benjamin netanyahu is not the head of state of israel. the head of state of israel is the president of israel who is reuben rivlin. >> that's a technicality. the real issue is if like kirsten you define the administration's leeway as anything that will get through an administration action because it believes in the national security of the united states, including trying to undermine the arguments that the decisions, the discussions of congress, which is deciding an issue, that is illegitimate. let's assume this is not about israel. let's assume it's about a treaty, about an arms control, that legitimately, congress has a say in. in the iran deal, it's legitimate that congress had a say in it. it agreed to a process in which congress could approve or disapprove of the treaty. what the administration is doing is using the spying services of the government under is control, the way you do in banana republics to intervene in the process of private discussions with members of congress are having. for the purpose of winning over the argument i

he can't even meet with benjamin netanyahu.ohn: i think there is no doubt that republican candidates will start to go negative on trump as we get closer to voting, and this will be in ads this will , pop up again. benjamin netanyahu is a talismanic figure for many republicans. mark: i don't think it will. dispense advice to the candidates before the debate in vegas next week. what happens at private fundraisers, does not stay private fundraisers. the new york times reported on its website today that ted cruz questions the judgment of donald trump and ben carson as to whether they were fit to be commander in chief, and control the arsenal, during a closed-door campaign event on wednesday. this is significant, because ted cruz up until now has religiously shied away in public from taking on donald trump. today at the heritage foundation , here in washington, i asked senator cruz about it. you are being quoted by the new york times today at a private fundraiser speaking about two of your opponents, donald trump and ben carson, and

in paris today in the climate conference, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu sat down. the palestinians say and a growing chorus in the west agrees with them that the biggest obstacles to peace remain israeli settlements. june 1967. war breaks out between israel and the neighboring countries of egypt, jordan and syria. when the dust settles, israel has more than tripled the size of the territory it controls and rules over millions of palestinians. today, israel no longer controls the sinai peninsula but other areas it conconcerne conquered 7 remain sticking points. among the final sticking points, israeli settlements. hundreds of thousands of settlers moved into places like the west bank. undermining the state of palestinians settlement on their own. >> the u.s. and the international community refused to recognize those settlements as legitimate but for many in israel, settlements are a right. israel's political right wing is against giving up the west bank and golan heights citing their strategic importance as well as historic and religious importance, and settlements

has been spying on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's private communications.he wall street journey said that conversations were monitored. roslind jordan has more now from washington, d.c. >> the israeli government is suggesting that it may file a former complaint with the obama administration because of allegations published in the wall street journey that the white house has continued to spy o on the prime minister benjamin netanyahu and on other top israeli officials. the journey's story suggests that the obama administration continues to spy on the israeli government because of concerns that israel was going to try to find a way to he derail negotiations between the p5+1 and iran over that country's nuclear problem. even though the white house has now formerly condemned or rejected the story, officials unnamed in the piece suggested they have to continue to do things like this for international security purposes. something that one official said that friends just don't do to each other. >> there have been demonstrations in the capital just days after the c

has been spying on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. in the initial african republic voters hope a new government will bring peace and stability. >> a state disaster is declared in missouri where rivers are still rising. now we start with some breaking news this hour from syria where it is being reported that ten people have been killed and at least 25 others injured in three blasts in the northeast of the country. we'll bring you more information as we get it. but right now reports of three blasts in the northeast of the country, ten killed and some 25 people have been injured. now this the new offensive focuses on the strategic location on the main road collecting damascus to the southern cities. the assault was supported by the heavy russian aerial campaign so far in the south. it's part of the government's first major offensive in southern syria since russia joined the fight in september. >>> well, the observatory for human rights say that russia's strikes on syria hav, 792 of the dead, more than a third, were civilians, 180 were ch

intercepted communications between benjamin netanyahu and his aids as well as conversations with members of congress. it came when netanyahu was taking his campaign against the iran nuclear deal to capitol hill >>> a close call on the high seas. the u.s. aircraft carrier coming within 1,500 yards of an iranian rock, operating in the straight of hormuz harry truman was moving through the strailt when the guards were conducting a live exercise in the area. this happening last weekend. they describe as what happened as quote uncharacteristic of most interactions between the u.s. and iranians.

benjamin netanyahu himself said he disagreed with donald trump's proposal but of course he has got anal relationship with donald trump. donald trump campaigned for him in 2013 on television here. he said he would be glad to greet him when he arrived as he would with any republican candidate, but this morning from got off the hook. jenna: with the about that relationship? how deep is it? >> i don't know exactly how deep it is, political relationships tend not to be overly emotional, but beebe is perceived in america as somewhat of a republican and has known from for a long time. in 2015 they asked him to make a commercial, a campaign commercial land he did but be be knows all the candidates and that was one of his problems because with donald trump wherever he goes he turns it into any event that publicizes himself. i think benjamin netanyahu didn't really want to be perceived as campaigning for him in the republican primaries. there are other candidates he might prefer. >> a lot of these candidates make trips overseas and we will see who is next and who will visit in coming months. s

today, benjamin netanyahu rejected trump's recent remarks on muslims but says the meeting is still on because he meets with all us presidential candidates. kenneth moton, abc news washington " tim on cam speaking of donald trump, he plasn to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu later this month. the meeting was scheduled two weeks before trump's call for a temporary ban on muslims. some iaeli leaders are trying to block trump from entering the more than 20- percent of israel's population is muslim. an israeli government official confirms the meeting will be on december year. today givign the honors to german chancellor angela merkel. time says merkel was honored for helping to preserve and promote europe despite economic tutuoil and a growing refugee crisis. she e s also praised for being a "princncled manager" and "resolute diplomat." merkel is the first woman to be named person of the year since 19- 86. jenna: we always hear the old adage, it's better to give than receive, well coming up we've got a couple of heartwarming stories about giving this holiday season. stay

so he hired our next guest, george birnbaum, the former chief of staff of benjamin netanyahu, he is benson's newest foreign policy adviser. it's a fox business exclusive. how is he going to get ben carson up to speed? he's next on "countdown," can't miss it. . liz: we have this breaking news, and we've gotten this shot up from the chopper in california. fbi divers are now looking for evidence in a lake in san bernardino. we're going to keep this shot up and get to fox news' jonathan hunt. jonathan? >> reporter: liz, the divers, a team of fbi divers went into that lake here in san bernardino. we're told this is not a search for bodies. this is a search for evidence relating to the shooting attack that took place here some eight days ago. that's one piece of breaking news. another piece of breaking news by the reuters agency. government officials apparently telling reuters that in the months leading up to the attack, tashfeen malik, the wife of syed farook, one of the two shooters in this, reached out to various islamic radical groups trying to make contact with them. she apparently faile

has been spying on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's private communication.his communications were mourn forked during his conversations with iran. >> the israeli government suggesting that it may file a former complaint with the obama administration because of allegations published in the wall street journal that the white house has continued to spy on the prime minister benjamin netanyahu and other top israeli officials. the journal's story suggests that the obama administration continues to spy on the israeli government because of concerns that el would find a way to derail the negotiations over that country's nuclear program. even though the white house has not formerly condemned or rejected the story officials named suggested that they had to continue doing things like this for national security purposes. it's something that one israeli official said that friends just don't do to each other. >> u.s. presidential candidate donald trump is promises to spend $2 million every week on advertising. the billionaire businessman has been the frontrunner in the re

committee will look into a wall street journal report that the nsa spied on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahurocess swept up conversations that involved members of congress and israeli officials while the u.s. negotiated the iran nuclear deal. the deal that netanyahu opposed. the national security council released a statement today. we are not going to comment on any specific alleged intelligence activities. as a general matter and as we have said previously, we do not conduct any foreign intelligence surveillance activities unless there is a specific and validated national security purpose. this applies to ordinary citizens and world leaders alike. the chaurm of the house intelligence committee sent a letter to admiral michael rogers requesting copies of all policies and procedures that interintercepted communications involving members of congress and how it handles those communications. joining us by phone now, mike tamasky is with us here. this report is report is absolute fascinating to read. there came a moment where you say the administration realized they were probably monitoring netan

donald trump postponing his trip to israel, saying he will meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu after he becomes president. this decision comes after netanyahu condemned the presidential' s hopeful demand to ban -- hopeful' s proposal to ban muslims from the u.s. >> donald trump on the rise after his polarizing claims to keep muslims from traveling into the u.s. >> i' m leading every single poll. >> a new cbs poll taken before and after his anti-muslim stance shows he climbed to 35%. marco rubio, 9%. marco rubio said he does not have a chance. marco rubio: he is not going to be the nominee, i' m pretty confident of that. >> on "the o' reilly factor" trump pushed his muslim ban and said it is not about religion. >> this is about security, not about religion. we cannot allow people to come into this country that have horrible things in their minds. >> in the wake of the global backlash, he announced he is postponing his trip to israel to meet with prime minister benjamin netanyahu until "after i become president." he has alienated hispanics and muslims, so he is making a move to c

conversations that 3 the relationship between the president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has never been a cozy one.but new allegations the n-s-a was spying on netanyahu during the iran nuclear negotiations are raising red flags for some, including the foundation for defending democracies clifford may.clifford may/foundation for defense of democracies "intelligence services are meant to be used for national security purposes. the question is was there a national security purpose here or was this purely political and i think the answer is it was purely political."may says president obama should have never made this promise from early last year.obama/january 2014"unless there is a compelling national security purpose we will not monitor the communications of heads of state and govt of our close friends and allies."but former intelligence officer lt col anthony shaffer says there may have been a national security purpose.lt col anthony shaffer/retired intelligence officer "we clearly have an interest in knowing what our friends and enemies are both thinking."especially he say

jamie mcintire, the pentagon. >>> eastward dropped on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the wall street journal first broke this story. unless there is a specific and validated national security purpose. al jazeera's rosiland jordan has more from washington. >> the israeli government is suggest that it may file a formal complaint with the obama administration because of allegations published in the wall street journal that the white house has continued to spy on the prime minister, bssments anbenjaminnetanyahu and on othep israeli officials. continuing to spy ton israeli government because of concerns that israel was going to try find a way to derail the-e glos between the p-5 plus one and iran over that country's nuclear program. even though the white house has not condemned or rejected the story officials unnamed in the wall street journal piece suggested they had to continue to do things like at a this for national security purposes. something that one israeli noicial said, friends don't to do to one another. >> puerto rico will default on its debt, for the second tim

a new report finds the national security agency spied on benjamin netanyahu and other allies of the u.s.. the wall street journal reported that they maintained would end the practice. the paper citing current and former u.s. officials saying communication between members of congress and benjamin netanyahu may of been collected in that whack's washington is reacting to these new allegations that the u.s. were spying. >> the report alleges the national security agency conducted operations on that yahoo! at earlier this year. our national correspondent brings us more. >> the relationship between president obama and benjamin new allegations the nsa were spying on him during iran nuclear the are raising red flags for some. >> intelligence services are meant to be used for national security purposes. was there a national security purpose here or was it purely political? >> mate says president obama should have never made this year. >> unless there is a compelling national security purpose we communications of heads of state d government of our close friends and allies. >> a former intelligenc

benjamin netanyahu who is i breathing the call of the greatest relief. a meeting with trump would have been disastrous for israel's image. (t) jam an times writes, a new day dawns for venezuela. the tight has turned but warns that nicholas maduro is not likely to give up and the opposition needs to remember that ties ebb and flow. assessor to parliament in ukraine got out of control. the prime minister was addressing the prime minister said of the incident, quote, all is well but there are many idiots. >> a picture of steve jobs, it depicts mabl's co-founder as a refusing and oduffel back and that's, family history, jobs was the son of a syrian immigrant to the u.s. who gave him up for adoption. >>> 50 years ago, the world was gripped by beatle mania, echoes of that origin era can be found. mandaniel schweimler last the story. >> began conflicting when john len onwas killed 35 yeerlings. >> it was a revolution that exceeded fashion design and art. the beatles had that look of freedom about. >> the only one outside of liverpool, atracking several througho

it was a bad idea for donald trump to come to israel, including benjamin netanyahu.f trump had showed up, the provocation for palestinians , violence,been high bad things. in that sense, it shows you that trumps rhetoric is reverberating loudly overseas and not in a way that benefits him as a potential president. mark: let's see if any of his rivals can make a big deal about this. deal, but ita big would take a candidate to drive it. trump does not like to be disrespected. benjamin netanyahu disrespected him. he went on media and said -- criticized trump. trump does not like to be criticized. he will not fly halfway around the world for -- to meet a guy who ditched them. it would hurt another candidate. it probably won't hurt him, unless some other candidate makes a big deal and tries to say, this is another indication that trump is not ready to be commander in chief. john: i think there is no doubt that republican candidates will start to go negative on trump as we get closer to voting, and this will pop up again. benjamin net yahoo! is a talismanic figure for many

recorded by the n- s- a. 3 the relationship between the president obama and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has never been a cozy onenebut new legations the n-s-a was spying on netanyahu during the iran nuclear negotiations are raising red flags for some, including the foundation for defending democracies clifford may.clifford may/foundation "intelligence services are meant to be used for national security purposes. the question is was there a national security purpose here or was this purely political and i think the answer is it was purely political."may says president obama should have never made this promise from early last year.obama/jajaary 2014"unless there is a compelling nationalalsecurity purpose we will not monitor the communications of heads of state and govt of our close friends and allies."but former intelligence officer lt col anthony shaffer says there may have been a national security purpose.lt col anthony shaffer/retired intelligence officer "we clearly have an interest in knowing what our friends and enemies are both thinking."especially he says if those thoughts involve

in addition to that benjamin netanyahu said in that statement that he was willing to meet with any and all of the presidential candidates, not just donald trump. this was an exclusive for him, this was an invitation as netanyahu says he is engaged in what's happening with its greatest ally. >> that's right, tamron. and of course you know i think a lot of eyebrows were raised when trump set that december 28th date in going abroad over israel given we know the iowa caucuses are february 1st, new hampshire is a week after that that that is a time in which right after christmas, right after new year's you're supposed to be in iowa and new hampshire, not in the middle east. but it's going to be interesting to see if somehow that netanyahu's rejection of donald trump's proposal for muslims entering the united states had anything to do with this. but of course as trump ended up saying he just wanted to get back down to campaigning and not being in the middle east. >> but it's still interesting. we know what he said versus, again, this plan or the releasing of the information that he would vis

i think benjamin netanyahu almost couldn't help it but john boehner walked him into it. >> i was talkingmebody the other day and said when obama is out of office and writes the thing i am most interested to read is benjamin netanyahu. >> that congress treated netanyahu, treated him in that joint session better than they ever treated the president of the united states. if they could vote it felt like that is who they would be picking for president. >> coming up, the 15 minutes of fame award for 2015, the rising star award and, of course, person of the year 2015. all that coming up. i'm jerry bell the second. and i'm jerry bell the third. i'm like a big bear and he's my little cub. this little guy is non-stop. he's always hanging out with his friends. you've got to be prepared to sit at the edge of your seat and be ready to get up. there's no "deep couch sitting." definitely not good for my back. this is the part i really don't like right here. (doorbell) what's that? a package! it's a swiffer wetjet. it almost feels like it's moving itself. this is kind of fun. that comes from my floor? e

defense over an explosive report that president obama authorized spying on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, and in the process swept up communications with congress. that's according to the "wall street journal" which says the national security agency's monitoring the such exchanges sparked what one official called an oh bleep moment. i'll take it up with john bolton tonight. >>> donald trump declaring war on political opponents, one he does not intend to lose, speak at a campaign event in south carolina today, trump once again took aim at the clintons. >> i consider them enemies, we view this as war. don't we view this as war? it's war. the husband wants to come and accuse me of things and the husband is one of the great abusers of the world? give me a break. give me a break. tom: i'll discuss that with former reagan political director ed rollins. >>> and bill cosby charged with allegations he drugged and sexually assaulted a woman at his pennsylvania home in 2004. prosecutors in pennsylvania narrowly beating the statute of limitations deadline to file charges against cosby. the developme

trump's postponed trip to israel, meeting with benjamin netanyahu later this month ... the israeli prime minister publicly rejected trump's plan. and, a major middle east department store chain has yanked all trump merchandise off its shelves. here, hillary clinton's trying to capitalize, arguing trump's plan helps radical jihadists: "donald trump is supplying them with new propaganda, he's actually playing into their hands." facebook founder mark zuckerberg is speaking out in support of muslims in his community, writing "i want you to know you are always welcome here and that we will fight to protect your rights and create a peaceful and safe environment for you." and, after trump lashed out at time magazine for snubbing him as its person of the year... ... time is striking back... taunting never-before-seen blooper reel from a recent photo shoot. republican candidate marco rubio spoke in west des moines this morning he headlined the 10th event in concerned veterans for america's "veterans and military town hall" he highlighted critical issues facing iowa's veterans, m

continued to eavesdrop on benjamin netanyahu and members of congress and netanyahu. last hour on that your world this morning. i asked israel journalist if there were legitimate grounds that israel would try to scuttle the iranian nuclear deal. >> the white house promised they would cease eavesdropping on friendly heads of state and tagged netanyahu as unfriendly. the iranian deal he perceived as a great national security threat to israel, and he was not ashamed. much of that was done above the table. some of it behind the table and i would say that since israeli intelligence discovered that the united states is conducting political negotiations with iran back in early 2013 in oman, i think there was a breach of confidence between the two sides, and both sides tried to obtain as much information as possible. the israelis were trying to understand what exactly the americans are trying to do with iran, what is the nature of their deal that was signed and the americans as was reported this morning by the wall street journal were trying to understand what israel is plott

trump planned to meet israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu after christmas, but his comments aboutlims from entering the united states have caused an uproar in israel. trump now says he'll travel to israel after he's elected president. >>> the latest cbs news/"new york times" poll shows him surging. he now has the support of 35% of likely republican primary voters. what's more, 2/3 of his supporters say they'll vote for trump, even if he runs as an independent. major garrett reports. >> reporter: donald trump taunted republicans with a recycled threat to run as an independent candidate and under intense criticism, scaled back his scope to ban all muslims from america. some republicans are reconsidering endorsing trump if he is the nominee, and president obama took on trump while celebrating the end of slavery in america. donald trump says he needs from the republican party what he rarely displays on the campaign trail, decorum. >> if they don't treat me with a certain amount of decorum and respect, if they don't treat me as the front-runner, if the playing field is not level, certa

the relationship between the president obama and israeli prime ministst benjamin netanyahu has never been a cozy one.but new allegations the n-s-a was spying on netanyahu during the iran nuclear negotiations are raising red flags for some, ininuding the foundadaon for defending democracies clifford may."intelligence services are meant to be used for national security purposes. the question is was there a or was this purely political and i think the answer is it was purely political."may says president obama should have never made this promise from early last year."unless there is a compelling national security purpose we will not monitor the communications of heads of state and govt of our clcle friends and allies."but former intelligence officer lt col anthony shaffer says there may have been a national securiri purpose. clearly have an interest in knowing what our friends and enemies are both thinking.especially he says if those thouts involve military action.the israelis interests are our interests most of ththtime, not always.there's one more layer here though - some of those spie

this morning israeli prime minister after he wins the oval office.the decision comes after benjamin netanyahu condemned trump's proposed ban on all muslims entering the u.s.despite the international back-lash - trump is standing behind his proposition. everybody wants to be so politically-correct. 'oh, let everybody come in.' we have a problem, and the problem has to be solved, and when that problem is solved, it's going to be a much happier world." world."an israeli official says trump was supposed to meet netanyahu on december 28th.trump had previously refused to confirm that meeting. hillary clinton has picked up another important endorsement. the american federation of government employees says it is confident that clinton will help federal workers do their jobs.this makes 18 national unions to throw their support behind the democratic front-runner.the american federation of government employees represents about 600- thousand americans. back on the republican side - marco rubio is returning to the corridor today.at 2-30 - kinnick stadium in iowa city for a meet and greet.rubio only trails

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said he rejects the plan to block muslims. trump is set to meet with netanyahu later in jerusalem this month. back in the u.s., republican leaders across the country fear trump at the top of the ticket could doom their party. matt borges is the chairman of the ohio republican party. he worries about the fallout. >> it will not help us win a national election. it will not help us win the general election in november. we would not win ohio with that message. we realize that. >> reporter: he and other republican leaders are afraid trump to damage the ability to hold on to the senate and winning back the white house. at the same time, trump supporters have been nothing but loyal. that could help him win a republican primary. christine and alison. >> jeff, thank you very much. we have new information on the san bernardino terror shootings this morning. as investigators dig deeper into the background of the couple who killed 14 people. syed rizwan farook and tashfeen malik. malik's father is speaking out from saudi arabia where he li

he was going to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu -- a risky move following recent comments he made...to a jewish group...and the call to keep muslims from entering the country, we spoke with an eastern iowa muslim m hose also an n my veteran. although his ancestors came from lebonnon, he was born in (cg: joe aossey/ muslim & veteran) "this is my country, part f my job." he says he's not worried about trump's plan. while many are speaking out again trump -- one iowa homeowner is showing big it's hard to miss along jordan creek parkway in west deses moines. the homeowner says he isn't for or against trump. he just wants to get people thinking... what inspired me to put the bad was in 1992 with ross perot, the littl short guy with big ears and biimouth. he's shaking u u the establishment really well. its also shaking up the internet... a picture of the sign is oo reddit... with dozens of comments from people trying to decide if it's meant to show support for him -- or not. the word "isis" becoming a problem for a teenager and her family. that's because the girl's name

security agencies earlier this year monitored communications between israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and members of congress. after the white house said it would no longer spy on allies heads of state. rfnlg harosiland jordan has mor. >> because of allegations plikd in the wall street journal that the white house has continued to spy on the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and on other top israeli officials. the journal's story suggests that the obama administration continued to spy on the israeli government because of concerns that israel was going to try find a way to derail the negotiations between the p-5 plus one and iran over that country's nuclear program. even though white house has not condemned or rejected the story an official named in the wall street journal piece suggested they had to continue doing this for security purposes, something that friends just don't do to each other. >> rosiland jordan, thank you. >>> as the violence in burundi continues to escalate, its president is warning people to stay out. the violence broke out after the president said woe run for a t

great to have you on the show. >> great to be here antonio. >> you were the chief of staff of benjamin netanyahu you are now described as arch enemies or the odd couple of israeli politics. why don't you agree on most things? you are part of the same coalition. >> i support prime minister netanyahu. we are certainly not enemies. we are together in a government led by the prime minister. we have some differences but by and large i support most of his policies. >> you have recently called for tough nurse in light of the recent situation in for shooting terrorists who throw rocks for more settlement building. if what you want is peace how can that all lead to it? >> because that brings quiet. you see is suicide bombers and suicide terrorists, their equation is very simple. they go kill jews. then they go neat virtue jins in the next world. their family gets a nice salary from mahmoud abbas and that in turn encourages more murderers to go out. we must change that equation and not make it worthwhile to murder jews. mahmoud abbas pays palestinian murderers until the end of their lives or of that their

some say it is just a political mouthpiece for prime minister benjamin netanyahu and he uses it to forward his political agenda as well. adelson shelled out $100 million to various candidates and the last presidential election. no word from their camp tonight yet. we have not and from those reports. jessica: the search is underway the middle of a pet store. jim: a look at an alert network you may not know about. >> it is a great night to be out in front. we're in the desert in the states. we see these characters -- have you seen anybody who is real? >> yes. and what is g jim: sometimes there is big trouble, other times just little things can get in your way. jessica: we have a traffic trifecta out there. how busy is it? reporter: let's give you a grab bag of what is happeninthat is where we have an accident here, it is just past gibson. you see it has things backed up. you have this mess over here. we are down at the charleston curve where u.s. 95 runs past charleston. you have a line of traffic. other things, this accident. just one to squeeze by this at washington. it is putting the sque

trump was scheduled to meet president benjamin netanyahu, but after he announced his proposal to ban all muslims from entering the state, netanyahu criticized trump's plan. trump says he's not backing down from his ideas, and says many of his supports actually like his plan. "we have a big problem. as you know i have many friends that are muslims-phenomenal people-they are so happy at what i'm doing. i was called by three people today very big., they said you are doing a tremendous service. " (take at :19-:34) jack: trump has been criticized from both sides of the several entertainers such as author j.k. rowling and ali, for his plan. jack: moines it'sat the state fairgrounds. the event is free and open to the public. and it starts at 6-30 p-m. local 5 will be covering the event and provide updates as the night goes on. stephanie: chief meteorologist james peterson joins us now.. james ((ad lib weather toss)) "now, we are iowa's most accurate meteorologist james peterson. certified by meteorologist james independent weather experts " jack: chief meteorologist james peterson joins us

if you sort of broaden that statement, really speaks to the fact they feel like benjamin netanyahu didtional interest at hand in leaking -- this is an allegation according to the wall street journal in leaking some of the details of the iran nuclear deal. the claim is that his aides put that out there. let me show you what the white house is saying in particular. it's a fascinating story by the wall street journal. it says we do not conduct any surveillance activities unless there's a specific and validated national security purpose. this applies to ordinary citizens and world leaders alike. what he's saying here is everything is fair game. if we feel like there's a national security interest and the question before the white house is, did they use that material to sort of help them in their strategy, to secure the votes on the iran nuclear deal. >> you know what? everybody spies on everybody. and that's, i guess why we have 18 intelligence agencies in the united states. what is some other reaction to this report, kevin? >> honestly, i felt like most of the reaction would be sort of sh

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was high on the list to mention report of the national security urging the fun at how officials worked against the administration's nuclear agreement with mary ann could benefit of private conversations with u.s. lawmakers to let the executive branch should be accused of spying on congress. cheryl: me why chicago police officer charged with murder in the 2014th annual shooting at her team manager look on donald pleaded guilty yesterday. he faces six counts of first-degree murder in the death of 17-year-old donald. public outcry has been furious has been furious at the tashkent city was released last month showed the veteran officer shooting donald 16 times. the teenager was buried away from officers and vandyke opened fire. van dike's attorney says the officer wants to tell his side of jewelry. >> i know what evidence and looking for and i know what evidence we are able to produce. with all of that being said, that is how we believe we will be able to successfully defend ourselves in this case. cheryl: meanwhile, chicago mayor rahm emanuel will an

yesterday benjamin netanyahu said he doesn't support the proposed ban on muslims. investigation looks into trump's relationship with a convicted felon and what it could mean for him on the campaign trail. >>> new york city's top cop joined the push for continued health coverage for 9/11 workers. police commissioner bill bratton joined senators in washington, d.c. and called for renew equal of the zadroga act. >> this country has an obligation. it has an obligation and debt to those who went toward the danger and stayed in danger. we hope before congress adjourns this session passes this legislation, this much needed essential piece of legislation. >> supporters are pushing to get the bill passed before the congressional session ends for the holidays. >>> a jury deliberations are trial of former new york state senate majority leader dean askless. the long island republican is -- dean skelos. closing arguments were held the last two days. both he and his son have pleaded not guilty. >>> and submarine scandal. sailors accused of secretly filming female shipmates while

who the paper says was spying on benjamin netanyahu in a recent visit to the u.s. >>> right now familyand friends are gathering to remember a new york police detective killed on patrol in afghanistan. ♪ ♪ detective joseph lemm will be laid to rest today. lemm a 15 year vet with the department was on routine patrol last week when a suicide bomber drove a motorcycle into the convoy and blew himself up. the taliban has claimed responsibility for that attack. also killed in that attack, the son of a local attack owner bub and pop's opened for business today. it closed last week after the owner's son was killed. peter talb was one of six u.s. service members killed. the sign hangs on the front of the restaurant saying might his be the last death. >>> new claims about the nsa. "the wall street journal's" reporting u.s. intelligence agent spied on israel earlier this year. president obama promised not to spy on allies two years ago after it came out that the country tapped angela merkel's phone. they targeted israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu this time while he was speaking out agains

today, benjamin netanyahu rejected trump's recent remarks on muslims but says the meeting is still on because he meets with all u-s presidential candidates. meanwhile, iowa senator chuck grassley said today that trump's comments wouldn't necessarily deter him from supporting trump if he's the eventual nominee. "i've supported some that are easier to support than others. it'll be a whole new political environment come next july, and i wouldn't make a decision until then. but i assume that i'm going to be able to back the republican nominee." stephanie meanwhile-- hillary clinton is in the metro right now, at an event at living history farms in urbandale. local five's chief political correspondent amanda krenz is there and will bring you a live report at six. but earlier in the day, she was in waterloo... touring a company called "cedar valley techworks," and talking trump. local five's josh haskell has from eastern iowa. josh stephanie - hillary clinton invovod the 5 sullivan brothers at her waterloo event today in the convention center named after them - saying they acted with resolve

to stateside who has been spying on benjamin netanyahu and other allies according to the "wall street journal" which alleges they maintain the surveillance of the allies after a promise from the president two years ago snooping would end. capitol hill the indication that the agencies might have picked up the communication between the members of congress here and netanyahu. tonight don't miss a town hall discussion. your voice, your future. terrorism at home. we tackle terror in america. watch it live at 7:00 tonight on the sister station newschannel8. tonight at 6:00 d.c. officers will get body cameras under the new law. when they start wearing them and the policy to make the footage available. >> the change of police procedure in chicago. a new piece of announcer: you're watching "abc7 news at 6:00ment" on your side. leon: around the district d.c. mayor muriel bowser signed a bill approving police body cameras in the district. the new ball has 2400 cameras in addition to the police -- in addition to the 400 rather, already in use to make it 2800 cameras. it will improve accountabilit

a new report says that the n-s-a spieieon raeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and other u.s. allies. the wall street journal reported tuesday the n-s-a maintained surveillance of netanyahu and other leaders,s, despite a prprise from the president that he would end the practice. citing current and former u-s officials, the paper also said that communications between congress and netanyahu may ve been collected in thth surveillance.a national security council spokesman said the white house would "not comment on any specific alleged intelligence activities," but re-affirmed the support for israel. twitter users who popo hateful or violent speech will be booted from the social network. network.twitter is updating its policy on violent or abusive posts. the company says this will enhance the fight against hate speech.it will also give users more explicit ability to remove violators from the site. social networks have faced criticism for failing to stop terrorists from using their channels to communicate.the social networks have since adjusted their policies several times to clamp

trump is scheduled to meet with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu today. a cnn poll released just before christmas shows trump with a large lead over the rest of the field. good morning las vegas... time now is x:xx --- imagine being stuck outside in near zero degree temperatures for hours! well a 14-year-old know what that's like...and this morning, we'll tell you his amazing story of survival. plus, an airline passenger gets the red carpet treatment for just arriving at his destination... we'll tell you why, coming up! new this morning the iraqi military has city for isis-- is fully liberated from the militants....this-- as the leader of isis has issued a chilling and defiant new message. abu bakr al baghdad...threatening the west...warning attacks on israel are "imminent." but, expers say isis is feeling some pressure right now. isis is under a lot of pressure. and he felt the need of sending a message to his followers: we're still here, we're still strong, we're undefeated. yesterday, iraqi forces, back by u-s coalition air strikes, took over ramadi, a

israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu rejecting the plan to block muslims. trump is set to meet netanyahu in jerusalem later this month. back in the u.s., republican leaders across the country fear trump at the top of the ticket could doom their party. matt borges is the chairman of the ohio republican party. he worries about the fallout. >> we will have to distance ourselves from this messages. it will not help us win the national election. it will not help us win the general election in november. we would not win ohio with that message. we realize that. >> reporter: now he and other republican leaders are afraid trump could damage the party's chances of holding on to the senate and winning back the white house. at the same time, trump supporters are loyal. that loyalty could help him win the republican primary. the iowa caucuses are 53 days away. christine. >> thank you, jeff. >> let's breakdown the jitters over trump and the day's political news with reporter eric bradner. thank you for getting up with us. >> happy to do it. >> we are reeling from trump's