so let me start by first mentioning tom shannon. tom shannon has been nominated to be under secretary for political affairs and is the department's fourth ranking official, responsible for the management of six regional bureaus of the department as well as the bureau of international organization affairs. this is a tremendously important leadership position on key national security issues. among the many issues with which the under secretary will contend with, we have the implementation of the iran nuclear deal. this is the person who is responsible within the state department at its top management, which i think every member of the senate wants to see this implementation done in a way that prevents iran from becoming a nuclear weapons state. also we will be monitoring the swars currently raging in -- civil wars currently raging in syria, libya and yemen which allows isil to be able to gain footholds. the growing turmoil in venezuela, the conflict in eastern ukraine and the need to have the full implementation of the minsk agreement

adam szubin, tom shannon and nearly two dozen other nominees have been blocked seemingly for purely partisan reasons in this senate. i call on my colleagues to release their holds and to give the administration the resources and the personnel it needs to do its job in enforcing this difficult deal. the senate's commitment to overseeing and enforcing the terms of this deal must go beyond simply doing our job and giving the president's nominees and up-or-down vote. we have to do more and i stand ready to work with this president and the next one to fully oversee the jcpoa. the length of this agreement will transcend presidential terms and implementing should transcend politics as well. iran, we know, will seek every opportunity to push the limits of this deal in an attempt to test our resolve. we must not let iran relitigate the terms of the deal and escape the boundaries of this deal and lay the groundwork for its future development of a nuclear weapon. we must deter them by holding them accountable. when this president or a future president, republican or democrat, successfully enforces this

but as the senior senator from iowa will tell you, he has nothing against tom shannon, david robinson or brian egan. senator grassley has expressed no substantive objections to these nominees or questions about their capabilities. senator grassley is blocking these important nominations for the sake of his committee's political crusade against former secretary of state hillary clinton, who as we all know is running for president. this good woman scares republicans because she will likely win. this is all part of the disturbing trend of the judicial committee to politicize the oversight process. it appears that the constitution duties of the senate are taking a back seat to a political hit job on a democratic candidate for president. just look at what he and his committee -- that is, the chairman and his committee are doing. they're requesting transcribed interviews from the bill clinton staff. they have asked for time sheets. the committee investigation has gone so far as to ask for the ma maternity leave records of one of secretary clinton's closest aides, huma abedin. it appears he

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shannon, thank you. >>> also new at 6:00 a search for a heartless thief in jersey who robbed a 102-year-old woman and her daughter. they were attacked in their own home in toms river. is there with the latest on the investigation. toni? >> reporter: liz, you know, incidents like this,ing you are happy to see that the women were not physically harmed. police are looking for the suspects but someone has already made those women's homes much safer. as of today, there is a peep hole in the front door. hopefully there is a young man feeling awful about what he did to this wonderful 102-year-old mother and her vivacious 72- year-old daughter. they were preparing dinner when the doorbell rang. >> he wasn't in front of the glass door. he was to the side where the doorbell is. when i opened it, he had already opened the screen, the storm door then he grabbed me and turned me around and held me from the back. he put his arms in the front. i pushed her to yell to call the cops. >> she is her mom who wears a life alert type button around her neck. it because-- >> he grabbed it off my neck. then he gave it back to me. >> but he was rough and forceful and knocked her down

tom shillue. you know what, i'm gonna see you next -- do you see me wasting more time? dvr, never mi episode. "special report" is next. >>> this is a fox news alert. i'm shannonr brett baier. a new fox news poll shows the impact of donald trump's muslim remarks in a key early primary state. that story in a first, but just in new details on the muslim couple who slaughtered 14 people at a holiday luncheon a week ago. we're learning tonight that the two may have planned an earlier assault. and now we can tell you how we're getting the information about the perpetrators of the deadliest terror attack on u.s. soil since 9/11. senior correspondent adam housley has the latest from san bernardino, california. hello, adam. >> yes, enrique marquez, a friend of syed farook, the man who allegedly supplied the

shannon. >>> new at 4, police in new jersey are searching for two suspects in connection with a hit and run where a toms river police officer was dragged by a car. police are looking for and woman. the incident happened this afternoon in a parking lot at the silverton motor vehicle office. authorities say the car involved is believed to be a black honda civic or accord with temporary pennsylvania tags. >>> a mother from long island after she was shot in a road rage incident. nicole mcdowell was riding in her boyfriend's car on east patchogue when he flashed his lights and passed a van weaving left and right. police say the van's driver then sped up, fired two shots at the car. mcdowell was hit in the hand and the leg. one of the bullets also came close to hitting a baby. mcdowell is expected to be okay. >>> meanwhile the search is on in manhattan for a man who opened fire during a road rage incident here. it happened on ganzavort street in the meat packing district around 4:00 this morning. the 27-year-old victim was pulling his car out of a parking spot when he struck a passing gray minivan. an argumen