the result no better for all of the administration's stirring more word games perhaps because this administration it isn't negotiating with terrorists just the taliban as they did when they swapped taliban for army sergeant bowe bergdahl. the administration is rife with political correctness posing as meaningful language, refusing to call terrorists radical islamist terrorists. its homeland security secretary jeh johnson today demonstrated. >> we are concerned about the so-called foreign fighter who leaves his home country travels to another country to take up the fight there links up with terrorist extremists and may return home, whether it's this country or one of our allies, with a terrorist extremist purpose. >> obviously the secretary giving those words a careful reading. terrorist extremist, a member of the obama political agency obviously wrote the johnson speech, he merely read the words as any obama functionary in his position seemingly would. this is not merely an obama problem, i would remind you. i was criticizing president bush and his administration as far back as 2002 for much the

failed to follow the administrative procedures act.we believe that is not the case, dhaka didn't go through the... >> you heard the professor say it's not a matter of ab solutes, but degree, and gave the example of previous visa holders not deported out of discretion, but there was no bridge, not people present. they were never legally present. >> deferred action insists in the counter regulations and ina. the president is using the regulatory system. he is not creating anything new. there's no bridge to go to. it's a difference of opinion. those of us practicing the law believes the president acted with full legal authority. we are confident that on appeal this injunction will be reversed. thank you both. still ahead on "inside story", before the judge ruled, there was a battle royal brewing between the white house, and the senate leadership to register opposition to the deferred policy. funding for the department of homeland security was kept out. money runs out at the end of the moonted. break. stay with us. >>> welcome back to "ins

also obama administration relations with israel. sunk to new lows as the president's national security adviser is given new orders and more talking points. this time targeting israel and the prime minister's speech next week to congress. here is rice disparaging netanyahu and demeaning the state of israel. >> what has happened over the last several weeks by virtue of the invitation that was issued. >> by the speaker of the house. >> by the speaker and the acceptance of it by prime minister netanyahu two weeks in advance of his election, is that on both sides there has now been injected a degree of partisanship, which is not only unfortunate. i think it's destructive of the fabric of the relationship. lou: the white house supporting rice. press secretary josh earnest saying her comments are entirely consistent with the president's previous statements. we take up the frayed relations with israel tonight, we'll be talking with billionaire publisher, real estate magnate mort zuckerman. >>> the senate ostensibly reaching a deal on defund

well, that's what this administration is doing now. you know a couple weeks ago it was the christian crusaders. now it's the sovereign citizens. because they don't really want to deal with the radical islamic terrorists. they don't want to do what they know needs to be done. and it really is quite a shame. but the real problem is we don't seem to learn. in world war i, you know woodrow wilson and secretary brian, they didn't want to get involved. we finally got dragged in, you know. world war ii, roosevelt didn't want to go in there. it took pearl harbor. what is it going to take for us to realize the existential threat that exists because of this? we keep saying oh, they're junior league, they're not a threat to us. if they're a threat to the world -- to another part of the world, they will be a threat to us. it's like a little bush right now which will grow into a big tree. and it will be much more difficult to uproot it later on. why can't we learn that? >> well, dr. carson this administration has gotten a lot of heat because of the

or the reagan administration.'s new out of this? you have the guy -- lou: karl, you are explaining something that doesn't require an explanation. the man is entitled to whatever adviser he wants. i'm just saying i find it a different tact for this governor and the previous governor who decided to run for president, it's interesting. you need a little help on strategy, i'd say that would be demonstrating separation aplenty. turn to the democrats, looks like hillary clinton in a couple of places has a narrower race, a race that isn't formed than many people would have expected, and looks like for the republicans, huckabee is leading one poll nationally, and scott walker and jeb bush look like they're squaring off in others. what do you make of the race right now? >> no republican front-runner. front-runner leads by double digits. nobody in the republican contest. you may have a poll that shows huckabee or bush ahead, but look at them off. they're all by a couple of points. nobody has front-runner status. this campai

and so under the bush administration, under the obama administration -- >> i ask you, marc thiessen whether that feeds into what marie harf was saying we need to find them jobs. and as the president pointed out himself yesterday most of these terrorists who hit us on 9/11 came from wealthy families. osama bin laden came from a wealthy family. and most of these terrorists arrive from the middle class or upper middle class. >> that's true. but look, i have no problem with what we're talking about with soft power as long as it's backed by hard power. when soft power's used with our hard power, it's just softness -- >> go ahead, marc thiessen. >> when we have the united states fighting isis -- the military's fighting with one hand tied behind its back because every military commander has said we need boots on the ground and the president won't send them. we're having discussions about soft issues, it's nothing but weakness. >> ed henry called bill o'reilly unfair on this. >> you're confusing me by bringing up ed henry when we talked about patrick henry. good to see you both. >> thanks megyn. we

judge, how bad is it for the administration? >> this is devastating for the administration. this is a preliminary injunction which means the court viewed the court's documents and challenger's documents the attorneys generals of 26 states. at the end of the case, the challengers will probably prevail, meaning the president probably overstepped his bounds and he has ordered the department of homeland security to create new law. and two, if he does not impose the temporary restraints that he imposed last night, actually irreparable harm will be visited upon the 26 states. >> what was about to happen on wednesday, tomorrow, is the administration was about to start issuing paperwork for these illegal immigrants, and actually doing things to help the transition take place. and the judge said, no you are asking the dhs to use discretion that they do not have. >> here's the lead. in my opinion, i suspect senator cruz agrees as well but of course, he can speak for himself, in my opinion the obama amnesty plan is absolutely dead. i don't think the appeals court will interfere with th

well, that's what this administration is doing now. you know a couple weeks ago it was the christian crusaders. now it's the sovereign citizens. because they don't really want to deal with the radical islamic terrorists. they don't want to do what they know needs to be done. and it really is quite a shame. but the real problem is we don't seem to learn. in world war i, you know woodrow wilson and secretary brian, they didn't want to get involved. we finally got dragged in, you know. world war ii, roosevelt didn't want to go in there. it took pearl harbor. what is it going to take for us to realize the existential threat that exists because of this? we keep saying oh, they're junior league, they're not a threat to us. if they're a threat to the world -- to another part of the world, they will be a threat to us. it's like a little bush right now which will grow into a big tree. and it will be much more difficult to uproot it later on. why can't we learn that? >> well, dr. carson this administration has gotten a lot of heat because of the

supplied is the administration willing to work with us for a tax reform? >>. >> a number of proposals to simplify them. there is always tension those to be reflective of the complicity you don't want to have a cliff in the tax code like through provisions. but the goal to simplify is one that we share. >> we both share the goal so i would just point to the president's home state the we have raised the minimum wage four times in the last 10 years each time the percentage of the people living in poverty has gone up in the percent of an employee mitt and we need to look at a different strategy at the federal level and i would hearken back to the days of jfk for those living in poverty went down and a living wage went up and we could embrace that jfk strategy with this president >> teeeighteen they give for being here. so they could administer programs and also appreciate the fact to know what a balanced budget looks like. with three consecutive years said you had unique authority to guide the conversations to get perspective as. on behalf of the speaker ordea

and from some elements of the inside of the administration. but there never seemed to be anything coming from president obama himself that indicated that he felt that this was the right way to go but there was a little of the good cop, bad cop playing out in the east room in the sense that keeping the pressure on is not a bad idea, with president putin, with russia, and the president has since then, his arguments are all against doing this and why this would be the counter messaging to what it is that the west is trying to achieve. >> you're seeing the pressure building in congress from the defense hogs, the john mccain's of the world who have legislation to force the administration on this. to what extent do you think that pressure is svelte by the president? or does he ignore it as he did on iran sanctions? >> i don't think you could say that the administration is ignoring it but the president's concession is, i asked my team, susan rice national security adviser, to let's talk about it, let's investigate it. and that's among the costs still

i mean, what is going on with this outfit that we call the administration?think the president is trying to walk a thin line that it is creating an additional amount of frustration. there's not enough for the president to equivocate on where he stands with terrorists and i think that he's really trying to politically navigate that ledge. lou: he has been leading the war. >> now he wants to understand radical islam did not mention it. >> the terrorist keep saying they are acting in the name of religion. and he is fundamentally, he is uncomfortable with leading the free world. he is of the opinion that america is the big instability issue in the world. and he is uncomfortable with the mission. lou: as well as uncomfortable with his world. angela merkel has been the leader of the free world and has been leading the talks and the is an applet table. >> absolutely, you're not the only one to notice. [laughter] >> that is part of this frustration and there's also an apologist leader of the free world, and that is not the tone i think that that's one that we saw ver

so sally wanted to be appointed administrator of his estate. not because it was any monetary gain gain. for sentimental reasons. he had a guitar some clothes a record collection. a small bank account. that was it. her former husband applied to be administrator a couple of weeks later and sally thought that she would get the appointment because she applied first. but the probate court judge said, the law leaves me no choice. it reads, as between persons equally entitled to administer a deceasedant's estate males must be preferred to female. just that simple.dant's estate, males must be preferred to female. just that simple. let me compare 1971 when sally reid's case was decided by a unanimous court headed by chief justice berger with a case in 1961 when earl warren, who was known as "liberal" justice had gwendolyn hoyt's case. she was what today we would call a battered woman. she was abused by her philandering husband and one day he humiliated her to the breaking point. she was beside herself. it was kind of like billy bud. if you read the stor

the most transparent administration in history. look, it's perfectly fine for the president to meet with whomever he wants but normally you say what the subject was, and in fact, what's really interesting is most of the participants in these meetings are delighted to come out and tell the press what was discussed. so far we simply have no indication. it's very very puzzling. >> perhaps it's deferred delight and we will learn later who they were and what they did. we won't hold our breath. >> we are just waiting exactly. >> john, thanks so much. good to see you. >>> up next, president obama proves again he has no understanding, at least one that he will share with the american public, when it comes to our nation's enemies. >>> and def row record founders suge knight and controversial actress lindsey lohan keeping their attorneys busy tonight. we could have made this tease longer. we chose not to. we thought that was enough. i will be working on suge next. at ally bank no branches equals great rates. it's a fact. kind of like mute bu

why would the administration want to elevate this speech? i know they oppose his appearing, but why make it such a personal and highly political criticism like they have the last week? >> well i think there's a couple of reasons, paul. obviously, a public relations offensive to marginalize and diminish the israeli prime minister in advance of this speech. >> but they're elevating its prominence. this is going to be the speech of the year. >> i completely agree. i mean, i don't see how this works for the administration. prime minister netanyahu is going to stand before congress. more people than imaginable are going to watch this speech. you can bet it is going to be the most substantive, detailed eloquent case against this deal that anyone has made. it's going to be a great speech and after it's done, the administration is going to have to defend itself against the details in prime minister netanyahu's speech. >> i think, look, i think the administration is trying to accomplish two things. they're after vulnerable democrats who aren't -- who

in the clinton administration ms. burwell served as deputy director of o.m.b., deputy chief of staff to the president, chief of staff to the treasury secretary, and staff director at the national economic council all of which are very important positions. she also has extensive private sector experience, including serving as the president of the walmart foundation. before that as the president of the global development program at the bill and melinda gates foundation. ms. burwell received her a.b. from harvard university and b.a. from oxford university where she was a rhodes scholar. so we're honored to have you here and we want to thank you for being here today. you can proceed with your opening statement. >> thank you. thank you, chairman hatch. and ranking member wyden and members of the committee for having me here today. i want to thank you for the opportunity to discuss the president's budget for health and human services. i believe firmly that we all share common interests and therefore, we have a number of opp

she was seen within the administration, particularly w's administration as the stalking horse.f you read peter baker's "days of fire" it is now the members of the obama initiation for now the authors of the surge. it is going against the collective foreign-policy wisdom of the george h w bush crowd. i think it is trickier to say it is a realist versus an idealist. she is something more interesting than that. >> we heard about hastag diplomacy and withdrawing from the world. these are the tried and true obama foreign-policy attack lines we will hear throughout the next two year's. was there something you heard today, maybe you spoke about the egyptian leader, is there something else you heard that differentiates jeb bush from where the other candidates are in a major way, a notable way? >> jeb bush is clearly an interventionist. he believes in not just the value but the virtue of american hegemony. that is something that rand paul does not believe and we know that from what rand paul has said. the other thing is when he was asked about what do you do about isis, his response was

and so under the bush administration, under the obama administration -- >> i ask you, marc thiessen whether that feeds into what marie harf was saying we need to find them jobs. and as the president pointed out himself yesterday most of these terrorists who hit us on 9/11 came from wealthy families. osama bin laden came from a wealthy family. and most of these terrorists arrive from the middle class or upper middle class. >> that's true. but look, i have no problem with what we're talking about with soft power as long as it's backed by hard power. when soft power's used with our hard power, it's just softness -- >> go ahead, marc thiessen. >> when we have the united states fighting isis -- the military's fighting with one hand tied behind its back because every military commander has said we need boots on the ground and the president won't send them. we're having discussions about soft issues, it's nothing but weakness. >> ed henry called bill o'reilly unfair on this. >> you're confusing me by bringing up ed henry when we talked about patrick henry. good to see you both. >> thanks megyn. we

thank you again, madam administrator. i could really have fun with you today. >> for a short period of time anyway. >> you have always been responsive professionally and a accommodateing to make my calls so i will not grand stand. the president made a big announcement about china and a major breakthrough and agreement was made. but i am told there is actually no written agreement. there is no signed document. is that true? >> i am not aware that is the case. i don't know. i have not verified that. >> i have on good authority that the majority of this committee that in reality it was just a press release. now if that is true and i am going to say if, we cannot find or maintain a copy of any document that was signed. can you check that out and let us know? it is one thing to have a disagreement about policy. it is another thing to have a disagreement over what are in these documents when our president signs things. the kyoto was signed on behalf of clinton but not radified by the senate. we don't have something week debate

>> what's the administration's logic for doing this. to defeat. saying, look, i guess the unofficial argument would be we need them to defeat islamic state. without them, we can't do that. >> well, two points a, the one you mentioned but b, it's part of the administration's broader effort at a with iran. it is he forms part of that condominium. the administration is desperate to cut a deal with the iranians which is part of the reason they're pursuing. it's not a pro-assad policy, it's a policy that allows assad to stay. we have told the syrians we will not go after syrian military positions. >> let's assume brett's right. >> i think he is right. >> okay. and i think that's right, too. that is really going to create problems for turkey for example, and the saudis in particular. not to mention the israelis. and we need the turks and the saudis as an alliance to defeat islamic states. aren't we -- isn't there a contradiction here? >> well, there certainly is a contradiction. and it does do all those things. but i think brett has put his finger on it

a good john showing the administration's commitment to israel? joining us, our political panel washington examiner susan father rich choo and rick klein. she probably is the last person i would send this week. >> this is junior high school not diplomacy, right? >> weke how invited therefore we are not going to send someone else to your property. look, this is going to be a you tough situation for susan rice, regardless. you know this crowd at cpac. they are likely to boo what they hear from the obama administration. skeptical. much more likely to be on netanyahu's side as he makes the case. from the start this has been very blunt diplomacy about missed signals and protocols and here about basic invitations and courtesies. >> it's evolved into a complete meltdown. obama and netanyahu never had a good relationship. it's gotten worse and worse to the point now where i think the administration actually thinks they would be going too far by not sending anybody to conference. that is true. let's look what's happening in israel. netanyahu is going to co

>>was the zoning administrator letter of determination an error or i'll just say error because he wouldever abuse it sorry - and the question i think the answer to the question in my mind it that he didn't error he is correct in saying it is a fractured determination the zoning is residential and therefore i'm not supportive of the appeal >> i concur going over the material i just couldn't believe this has gone on without anyone saying anything i agree with the commissioners. >> motion. >> move to deny the appeal uphold the letter of determination on the basis that the zoning administrator did not error or abuse his position. >> there's a motion on the floor from commissioner fung to huddle the letter of determination that the zoning administrator didn't railroad error or abuse commissioner adams commissioner honda commissioner wilson thank you the zoning administrator order is huddle on that basis thank you. >> okay. so we'll go back to item number 8 mr. halves please step forward madam president and commissioners we've reached an agreement with the appellant in the permit condition th

the administration is ok because they have removed more illegal immigrants than any other administrationu stay in here that they removed -- i think you said 2 million aliens. but isn't really a little deceptive because word about half of those removals claimed by ice? one of the articles pointed out that the statistics are deceptive because obama explained that enhance border security has led to arresting more people as they cross into the country illegally. those people are quickly sent back to their countries but are counted as deported immigrants. is that a fair statement? we only have five minutes. we had sitting right where you are sitting now the president of both the ice agents and the border agents, who testified unequivocally that they are the ones interviewing these people and that the president policies were causing more and more these people coming across the border. isn't it really true if you're talking about political theater that for the president to say he is sending more people back and stopping at the border kind of like a fire chief justifying his right to commit arso

i think the administration should have reacted much sooner. this situation has been going on for months now and this whole issue of whether or not to provide some weapons to a friendly government asking for help and still there has been no decision and of course as a result, the russians have consolidated territory there, succeeded in creating carving out an enclave that is going to now become like a frozen conflict such as they have established elsewhere in their so-called near abroad and it's going to give them some kind of pretext for continuing to meddle in a country like the ukraine in the future. i think it's a very unfortunate situation. it's not too late for the west to shore up its reaction but i think a lot of valuable time has been lost. >> ambassador it's always good to see you. we appreciate your insight. >> thank you. >>> president obama bringing a familiar face back to the white house. state department press secretary jen psaki will be moving back to the white house ahead of the president's communications team. critics say the p

it is why the administration works so closely with them. it's why there is deep engagement all across the administration that we use our diplomatic resources, law enforcement resources, intelligence resources and military capability to try to secure the safe return of americans who are being held hostage. but i will not be in a position to deny that this is a very painful policy for the administration to pursue in the eyes of a family that is desperate to secure the return of their loved one. >> lighter question the french love john stewart. do you have a comment on what is happening with brian williams because it is making news all over the world about what journalism in america might be? >> it is. well, there are a lot of fans in the united states of jon stewart's, as well. as somebody who i would certainly describe myself as a fan and an occasional victim of jon stewart but we will be sad to see him go. he is somebody who brought a really unique perspective to comedy and even to informing the public about what is happening in the country

and my feeling not just watching the obama administration, but previous republican and democrat administrations that everybody's afraid to tackle it, and i don't know why pause if there aren't -- because if there aren't consequences, there isn't going to be any change of behavior. and particularly, it's frustrating for me that we don't take on china because they're not involved in tpp, but they are involved in this whole business of currency manipulation. and i don't think that -- i think we're afraid to take 'em on because every time you mention something about it, they say you're interfering with our internal affairs. >> well, senator, i know you didn't want me to respond, but we have taken china on. the president's taken the president on, i've taken the senior vice premier and the president and the finance minister on on this issue. they have actually responded to our pressure. you know, they have changed their policy and i think we have -- i'm not saying that there isn't need for ongoing vigilance and pressure, but we have taken it very seriously, and i think have made progress. >> i wouldn

if the administration loses loses, led to believe you have the authority to make the administrative fixer will you come to congress for additional legislation? >> i am focused on implementation with regard to those questions we believe that the law will stand civic and asking if you are wrong if the supreme court disagrees do you believe you have the authority to issue the administrative fix or need additional legislation? >> what i am saying is focus on implementation not on that question. >> secretary for well is charming and obviously intelligent but these hearings are absolutely no use to us of the witnesses refused to answer the straightforward question that this witness is doing for quite not sure the proper solution but i would like to visit about that because it seems this administration continues to parade witnesses in front of committees like this one to deny a straightforward answer to straightforward questions. >> this senator robb like to comment. >> i just want to make clear what i think today is all about. it is the hhs budget, the multibillion-dollar budget that involves m

you also said the administration has pretty much doubled down on bush administration tactics, doing thingsbush administration had even barely considered. >> yeah, i think there's not much doubt about it. the track record is pretty clear. they have had more leak investigations, and more leak prosecutions and have jailed more people in connection with stories that have appeared in the media than any other administration ever has. they have cracked down on reporters in various ways over the last few years, as well as whistleblowers, and they have tried to shut off the flow of information from the government to the people. which is the whole point of the first amendment. >> and you have also said that the administration is trying to create a de facto official secret sect. that it is trying to control the facts so only the facts that the government wants to be heard are how? >> one way they have done it is by prosecuting and going after -- and conducting criminal investigations of stories they don't like. if you -- if the people write stories in my case in a book, it's a good chance that they w

rice not the only administration official being nasty toward netanyahu.retary of state kerry today accusing the prime minister of being wrong on a nuclear deal with iran like he was on the iraq war. >> the prime minister as you recall, was profoundly forward-leaning and outspoken about the importance of invading iraq under george w. bush, and we all know what happened with that decision. >> kerry, an odd white house choice to carry that message because he famously as then a senator, kerry did vote for the war with iraq, later lamenting famously that he was for the war before he was against the war, you may remember that. unnamed white house officials over the past six months alone calling the prime minister a quote, chicken expletive a coward, obtuse blustering even claiming he quotes [ inaudible ] in our face when he accepts the invitation from congress. at least the administration is beginning to attach names and faces to their nastiness. the prime minister meanwhile flipping rice's comments about partisanship back on her as he rejected an invitation to

but what the administration is saying is that the administration has no plans.hey've got nothing in the works, no backup plan. kennedy: yeah, and -- >> kind of don't believe this. totally a political game. kennedy: of course, and she's trying to politicize the supreme court, they're not going to appreciate her, and her argument is, are you going to make this many people suffer, and that's not really the threshold when deciding legal precedence, is it? >> the administration wants the supreme court to believe that a ruling against the administration's implementation, and that's what this is. not a ruling against obamacare. it would be a ruling that says no, you have to do what obamacare, the text of the law says. the administration wants the supreme court to believe a ruling would be as painful as possible. so it is essentially a political strategy to influence the supreme court, republicans, to be fair, are taking an alternative, the similar approach on the opposite side and saying look, we're working on alternatives, working on backups and back stops. kennedy: b

lightfoot jr., associate administrator at the national aeronautics and space administration. we thank you for your patience. it's been a while to get to this panel but we do appreciate you here. pursuant to committee rules, if you could all please rise and raise your right hand. do you solemnly swear or affirm that the testimony you are about to give will be the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. thank you. let the record reflect that all witnesses answered in the affirmative. you may be seated. we will start with you. your full statement will be introduced into the record but we'd ask that you please limit your testimony to five minutes and we'll go from there. >> thank you chairman. ranking member and members of the committee, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the government accountable office's high-risk list as it pertains to irs operations. i'm delighted to note that one of our programs, business systems modernization, was removed from the list in 2013 after being on the list since 1995. its removal came about because of the advances the irs has mad

but rest of the administration, unwilling to talk about it.ut the fact there were 10,000 documents uncovered during the bin laden raid. that was considered a big feather in the cap of the administration t would be this great treasure trove of intelligence. you report only 10% of the those documents were ever investigated. somebody there was told to stop digging. really? >> yes. absolutely. actually the number is more than a million documents depending on how you count them. more than a million documents recovered in this raid that killed usama bin laden. basically there was a initial scrub that the cia conducted that lasted several weeks. by all accounts it was very productive. james clapper, the director of national intelligence said that initial scrub produced 400 intelligence reports which led to u.s. action around the globe targeting al qaeda. that initial scrub was great. it all stopped. the cia basically sat on the documents. they retained executive order. martha: why would they do that? >> because they didn't want to know what was in th

i'm talking not during the clinton administration. i'm talking from years before, and the responses to 9/11. have we made the problem worse, did we actually feed this monster year after year after year because now when we watch the news today, what we see is that not only is isis using the saudi philosophy, it was funded in part by saudi leadership, and now it is heading right towards the saudi royal family. it is a bizarre turn of events. >> with one minute left to do an unfair thing, i would like to hear each of you use the few seconds to try to define the legacy here of bill clinton's foreign policy. i will throw it to you. >> i think president clinton tried to use the power the united states had at this moment to end old conflicts and move people away from old grievances, to a more peaceful coexistence, and i think he understood globalization and tried to harness it for america's benefit and deal with its darker side. >> i think president clinton took advantage of a window of opportunity builds on technology, his own personal stud

this administration, they tell half truths and don't tell the other side. homeland security, if it does shut down is shut down because of the president, the president makes that determination, and just like before, 85-95% of the people at homeland security will show up for work, unfortunately they will not get their paycheck until a budget is passed. so it's not like the borders are going to be empty, and another thing that this administration doesn't want to own up to and neither do my colleagues on the other side of the house and the senate, the house of representatives passed a bill that gave the president $1.47 billion more than he requested, $400 million more this year than he had last year, to fund homeland security. the president has thrown a tantrum because he wants to have the illegals in this country through amnesty and my position and many of my colleagues' position is no we have to secure the borders first and the president is putting, first of all, the american people's interest at stake by wanting to make the illegals here legally through amne

the end of the cold war made challenges for the clinton administration greater. let me just mention a few of the obvious ones. after the cold war, the large nuclear arsenals that we had built no longer mattered in the same way they had in the past. as a matter-of-fact, the leftover nuclear material in the soviet union turned out to be a huge liability and a complicated set of problems that had to be solved. those in the united states -- the united states was a powerful nation without an enemy of to -- without an anatomy -- without an enemy. this is, again, an interesting and challenging. -- challenging period, and i hope the panel will talk about how they managed and maneuvered through it. >> thank you all very much. sandy, maybe we should begin at the beginning? as professor strong said, you studied history very carefully. you said clinton's operating style was to solicit advice from people from a wide range of backgrounds and experiences, but it occurs to me that you all, to some degree, were deprived of the lessons of history as you came to office, at least th

as bong obama administration been ringing your phone?hey are voteing on this dhs appropriations bill there only chance to stop too. lou: to defund this fiat. >> right and issueing another 5 million work permits to people here illegally they should pay attention. lou: it is kind to consider possibility of doing things lawfully. jessica. >> -- there there is no incentive. if you can get a work permit why bother coming legally. lou: right or why bother if you are 7 million people backed up in sim seeking lawful entry and status sort of tells you why where you stand. all right jessa thank you. we'll take it up again when you come back. >> thank you. lou: jessica von of the immigration studies institute. on wall street stocks higher, on crude oil dow surging 196. s&p 26. and nasdaq 41. volume on big tujunga onboard under 4 billion shares up next, republican 18 senate will vote to repeal two of president's most unpopular policy we take that up with the a time, next. the future of the market is never clear. but at t. rowe price we can help guid

than the obama administration. i think this is an opportunity for shared communications between the administrations. >> just to keep that one iranian student who may be seeking knowledge from the united states in order to do something nefarious with iran's nuclear program, what should the united states do to keep that from happening? >> universities have to abide by the rules that are in place. and the rules as they stand put the onus on the state department to screen out these applicants who may be preparing for studying here and going back and contributing to iran's nuclear program. so for the time being universities do have to toe a fine line, where they are not taking the onus and policing the laws on their own. but they are taking a nuanced approach that they are abiding by what they are told. umass went far beyond that. the state department, working with the authorities and to craft a policy that they are not discriminating, and hopefully we get a nuclear deal that begins to unwind these sanctions so we don't

>> yes the most transparent administration in history. look it's perfectly fine for the president to meet whoever he wants. normally you say what the subject was. interesting fact, most of the participants are delighted to tell the press what was discussed. so far we have no indication, it's very, very puzzling. lou: perhaps it's deferred to light and we'll learn later who they were and what they did. we won't hold our breath. >> we're waiting with bated breath. exactly. lou: if you believe republicans should hold up the confirmation of loretta lynch as attorney general until the white house gives congress a full accounting of the fast and furious, irs targeting and benghazi scandals? 92% of you said good idea. be sure to vote in tonight's poll -- cast your vote at loudobbs.com. we're learning more about the tampa socialite who inadvertently exposed former cia director david petraeus's extramarital affair more than two years ago. back then, joe kelly's flirtuation military brass sparked petraeus and paula broadwell who wrote nasty anonymo

the administration seems not all that concerned about the islamic threat right now. the islamic stata terrorists and terrorism and all of those actions and acts that you described. >> this is the most ideological administration we've ever had in american history. it is a hard left view of the world. obama, from the cradle up, surrounded by extreme leftists some smart some stupid. nonetheless, his view of the world is america is guilty of great crimes, on some level the terrorists and other insurgencies have a case. israel is bad, israel is imperialist. it's just so out of touch with reality, but it's a pretty typical view on campus. what you have is a president who represents the views of the liberal arts faculty lounge. my friends and i, those who serve in the military or intelligence, we represent the views out in the mud and the blood and the dust and the ugliness. >> and we appreciate your comments in joining us and your time this evening. ralph peters. >> thank you. >> the obama administration today announcing it will be dispatching national security adviser sus