns the shooter used. >> yes, bret. fox news can confirm that the three guns tied to the grisly murder scene were owned by the shooter's mother nancy lanza who also has a relationship as a teacher with this school. what we are starting to piece together here is the timeline, that began at daybreak earlier today. when this young man got out of bed. took one of those gun, shot his mother in the face. took her car, and drove to the school here, a small elementary school in the picturesque part of connecticut and taking the lives of 20 children ages 5 and 6. all in kindergarten, six other adults inside. that building as well. i tell you, bret, after being here for a couple of hours, what is striking this is small town america. beautiful wooded area of rolling hills. this time of year you think of christmastime a few weeks from now and if the snow starts to fall around here it's a picturesque community. one can only imagine how beautiful it i

i'm bill hemmer live in connecticut. "the factor" begins now. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight -- >> we all huddled and i kept hearing these booming noises. >> fox news confirmed that as many as 27 people are dead, including 20 children. >> bill: unspeakable evil in connecticut. >> the gym teachers directed to us take against the wall and everybody started to panic. >> bill: dozens of school children murdered. >> they had their entire lives ahead of them. birthdays, graduations, weddings, kids of their own. >> bill: tonight what happened? how it could happen and can america prevent this kind of atrocity? we will have a number of reports. >> he's tough. a lesser person would have pleaded guilty. >> bill: also will president obama and secretary of state clinton demand the release of marine lance corporal jon hammer being held in a mexican prison on bogus charges? we will continue our reporting on this disturbing story. caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. "the factor" begins right now. >> bill: hi. i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us. mass murder in con

i'm bill hemmer, good evening again. a shooter entered a school earlier today shooting to death 20 children, six adults. alexis says she was in a classroom when police burst in and told everyone to hide in a corner. now what happened with her daughter and good evening to you. wow. what a day this must be. >> unbelievable day. she's holding up and she's been a trooper. we're doing a lot of talking and a lot of communicating and a lot of extra hugs and kiss. >> bill: how do you communicate with her now, lynn? what are you talking about? >> we're honest with her and she didn't know that the principal had been killed and so she had heard that on the news. i sat down next to her and explained to her what had happened and the man that did all of this is no longer here. we talked a lot about feelings and talked a lot about how are you doing and is there anything you would like or what do you want to talk about, or -- just in general, just how are you as a person? she's eight. she's not two. so there is, unfortunately, you can't

bill hemmer on the scene. thank you very much. take you to new jersey now, where the shooter's brother reportedly lived. anna live in hoboken with more. what can you tell us what is going on there? >> reporter: jon, for people who are unfamiliar with the geography of the area, hoboken is southwest of manhattan. the building behind me is where the brother of the suspect, of the newtown, connecticut, shooting reportedly did live and was taken out in handcuffs earlier this afternoon. the streets have been blocked off. cordoned off. they have police tape here, keeping the media at bay. we have spoken to police on the scene. they don't expect a lot more to be going on, although it was lot more of an active scene earlier today. there was also some preliminary confusion over the identity of the suspect in the shooting. if you will remember that, earlier today. we can tell you that 20-year-old adam lanza is dead and authorities say the brother who allegedly was here, 24-year-old adam lanz ryaa is i custody. the home is in hoboken, new jer

. >> bill hemmer who has been an amazingly reassuring voice of excellent reporting.nk you so much for joining us. let's start our show tonight with general reflections. as a father and a proud american who loves kids especially a 6-year-old who doesn't love a 6-year-old that wonderful spirit and innocence. what a heart wrenching few days this has been. when you start hearing some of these stories and you learn a little bit more about them. it almost does help you start to put it in perspective and heal a bit more. >> sure. >> the thing about this one, again the day after the colorado, aurora colorado shooting we went through this. we put it out there and the next day is the day we started looking at the victims. we have been pushing all morning to stay on the victims. i don't want to talk about the perpetrator. the most important thing is this is new town connecticut. we drop our kindergartners 6-year-olds, 14-year-olds at school and we say good-bye we trust their going to come home. for 20 families this weekend they weren't able to pick them up. there will be plenty

i'm bill hemmer live near the sandy hook elementary school in newtown, connecticut. at last hour, we were given the names of the 20 children and when you look at this list born in 2005 and 2006, ages six and seven, and you read the names, daniel and charlotte and katherine and grace and jack, and chase and dylan and madeline and 12 others, rips your heart out. we are back here tonight to continue on the story where the teachers and the parents and the police, everyone is looking for an answer as to why tonight. this now a day after a gunman thousand that school and shot 26 people dead and police now revealing those victims. the medical examiner, about two hours ago, confirmed all six adults who died were women. among the 20 children, eight of them were boys. 12 were girls. all again between the ages of six and seven. all of them were shot more than one time. >> i've been at this for a third of a century. my sensibilities may not be the average man, but this probably is the worst i have seen. >> bill: that was the medical examiner who was briefing reporters here just

elsewhere the other reality shows, who is the biggest reality show on tv right now, other than bill hemmere people know the recipe for sketty and butter than any other area. bill: jersey shore, buck wild reinforce sterotypes of those who do not live there looking in from the last side. what is the lasting image? the lasting image is stphaobg key and snooky and i don't know where she is right now. >> she's giving tips to will and kate about child rearing ideas. i think reality tv is absolute proof of not good things spreading to the receipts o rest of the country. bill: well see how ticked off senator mansion is when this tv show heirs. martha: turn it off. you can make a choice. you don't have to watch, you know. bill: that is true. martha: that is the great thing that we have. you don't have to watch bridzilla. it's enough to make not anyone want to get married. bill: watchable, though. martha: you're a big fan, aren't you bill. bill: car crash. martha: all right. back to the serious news of the morning, because there are growing concerns that egypt's military n now has the power to arres

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. wo in the republican senate saying there could potentially be a bill ready for the floor. heather: there could be. mike emanuel live on capitol hill to see if this is happening or not. mike? >> reporter: very having trelments -- interesting developments, gregg and heather. jon kyl, who told our john brandt, our senate producer there are signs of progress and he is hopeful something will be able to come to the floor. moments ago we had senator mitch mcconnell, the to be senate republican walk in. he had spoken to the vice president last night after midnight. spoke to him again this morning at 6:30 in the morning. by those measures it certainly seems like there is a good pace, if you will, to discussions between the two key figures to the negotiations at this critical stage. bottom line, talks are ongoing. a lot of official channels have been pretty quiet about signs of progress but senator kyl in a candid moment he does hear there is progress. and they are hopeful, hopeful, we will get

meg be kelly and bill hemmer live at times square. >> thank you for watching. we ran for megyn kelly. up next, trace gallagher. >> thank you. the news begins anew on "studio b." the president and top lawmakers are meeting now to try to stop our nation from plunging off the fiscal cliff. we're total any potential deals hinges on what happens in the meeting. details on that ahead. >>> a man under arrest at a police station struggles with cops, gets a gun and shoots three officers before they take him out. that's coming up. >>> an f.b.i.'s file on marilyn monroe minus main redactions. what the documents say about her suspected ties to communist. >>> that's all ahead unless breaking news changes everything on "studio b." >>> we begin with a fox urgent. i'm trace gallagher in for shepard smith. a face-to-face meeting at the white house getting under way right now. one that could determine whether or not our nation plunges right off the fiscal cliff. take a live look at the white house where president obama called the top house and senate leaders from both parties to

directly ahead, we'll take to you connecticut where bill hemmer is report ago community in agony. he's been there all weekend. we will update you on that american marine being held in a mexican prison. those reports after these messages >> bill: personal story segment, almost every person i talk with over the weekend was devastated by the murders in newtown, connecticut. you can imagine what it's like in that town this evening. joinings from the scene, fox news anchor bill hemmer. what's the most important thing to you that you saw today? >> wow. i guess what i'm learning about the killer. i guess what i'm learning about the first responders and the killer's mother. let's take the first thing. what i am told is that adam lanza was well-known in this town of sandy hook. he was always the kind of person who just did not fit in. there were people who told me that he would stop on a sidewalk and stare at you and stare at you and stare at you more until you went and passed by. social settings, he rarely, if ever, talked. so you can imagine if you're a teen-ager growing up here encounter

fox news anchor bill hemmer is standing by with an update. all right, hemmer. we're starting to now learn a little bit about what happened inside by the scene that the police describing. tell us about that. >> it is a scene that can only be described as grisly and a scene that even hardened police officers working the state for decades have never seen before in their lives. bill, we believe all the bodies are still inside that small little elementary school down the hill from where we are and they will not be moved tonight or even possibly tomorrow or even into sunday. this is a grisly crime scene and the police are being very particular about making sure that they are careful about this evidence. this is a school, bill. it's a tiny place. kindergarten through fourth grate. and you come up here to this town and you think this is the kind of community with you want to send your kids to school. you go down this hill through the forest and the school emerges there, bill. there is a short little driveway runs about 75 yards leading up to the parking lot of the scho

joinings from the scene, fox news anchor bill hemmer.hat's the most important thing to you that you saw today? >> wow. i guess what i'm learning about the killer. i guess what i'm learning about the first responders and the killer's mother. let's take the first thing. what i am told is that adam lanza was well-known in this town of sandy hook. he was always the kind of person who just did not fit in. there were people who told me that he would stop on a sidewalk and stare at you and stare at you and stare at you more until you went and passed by. social settings, he rarely, if ever, talked. so you can imagine if you're a teen-ager growing up here encountering this young man, how do you react and respond to him? part of that, i think, helped to push him further into isolation. this point is key, bill. he had no criminal record. none. ever that the police told us today. >> bill: right. that's a small town. if he were causing trouble on any level, but you can't arrest someone for staring at you. he was a weirdo. theres no doubt about it. an

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but enough about bill hemmer. >> andrea: bill doesn't ride the bus. >> bob: i talk to a number of liberal broke. they are all furious about it. this is not the liberals behind this. they are outraged. >> dana: the way they deal with the orders and the rule making they put them up on a website. as if it's our responsibility to go to the website and check out the rules. where is the press? six months later she wrote this. ninths later. where are the -- >> eric: i'm okay with it. i'm fine with putting surveillance on buses. >> greg: what? >> eric: listen, i'm all for putting surveillance on the school buss to find out if kids are being beating you know what out of each other. >> andrea: your point is the liberals are not in favor of what the obama administration is doing. i haven't heard the outrage that we heard in the bush administration. >> bob: you won't hear the same level of outrage obviously but there are people outraged by it. levin in the senate will make a stink about it. >> andrea: if they're outraged it must be a whisper. >> eric: the difference here is the public bus. >> dana: n

bill: i'm bill hemmer.pper and officials from other agencies meeting with these law makers after increasing pressure out of congress for answers and nearly three months after the four americans were murdered. martha: we're joined by chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge. she joins us live from capitol hill. what do we hope to learn today, catherine? >> reporter: good morning. last time we had a briefing on the hill for all the members of the house was the first week of september right after the attack or rather the second week of september and today we also expect all the major players including the nation's top intelligence officer, james clapper, the director of national intelligence, the head of the national counterterrorism center, he is the top counterterrorism official, matt olsen and patrick kennedy. these individuals will take lawmakers through every phase of the attack the intelligence leading up to the assault on the consulate in benghazi on 9/11. the security posture at that time. t

bill: i'm bill hemmer along with martha maccallum.maybe not because no one is quite sure, you know, what comes next, or what even happens next. martha: one person might be and we'll go talk to him right now in washington, chris wallace has been following this story and so many stories in washington for such a longtime. chris, i mean this is not a good night clearly for john boehner, and when the majority of the questions, or several of them have to do with whether or not you're going to lose your position as speaker of the house, you've got to wonder what is next for him and what is next for this situation. >> reporter: no you continue be more right ancontinue be couldn't be more right. i think the big store today will be the markets. i haven't seen -- martha: down about 129, we have it up on the screen, chris now. >> reporter: i think the markets are going to take over. remember when the house row fused to pass the bank bailout four years ago and the markets dropped 700 points in one day. watch the parbgts today. parbgtmarket i thoug

bill: or not. thank you. to our viewers at home hemmer@fox news.com or follow me on twitter at bill hemmer., get curious, one question and fire away. martha: former president bill clinton is dismissing the whole so-called fiscal cliff thing, he says, we don't have anything to worry about it. they are going to work the whole thing out. bret baier joins us on that. bill: new documents shedding light on the accused colorado movie theater shooting suspect. what we are now learning about james holmes before the massacre that shook america. >> we are bringing bodies out get someone to the back as soon as we can. we have three to seven hits. >> we need rescue to move up to the rear of the theater. we have officers there. we request they come immediately for multiple victims. ♪ i don't wanna be right [ record scratch ] what?! it's not bad for you. it just tastes that way. [ female announcer ] honey nut cheerios cereal -- heart-healthy, whole grain oats. you can't go wrong loving it. martha: new developments in the colorado movie theater massacre store raoefrplt the university of colorado released t

bill: to viewers at home, hemmer@foxnews.com is the e-mail.to @billhemmer, because you asked, bya. we'll see where this goes next. martha: they said they had to pass the health care law and find the details in it and be so pleased the way it will work. now we know there is hidden fee in the health care law. i will have to pay it. it is not pocket change actually. bill: all of us, right? martha: yep. bill: a key suspect in the murder of border patrol agent brian terry will be sentenced later today. terry's family, as you can imagine they are watching and they are reacting already. >> they chose to take the shopping list of deadly weapons. .50 caliber sniper rifles, ak-47s, m-16s. and go shopping for the drug cartels. lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just he to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. tomato, obviously. haha. there's more than that though, there'

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. >> greg: bill hemmer brings it between the breaks. >> bob: don't you think some women want to be sexuallys it domestic violence if it's their choice? i don't know. i don't have the answer. this book showed that nothing is taboo anymore. this is common culture now. >> dana: they have a section now at the bookstores just about this literature. >> andrea: yeah. >> greg: i have never been there. >> dana: dark erotica it's called. not just erotica. >> eric: how do you know? >> dana: i went to the barnes and nobles, which is where i wanted to buy novels and i walked by it. it's like a toy store now. legos. >> bob: a lot of toys. >> dana: not those kind. >> andrea: on that note. coming up, a teenager drinks, drives and his friend dies after he crashes the car. listen to this, he doesn't get jail time but the judge is making him go to church. for a decade. is it legal? we'll debate it! up next. eastern. now back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ >> bob: kay. there is music for you. on december 3 last year, 16-year-old tyler arered from oklahoma was driving under the influence and crashed his pickup

celebrate all american new year's 2013 with my colleagues megyn kelly and bill hemmer. back again.ave don't want to miss it. where are you spending new year's eve? anything interesting? let me know on twitter. follow me -- @bretbaeir. interesting story. mexican drug cartels are looking north, but way north. halfway up to california to move their product. >> e, tortion to vicious crime and working with street gang. are mexican cartels strengthen their grip in california? >> yes. what concerns me is the political shift in mexico. the shift might make it stronger in california. >> change of political leadership south of the border, there is a fear the mexican government mite not crack down and fight cartels like in recent years. this concerns the sheriff who sees the cartel becoming more brazen. >> they are recruiting from gangs in the southwest to do their work. it's about the money. i have never seen the street gangs have a position of authority. like a laborerer. >> cartels have been work in cartels for years but to make more money, avoid prosecution and strengthen, they eliminated

i'll bill hemmer. well come here. anytime we talk about the fiscal cliff good day for me. nice to see you, martha. martha: somewhat of a relief. you know, welcome back. bill: thank you. martha: tough few days up there for you and for everybody else. we're going to get to a little bit more of that in a little while but for now we want to focus own the speaker of the house, that man, john boehner, trying to work out a deal with president obama as they discussed president's latest offer. calls for raising 1.2 trillion is the number being raised by revenue, taxes, basically over the next 10 years. it keeps in place the bush-era tax cuts for anyone making less, this is the new magic number on this. it was 250 as you remember. now they're at 400,000. some people think it should be a million dollars. lots of negotiating still to come. bill: we're told that is a big concession. sources tell us significant issues remain on the table. they are working on finer details. stuart varney with analysis. first, chief political correspondent carl cameron is live on the hill. we'll see if boe

i am bill hemmer here for shepard smith. the vigils and memorials are hemmed for the 26 people for those who died at sandy hook elementary school. president obama consoled the families and survivors telling a weeping crowd that he will use all the powers his office can bear to keep something like this from happening once again. >> the investigation continues. the tight knit community and everyone across the country trying to understand the "why." why a 20-year-old young man who was smart enough to take college courses at the age of 16 could commit such a heinous crime? why a well-to-do mother would have a collection of heavy duty weapons which police say her son used to shoot her in the head, four times, that morning, in her pajamas before he took the same guns to the school to kill innocent children. the guns were her way to connecting with her troubled son. >> she was trying to bond, find ways to bond with him and she told me the guns, she would take them shooting because that was a way a single mom could relate to her son

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to friday. martha: good morning everybody. i'm martha maccallum.ast year's tsunami killed and left missing some 19,000 people. as you remember those unbelievable images we saw of the coast which was devstated. it also damaged nuclear power plants and created one of the worst nuclear disasters we've seen in history. bill: we held onto the story for a long time. japan today has canceled the tsunami warning which may be the best bit of news we heard so far. terrifying reminder may not be dismissed. david pipe every streams live out of southeast asia. what is the damage report in japan, david? >> reporter: bill, thankfully there hasn't been any serious damage reports. also no deaths or injuries so far. as you said the tsunami warning has been lifted but it has been a terrifying day for the people of japan bringing back so many memories nearly two years ago when the massive earthquake and tsunami hit. it was also in the same area where it hit before. many who suffered last time had to head for the hills when the quake struck. i traveled up there on the

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i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom." we have our nice little "elf" here today. >> i'm alisyn camerota in for martha today. she wants to avoid a vote, length i, disruptive and costly confirmation process. critics say regardless of ryce's decision the investigation into benghazi will continue. here is lindsey graham on that. >> i hold her accountable and responsible for misleading the american people. failures on the intelligence community. there is fog of war component. i think she was chosen for a reason bill: still more on that statement now with buy on york, chief political correspondent for the "washington examiner". good morning to you. so many questions remain. first off why did they make this move now? >> because time was running out and the administration, i think, hoped that opposition among republicans in the senate to rice would diminish but it didn't. the thing that really killed it, they understood, john mccain, lindsey graham, kelly ayotte opposed her. the thing that killed it when she met susan collins who

bill: i'm bill hemmer.e are trying to work through this and figure out what the truth is behind this. it's -lt also been reported that adam was jealous of the students at sandy hook. three funerals today. victoria soto who laid down her life to save what she called her kids. martha: what more are we hearing about the whole issue of a possible motive. >> reporter: martha, police won't directly confirm this story on foxnews.com. they won't talk specifically about any evidence related to this investigation. foxnews.com reports as you mention that police are looking at a possible motive here that adam lanza found out that his mother was planning to commit him to a psychiatric facility. that according to the article made him really, really angry. lanza also apparently upset by how much time his mother spent volunteering at sandy hook elementary school with the kindergarteners there and she loved the kids at the school more than she loved him. all of this comes from a 25-year-old u.s. marine who lives in sandy ho

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. gregg: this system has spawned tornadoes causing blizzard-like conditions and killing at least nine people and now another storm is on the way. patti ann: we have team coverage this morning. maria molina in the extreme weather center tracking this next system, but we begin with catherine parada in worchester, massachusetts, good morning. >> reporter: we are about an hour west of boston and this is what we've experiencing right now. i have to tell you this is definitely an improvement. we rolled into the city before 4:00 this morning. at that point in time we were seeing a lot of sleet, then it changed over to snow, now we are getting a lot of rain at this point in time. this is what it looks like right now. you can see there is snow on the sidewalk there, you look in the street you see a lot of the slush and especially here you can see a mix of this watery shreurwhat the watery slush right here. i what you are was speaking with people here and they said it prapts isn' perhaps the wors

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett for bill hemmer. hikes and spending cuts will be kicking in unless a deal is reached. how long the economy can sustain the one-two punch is anybody's question. patti ann: joining us now is steve moore from the "wall street journal." hopefully he can give us some answers. good morning, steve. what is the most immediate impact in we go over the cliff? >> we are talking about january 2nd taxing rising on over a hundred million americans. this is a big sock to the wallet of americans of every income group. let's just talk about the middle class for a minute. for those earning about 45 to 75,000 a year they are looking at paying somewhere in the neighborhood of $2,500 a year more in taxes. it's not just the warn buffets and bill gates that will be hit by tax increases. the other part of the cliff that we don't talk that much about is the automatic spending cuts would take effect starting on january 2nd, an 8% reduction in major spending categories, national defense, many of what we call the domestic discre

stpho: i'm bill hemmer.er defying the white house bringing what he calls a plan b to a vote, that is a back up plan to prevent a crush of tax hikes that go into effect for nearly every american if we go over the cliff now just 12, 13 days away. speaker boehner says he's confident the plan will pass the house. have a listen to that. >> the house will pass legislation to make permanent tax relief for nearly every american, 99.81% of the american people. then the president will have to decision to make, he can call on senate democrats to pass that bill, or he can be responsible for the largest tax increase in american history. >> there you have it. yesterday from john boehner. mike emanuel is with us live on capitol hill. mike, the speaker says that he will get it done, but this is a tough sell even with his own g.o.p. members, right? >> no question about that. they did get some cover from grover norquist from americans for tax reform who said it was okay to vote for plan b. a number of other conservative group

again, the fox news channel's all american new year's eve special kicks off with megyn kelly and bill hemmer we'll be reporting live, pray for us, from times square. coming up, president obama made a rare appearance on a sunday talk show this morning and answered questions on his second term, benghazi and his plans to regulate guns. you're going to hear from the president when we come back, stay with us. >> it's unusual. ♪ [ cheeping ] [ male announcer ] you hear that? that's the sound of car insurance compani these days. here a cheap, there a cheap, everywhere a cheap... you get it. so, what if instead of just a cheap choice, you could make a smart choice? like, esurance for example. they were born online and built to save people money from the beginning. it's what they've always done. not just something they cheap about. that's insurance for the modern world. esurance. now backed by allstate. click or call. secretary of state hillary clinton hospitalized. more as we get it.: ♪ >> all right. everyone, thanks for staying with us on this special sunday prime time edition of "the five." the pr

megyn kelly and bill hemmer will bring it to you live from sometime square -- times square in new york city this coming monday. >> that's does it for us, thanks for watching. "studio b" with shepard"studio r starts now. >> the news begins anew on "studio b." the major winter storms that unleashed heavy snow and tornadoes on christmas now barreling towards the northeast. the travel delays are racking up fast. details on that ahead. the tornado threat still in effect for parts of the south after a record number of twisters rocked that region. we'll have much more on that in a moment. >>> plus, the president cutting his holiday vacation short to try to hammer out a deal on the fiscal cliff. where do we stand with six days to go? that's all ahead unless breaking news changes everything on "studio b." first from fox at 3:00, winter weather threatening to cause travel problems for people getting home after the holidays. some states dealing with snow, thunderstorms and tornadoes. check out this twister that touched down in mobile, alabama last night. >> oh my god, look. that's a tornado. oh,

again, the fox news channel's all american new year's eve special kicks off with megyn kelly and bill hemmerll be reporting live, pray for us, from times square. coming up, president obama made a rare appearance on a sunday talk show this morning and answered questions on his second term, benghazi and his plans to regulate guns. you're going to hear from the president when we come back, stay with us. >> it's unusual. ♪ >>> live from america's news headquarters i'm patti ann browne in new york. tragedy along an oregon interstate. you are looking at the wreckage of a charter bus that careened through a guard rail on i-84 near pendleton, killing nine people and injuring 20 others it took more than a dozen rescue workers to remove victims from the scene. the driver lost control of the bus on an icy highway initial investigation shows. the driver was hurt in the crash. >>> an agreement reached by both parties in the house and senatal culture committees to extend for one year the 2008 farm bill that expired in october. without the deal, milk prices could double next month. the head of the senate a

again, the fox news channel's all american new year's eve special kicks off with megyn kelly and bill hemmer we'll be reporting live, pray for us, from times square. coming up, president obama made a rare appearance on a sunday talk show this morning and answered questions on his second term, benghazi and his plans to regulate guns. you're going to hear from the president when we come back, stay with us. >> it's unusual. ♪ secretary of state hillary clinton hospitalized. more as we get it.: ♪ >> all right. everyone, thanks for staying with us on this special sunday prime time edition of "the five." the president made his first appearance on "meet the press" in three years this morning and was asked this. >> so what is your single priority of the second term. what's the equivalent to health care? >> well, there are a couple of things we need to get done. i've said that fixing our broken immigration system is a top priority. i will introduce legislation to get that done and stabilize the economy and make sure it's growing, part that have is deficit reduction. >> that's tax and spend, and more