good evening. >> good evening, bret. he didn't seem to have much more success with republicans in state houses than he's having with the republicans down the street. with the house opposed to raising the minimum wage, he pushed governors to do that and said he has ordered a wage hike with the federal government. >> so far in the last few weeks i have acted to lift the wages of workers who work for federal contractors to pay -- make sure their employees are getting paid at least $10.10 an hour. >> it sparked a heated back and forth between some of the governors right after the head of the governors association stressed their bipartisanship. here is louisiana governor bobby jindal and connecticut's dan malloy. >> yes, he did mention the minimum wage. repeatedly to us. what i worry about is that this president and the white house seems to be waving the white flag of surrender after five years in the administration, the obama economy is the minimum wage economy. america can do better than that. >> you heard what i think ende

bret? >> amy, thank you. >>> now back here to the u.s., and u.s. politics. vice president biden told democrats today to stop apologizing for their policies, including the obama health care plan. it's a message apparently not fully embraced by potential presidential candidate hillary clinton who says she would considerhanges to obamacare. correspondent doug mcelway has that story tonight. >> reporter: it was a nuanced criticism of obamacare from the presumed 2016 democratic presidential front-runner. in an off-camera talk in orlando the former secretary of state said, quote, i would be the first to say if things aren't working, then we need people of good faith to come together and make evidence-based changes. the remark appears to offer a window on democrats running for re-election this year and on her 2016 strategy. >> you'll notice that neither hillary clinton or any democrat that i know of, including president obama, has said specifically what changes they would implement, but it's a ver

good evening, amy. >> hi, bret. the warm glow of the olympic closing ceremony has dispalted in less than a wee ukraine's crimea has probably something to do with local militia groups, protection groups, bret, but certainly, there is a russian military presence down there, and the question and the concern is where is it all leading? another jarring wake-up call in ukraine. armed men take over the civilian airport in the semiautonomous region of crimea, and where russia bases its black sea fleet. russia says its personnel there are doing business as usual, protecting their black sea fleet. ukraine's interim government jumped to declare this a violation of the terms of the agreement. >> we have the fact there are disguised military from the russian black sea fleet illegally conducting their actions in ukrainian territory in the republic of crimea. we have developed measures to neutralize it. >> john kerry spoke to his russian counterpart who denied it was a land grab in the region of ukraine. >> i nevertheless made it

hello, amy. >> hi, bret. well, as we have been talking about, ukraine has really been caught in this tug of war between russia and the west with both sides accused of meddling and no deal ever being in sight, but finally tonight, as some top european diplomats are on their way to kiev, ukrainians themselves, bret, actually took matters of peace at least into their own hands and have agreed there is a truce now and a way forward to solve the issues that have led to the bloodshed. the truce was announced on victor yanukovych's website. whether any of that will take or hold tonight is not clear, and the scene immediately after word of the truce was out was hardly one of calm. there is still chaos and the opposition says there are people who are simply not accounted for at this hour. in the lead-up to the announcement of the truce, there was talk of a massive military intervention to deal with the tens of thousands of protesters who had become violent in response to the police brutality that had been ongoing. it

hello, amy. >> hi, bret. it's 1:00 a.m. in kiev, and there's no sign any of this is going to die down. riot police have stormed unless square, the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine has suggested there are just two ways this crisis can be resolved, eerlth by a major crackdown by the government or significant concessions by the government, but there's no sign that either of those has happened or will happen so there's a lot of fear that an all-out government assault could still come here. in the meantime, already 18 people have been killed. over 100 injured in the capital kiev. you can see the fires are raging in the center of town. some of them are bonfires, others are tents that have caught fire. stun grenades and water cannons have been used by police. protesters are wearing body armor, and all of this, the most violent night after three months of protest that has heated up and died down. it was sparked by yanukovych rejecting a deal that would have brought ukraine closer into the orbit under pressure by russia which has b

bret. >> eric, thank you. you can expect to be on hold a long time if you call the irs with a tax question. the new head of the agency has posted a youtube video saying his organization has very limited resources and warning of extensive wait times. john koskinen recommends taxpayers visit the irs website to get help. >>> counting calories at the white house, confirming what you already knew about pizza, and watching what you say around they. the grapevine is next. can i help you? hey, is it true we can get four lines, unlimited talk and text and 10 gigs of data to share for 160 a month? yep. at&t's new family pricing. that's 100 bucks cheaper than us. i know. are you guys with verizon? what makes you think that? oh. just her nametag. and i see you guys at the food court every day. can we go back now? yeah. [ male announr ] introducing our best-ever pricing for families. 10 gigs of data to share. unlimited talk and text. and 4 lines for $160 a month. only from at&t. >>> now to fresh pickings from the political

i'm bret baier. we have new information tonight on just how far ahead of the september 11th, 2001, terror attacks the u.s. government had any idea of how dangerous osama bin laden could be. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is here with fascinating details. >> thank you, bret. according to court documents the fbi source was in direct contact with osama bin laden eight years before the 9/11 attacks. it was clear even then that the al qaeda leader wanted to finance plots inside the u.s., and it appears none of this information was shared with the 9/11 commission, nor the relevant congressional committees. the human intelligence asset was run by this fbi agent. the connection to bin laden only came to light after he filed a discrimination suit against the bowero and his supervisor testified about the quality of his work and the assets he was running, quote, it was the only source i know in the bureau where we had a source in al qaeda directly involved. it's a very small group, but this

bret, the deal also calls for an inquiry into the violence and deaths. now, the parliament today also voted to give amnesty to all those protesters who have been detained, and it voted for the freeing of jailed opposition politician politicians. as for the russians, bret, while they weren't actually sigatory to the deal, they were at the table, and the white house today praised their efforts in helping to bring about the cease fire. >> amy kellogg live early saturday morning in moscow. >>> the jailed leader of venezuela's opposition is urging followers to continue demonstrations against nicolas maduro, but to do so peacefully. steve harrigan has the latest tonight from miami. >> street protests that began in the capital of caracas have spread to cities across venezuela. the president nicolas maduro threatening to declare a state of emergency in some regions. the president has described them as war zones. the 51-year-old former bus driver says opponents of his socialist rule are fascists and terrorists. >> translator: this is what the fascists do. here is

bret pointed out something, i wrote it down as well. president obama from the podium just a minute ago. there will be costs for any military intervention in ukraine. any idea what that means? >> well, it's varinteresting, eric, because we have been talking to pentagon officials all day about whether there was any contingency planning going on. we heard from the nato supreme ally commander yesterday from brussels, general breedlove, who said there were no contingency plans on the part of nato allies to do anything if russia were to move troops into the ukraine. that is a statement that vladimir putin would have taken, would have heard, and would have possibly taken as a green light, if you will, to move those forces. we're not clear at this point, and the pentagon is not confirming whether those forces that appear to have landed at the airport there about 2,000 troops, according to reports on the ground, whether they're russian troops, but they are seeing military activity, officials tell us, in to and out of the crimea, and reporters on

." >>> good evening, i'm bret baier. we have new information tonight on the extraordinary level of involvement of one of the key players in the administration's reaction to the benghazi attacks of september 11th, 2012. meanwhile, the parsing of words over the assault that claimed four american lives has reached new levels here in washington. president obama still clings in part to his initial statement, downplaying the level of organization by the attackers. this was the president with bill o'reilly yesterday. >> and when you look at the videotape of this whole thing unfolding, this is not some systematic, well-organized process. you see -- >> heavy weapons used. heavy weapons. >> bill, bill, listen, i've gone through this, and we have had multiple hearings on it. what happens is you have an attack like this taking place. and you have a mix of folks who are just trouble makers, folks who have an idealogical agenda. you have some who are affiliated with terrorist organizations, some that are not, but the main thing that a

we're talking about bret bahre joining us from our nation's capital.. about a brand new gallup poll. america's perceptions of "prometheu president obama and his standings in the world. 53% of americans do not think he's respected by other world leaders. americans field 41% that he is respected. that's a head scratcher right there. >> yeah. the first time gallup has had that kind of a poll for a president and that is yupside down like this. for president obama, americans think he's not respected worldwide, that's not a good sign. that's tied to a number of things. one is the tapping and listening in to foreign leaders' conversations. >> yeah. >> and that story. i think the serious situation drawing a red line and then what has happened since with syria deteriorating. and really the efforts across the globe when you look at where the u.s. is, how world leaders are responding to what the president is saying. >> i mean, i love the fact that the president talked to vladimir putin for an hour. after the olympics are over, we don't have the leverage, maybe th

i'm bret baier. there's nothing small about the projected impact of obamacare on the nation's small businesses. the numbers are out and they're raising eyebrows. the white house says critics are cherry picking data to paint a negative picture. but they are the administration's own numbers. and speaking of numbers, the president and his people cannot seem to get on the same page concerning enrollment goals. chief white house correspondent ed henry has tonight's top story. >> health secretary kathleen sebelius gave conflicting signals today, first suggesting he hopes the administration will meet its health care goal of 7 million enrollees. >> i hope so. >> before repeatedly hedging on specifics. >> we have millions of people and we'll have millions more by the end of march. >> sebelius also ducked on whether she agrees with vice president biden revising the numbers last week. >> we may not get to 7, but we're going to get to 5 or 6, and that's a hell of a start. >> while at the white house, spokesman j

i'm bret baier. dozen are dead and hundreds wounded in vicious street battles in the ukranian capital of kiev. last night we received word of a truce but little evidence that anyone on the ground paid attention to that. amy kellogg is watching developments tonight from moscow. >> reporter: this was supposed to be day one of the big truce that made headlines last night. it turned out to be the bloodiest day of ukraine's conflict yet. this video appears to show snipers firing on protesters. the dead were rushed in the chaos to hotel and other safe spaces turned into triage centers. those dead died of gunshot wounds to the head, neck and heart. ukranian officials call this restrain >> translator: there's not a single other democratic country where a police force would have demonstrated such moderation and tolerance as ukranian policemen did. >> reporter: the opposition tactics are becoming more violent as well. >> as for peaceful discussions, unfortunately, at this stage nobody listens to anyone. we tol

i'm doug mckelway, in for bret baier. president obama has arrived in fresno, california, a part of the country suffering through an incredible dry spell. while much of the eastern half of the nation suffers through the most ferocious winter in years, the president is linking the weather to globe ae al warm. >> po left the snowy east coast for california to talk about global warming. his new pitch for his 2015 budget to be released next month is spending $1 billion on a climate resilience fund to help communities plan and to help fund breakthrough technologies. the president was very definitive in his state of the union address. >> the debate is settled. climate change is a fact. >> not everyone thinks it's that simple. california is dealing with severe drought conditions, which nasa satellite photos from last january to this january help illustrate, but kevin mccarthy from california said the drought there has been exacerbated by federal and state legislations which include putting the well-being of fish ahead of communit

bret. >> thank you. one of the issues that will likely dog any clinton candidacy will be benghazi and the terror attacks that took four american lives in 2012. new information about what the secretary of state may have known. >> the grave security conditions on the ground in eastern libya were known to high ranking department officials who have so far escaped blame according to a new report by republicans on the house foreign affairs committee. quote, thesis threats will well understood by even the most senior officials in washington. then secretary clinton was well aware of the reporting as well as extremists claiming to be affiliated with al qaeda were active in the area. they claimed the state department investigation, known as the accountability review board, lacked impartialality because they were selected by mrs. clinton. while the panel led by thomas pickering on the right, and admiral mike mullen never interviewed senior executives, they regretted the congressional findings. >> i think if anyone

bret, thank you so much for talking to us here.all what is your best understanding what happened to mt. gox? >> first off, david, thank you for having me on the show. i really appreciate the opportunity to explain what is going on. david: our pleasure. >> here is my stance what happened with mt. gox? the fact it was a private company that was not managed properly. and that has resulted in a great loss for the users. david: now the 750,000 bitcoins that have apparently disappeared, do you have any information about that? >> i do not and i'm, reading the same media reports you're reading from regarding that. what they're saying, there was a issue on their end which led to that. i know they're throwing around things like about it coin protocols and -- issue and things like that but there is no evidence or proof that is actually what occurred with their system. the -- systems were something they chose to take measures to ensure it would not be a problem. david: you see the pictures, on the screen, bret. we show photos of bitcoin. those

i'm bret baier.t how far ahead of the september 11th, 2001, terror attacks the u.s. government had any idea of how dangerous osama bin laden could be. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is here with fascinating details. >> thank you, bret. according to court documents the fbi source was in direct contact with osama bin laden eight years before the 9/11

. >>> i'm bret baier. in washington, this is a fox news alert.bility of terror attacks against commercial airline flights coming into the u.s. it comes in the midst of international turmoil on several fronts tonight and the ongoing winter olympics in russia. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is here with the breaking news. >> thank you, bret. fox news confirming that a homeland security bulletin was sent based on credible intelligence of a possible attempt to attack passenger jets using explosives in shoes. it's described as separate and unrelated to the sochi olympics. while it's not specific to an airline or timeframe,

i'm bret baier. republicans thought they had leverage this time.president and democrats to pay a price, literally for raising the debt ceiling, but that plan came crashing to earth today, and with it possibly hopes that divided republicans could begin to pull together ahead of the coming midterm elections. correspondent doug mckelway has the latest from here

"special report," coming to you with a very special bret baier. >> thanks. by today. we start with a fox news alert. state and local police are searching for an escaped convict who is considered armed and dangerous. take a close look at this picture here. michael david elliott had murdered four people back in the mid '90s and this morning he is on the loose after escaping from a maximum security prison in michigan. after he escaped, he kidnapped a woman and then drove to indiana when he stopped for gas, so she was able to get away. prison officials found a hole in the fence last night about 9:30 p.m we'll keep you posted. >>> he says former nfl star aaron hernandez shot him in the face outside a miami nightclub. now alexander drawnly has been shot again outside a nightclub in connecticut. he was shoves several times in the leg. no word on who did it or why. boston police have linked both hernandez and bradley to a double murder in july of 2012. >>> she was not drunk after church when she backed into a group of elderly people with her suv. she left three of t

joined now by bret baier, anchor of "special report." bret, welcome, good morning to you. >> morning, martha. martha: yanukovych, nobody knew where he was. he has surfaced and held this press conference. he says he's surprised at the silence of vad anywhere putin on this so far. what do you think about these developments? >> yeah, it was really interesting seeing the write-ups and the whole thing about the press conference. you know, he escaped to russia, yanukovych, with the help of the russians. in fact, he's a naughtive speaker of russian -- native speaker of russian. he spoke in this press conference in russian. and, you know, when he spoke in kiev, he spoke ukrainian. but in this press conference, he spoke russian. martha: interesting. >> that was interesting. he said he did not get there because of russian soldiers, he said he got there with the help of some people. he said he's going to continue to fight for ukraine, and he said any military action during this time is unacceptable. this as you talked about at the top of the show y

let's bring in bret jordan from bb & t capital markets. i believe you just wrote a note on this precise topic. what is the key takeaway? >> well, certainly it's an abnormally cold and extreme winter. we looked at the december weather patterns and they were about 7% below 100 year average and january's gotten worse. so massive vehicle population, old vehicles on average, almost 12 years old in the country, and facing this type of winter weather, you are certainly seeing an increase in parts and service demand. >> you are talking to a guy whose car is in the shop literally as we speak, because of some of the road conditions here. is this a net new business or is this merely a pull forward from other maintenance? >> well, not really. this is a business that the soft winters, the warm winters we have had the last several years, a lot of compound wear has built up. this winter is forcing cars into the shop. nobody buys car parts because they make them feel good. you don't buy them because it's not a fashion trend. you buy them because you need

slow david cameron's side said missed the blinds and called for damascus to hurry up promising that bret's and will put pressure to speed up the process trial subranges a former british counter-terrorism intelligence officer and he believes the increasing number of insurgents in syria are hampering that this armaments the organization for the prohibition of chemical weapons the f.e.c. who is managing of course this process of removal of these weapons from syria has today or yesterday has come out and said that these deadlines are in fact soft deadlines that the the west shouldn't be too concerned about the deadlines being missed at this stage and that your p.c. to the last forty eight hours reiterated its satisfaction that its confidence that the june thirtieth deadline of complete eradication of these weapons should be met on all sides really the situation is dependent upon rebels not attacking this process of transport eradication of these chemical weapons and constituent ingredients but also of course on the sat government perhaps with russian pressure continuing the momentum of the pac

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let's bring in bret baier, anchor of "special report." these cuts especially to the army and also some air force planes being cut out of a fighter jet division, what is congress going to have to say about that? >> there's going to be pushback definitely. there will be people who defend their territory. there will be some bases that likely close because of this because it's a dramatic shifting to from 490,000 down to 440,000. the cuts were already coming down from 570 to 490,000 in the army and this would be a drop further than that to 440,000. listen. republicans and democrats on the same page that there is waste to be cut from the pentagon budget. that said, there is a lot of pushback when you start cutting the size and scope of the u.s. army and taking out the air force attack aircraft. that's an entire aircraft that will be eliminated. and you have a lot of people who are affected, whether that is good or bad. you have to listen to the defense secretary hagel make his case today and we will. jon: the "new york times" puts it this way.

she asked about the bret feeding policy and the woman noted her son will not nurse with a cover. quote, "unfortunately, you are not able to breast feed if you do not have a coverup. i am sorry." mothers and groups blasted the airlines her personally or a representative personally contacted the mother to apologize and a spokesman said they are well aware of a legal right to breast peed and called this "misinformation." >> trading is underway on wallet and we will look at the bridge board with the dow off 31 minutes to 16,173. >> this morning we have our first look at the new galaxy s5 including a use -- unique can withstand water for 30 minutes. it has a fingerprint reader and a longer lasting battery. >> the egg mcmuffin is getting competition from the waffle taco with taco bell offering breakfast wanting to attract more people in their 20's and 30's with breakfast sevenned until -- served until 11 a.m. >> the rain is a day away and you can track it on your smartphone. but now we check with the weather app from mike nicco. >> on the roof. the low clouds are take over. we are off

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bret baier joins us. you know, brett, lbj twisted the weres of senate colleagues and had cocktails. and tip o'neill and reagan having drinks after five. this president doesn't do. that what can come out of the meeting? >> he's starting to doing more of it. and . point to john podefta stirring up the additional outreach efforts by president obama to capitol hill. you are right about the meeting today. 2012, december was the last time speaker boehner met alone in the oval office with president obama. they speak on the phone we are told bite speaker's office and white house. but not that often. it was interesting larry, our friend and political commentator and director for the center of politics thinks that this meeting with boehner and obama is so unique he thinks that obama has met more times with vladimar putin on within on one than with the speaker of the house. >> obviously they are dealing with minimum wage and budget and other factors? >> it is interesting, a lot of the fiscal crisis issues are put on the back burner, this is one week before the president unvauls the budget to c

bret baier will join us. he is the anchor on fox news chanement >> you heard the question take questions about the employer man date delay. >> it was a long answer to what has been a pretty short decision by the treasury department to delay the man date on small businesses, from businesses from 50 to 99 employees getting another year for the man date to kick in. they have another year before they have to essentially have insurance or pay this fine. it is seen as the president describes it as more flexibility. he's saying they knew from the starts there would be fits and starts and the giant law would be complex and they needed flexibility to do it. critics will tell you that there are 27 of the flexible moves and they are doing this outside and around congress in regulation from hss and treasury. >> this is the second time this particular group of employees had this delay. i believe it the 28th or 27th time in some teinant of the law so politically speaking what is the fallout? >> the fallout is, that it does

the same case as is with bret bai baier. he joins us every monday live from our national's capital.we will be talking to julie boon straw. she is a cancer patient targeted by democrats because she wam out on television and she said i have been impacted in a bad way about obamacare. now one of the opponents one of the democrats is trying to make it so uncomfortable for her and for tv stations who are running that commercial. also the producers son of god mark burnett and roma downey join us. and the winner of the daytona 500. dale ernhardt, jr. also. we have it right here on the channel for news fox news channel. : >>> a man in utah killed in a paratkpwhraoeugd -- gliding accident. police say the man had a mishap in the air. he was part of a group in fair field. his identity not released. >>> he battles in the ring and is now battling cancer. former w.w.e. wrestler jake the snake roberts announcing he's undergoing surgery to remove a cancerous tumor behind his knee but plans on returning to the ring on march 14 cancer or not. roberts got the nickname the snake by taking pythons and c

march good of to have you here -- martha: good to have you here, bret baier.ey may not want vladimir putin to perceive as a cold war chess game, but perhaps he does. >> yeah. it was interesting to hear the secretary of state it's not rocky iv, you know, 1985, rocky balboa against ivan drago -- martha: very food trivia. >> and and rocky wins in the end. critics are saying vladimir putin may be looking at reruns and wants drago to win this time, and they want the u.s. maybe to have a little bit more stallone. it's clear that putin is making moves here with his military and all the thing that amy kellogg just talked about. this is happening realtime, hour by hour, and the create mania region -- crimea region is vulnerable. there's stuff happening. the question is what the u.s. will do. just in the past few minutes you had defense secretary chuck nagel in nato saying that it is a delicate time and that nato needs to have very cool, wise leadership and urge the russians to communicate. i just don't know if that's going to happen. martha: you know, you look back, an

bret baier, thank you. the meantime, another debt ceiling fight in capitol hill and word lawmakers may try to tie the battle over the spending limit to changes to the new health care law. chief congressional correspondent with more on this story and the next chapter ahead, what is the message today from the administration on the best-selling issue? >> treasury secretary jack lew says this can and should be a breakthrough year for the economy, size message to congress' they should avoid doing anything that may do damage to our economy. >> i believe it is the last thing that has to happen in order for people to breathe a little sigh of relief that we are not going to see the kinds of brinksmanship that cause anxiety not just here in the united states but around the world. >> at this point the administration doesn't want to talk about negotiating a deal, they would just like a straight, clear exchange. jenna: what is the latest in what house republicans are considering? >> the keyword for them appears to be "c

the super bowl has become conditioned the president avoids bret bait baier and chris walla.ur >>> our interval with tray hand and snyder, i have liked you as a football player and a man and now you are my new hero. on chris christie charges, it is just an allegation and no proof, media words it like it is true, already talking impeachment. >> it is >> it is totally true, would you we allegation. an allegation. >> and we need to treat it this way. >> pope francis on the cover of "rolling stone," a magazine generally devoted to hot musicians and celebrities. guess he now is a certified rockstar. covering politicians can be risky business, a reporter for new york 1 was interviewing michael grimm before the state of the union and then he attempted to ask the representative about a federal investigation of campaign finance allegations involving the republican and, boy, grimm got in his face. >> i am not talking off topic. i will [ blank ]. >> you could not see the subtitles but he threated to break him in half and throw him off the battle cone and the reporter was stunned. >> i w

"special report" with bret baier up next. >> it is wednesday february 12th.rews are on stand biaz an ice storm takes aim at the deep south. it is catastrophic with more than 1 million people in the path of this storm. maria molina is tracking what you can expect. >> schools tighten the rules on sending valentine's day car cards at school. it has a lot of parents outraged. >> it is 130 westminster best in show this evening. >> the best in show crowned at the westminster dog show. it is one foxy lady. "fox & friends first" starts right now. ♪>> good morning. you are watching "fox & friends first" on this saturday morning. a little heavy medal to start this morning. >> we begin with an extreme weather alert. today millions in the south prepare for a potentially catastrophic ice storm. >> snow already falling in some parts of georgia as utility crews fan out across that state. nearly 1600 flights in atlanta already canceled. >> this ice storm pushing through that state. >> alabama getting snow causing dozens of wrecks closing major highways. everyone urged to use

i'm bret baier. as iran and north korea continue their suspected work on nuclear weapons and syria drags its felt on its promise to turn over ischemical weapons, john kerry says the most dangerous weapon of them all is climate change. it's the latest volley in the administration's campaign to put global warming front and center as a political talking point, heading into the midterm elections. mike emanuel begins our coverage tonight. >> climate change can now be considered another weapon of mass destruction, perhaps even the world's most fearsome weapon of mass destruction. >> weapons of mass destruction, as in a nuclear blast or biological or chemical attack. the latest attempt by the obama administration to grab attention for its environmental agenda. >> this is mushy thinking at best. a few years ago, people decided that global warming was a national security threat because they knew national security threats bring to mind the most severe kind of threat that the country faces. >> in indonesia, the

i'm bret baier. korea continue their suspected work on nuclear weapons and syria drags its felt on its promise to turn over ischemical weapons, john kerry says the most dangerous weapon of them all is climate change. it's the latest volley in the administration's campaign to put global warming front and center as a political talking point, he

joining me now bret baier, anchor of special report. that's a loaded question for you. all these documents could be released any time. will anybody try to hold this up, the clintons or president obama? >> well, it's really interesting that none of this has come out as of yet. we're told "politico" had the story this morning 20,000 documents, 25,000 documents at the clinton library have been approved by the white house to be released. the national archives oversees all these documents. they are in possession of the federal government. the white house essentially has the say whether they can be released based on a number of criteria, including national security. some 25,000 of 33,000 documents have been cleared to be released and they cannot released any time. have you about 8,000 documents in limbo. they don't have any more restrictions on them. the 12-year restriction, 12 years after a president leaves office, the documents should be released under law. >> the interesting thing is the papers contain confidential advice given or sought by president clinton including comm

this is bret baier, and in washington, government forces and the opposition are going at each other in the globe tonight. government forces are advancing in syria. a public showdown in venezuela. new gun battles in thailand, but we begin in ukraine. where the capital city of kiev is burning at this hour. and at least 18 people are dead. thousands of police are doing battle with some 20,000 anti-government protesters. as more than three months of protests reach a crisis point, as you look live. senior foreign affairs correspondent amy kellogg joins us on the phone from moscow.

i'm chris wallace in for bret baier. the u.s. economy that appeared to be heating up last year is suddenly cooling back down. the new employment numbers have set off a chain reaction of concern about the recovery. chief white house correspondent ed henry looks at the latest job numbers and what they mean. >>> still struggling on two of the issues that will be front and center in the midterm elections. jo jobs and health care, president obama was back on the road in michigan, campaigning not for votes but for credits for an economy that has not regained full speed. >> our unemployment rate is the lowest it was since before i was elected. >> while the unemployment rate did tick down slowly to 6.6%, and wall street responded positively, the president did not mention this was the second straight month of weak jobs numbers. the meager december increase of just 74,000 jobs followed up today with news that a lower than expected 113,000 jobs were added in january. republican kevin brady, chairman of the joint economic committee wrote, th

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bret saunders just took over. he just started moving with this company. you know, he has just been acquired. we are going to talk to him in a fox business exclusive. did activists pay too little for this company? right now we are well above that at the moment. this is an interesting move. he comes out a winner. let's see what the rest of the investors do. we also want to memorize this date. may 6. it has to do with twitter. we have a panel discussion on why twitter may start to gyrate crazily. we will explain all of it coming up. you cannot miss the discussion. you also have to watch liz and "countdown to the closing bell." see you in a few minutes. crude oil prices climbing. you cannot escape the impact of the pop no matter where you drive. gas prices topped the three dollars per gallon. senior petroleum analyst joins me now. i thought we were in a new era of energy independence in that gas prices would drop. i was wrong. why? >> it is not all roses. preparing for the increase in demand. we have also seen oil prices take a big jump up. the increase n oil

i'm bret baier. in washington, another day, another delay. slamming the brakes on another key part of his namesake health care law. shannon breen with the latest revision to obamacare. >> late today, the administration did admit another change is on the horizon for a second time, a year-long delay to the employer mandate. this time, for entities with between 50 and 99 employees. thd the new rules, they will not face penalties for noncompliance until at least january of 2016. they will have to certify they have not trimmed their work force just to fit in this category.

." >>> good evening, i'm bret baier. more domestic spending, fewer benefit reductions.esident obama's new budget which is being characterized as an abandonment of his grand bargain attempt with republicans. wendell goler has reaction tonight. >> a day after withdrawing his support for a republican-backed budget proposal, president obama pressed the nation's governors

bret mcgurk. prior to this current assignment, mr. mcgurk served as a special advisor to the national security staff. and as senior advisor to ambassadors ryan crocker, chris hill, and james jeffery in baghdad. he also served as a lead negotiator and coordinator in bilateral talks with the iraqi government back 2008. without objection, by the way, your full prepared statement will be made part of the record. the members here will have five days to submit any statements or questions or any other extraneous material for the record. and mr. mcgurk, if you will please sum rise your remarks and you'll go to question. >> chairman royce, ranking member engle, and members of the committee. thank you for letting me discuss this with a focus on the offshoot of iraq. the brief statement will discuss the threat from isal, the threat from fallujah, and how we intend to help the iraqis combat it. it is well known to us. it was the focus of iraq security efforts over many years, beginning with zarqawi more than a decade ago. the current leader is a

i'm shannon breen, in for bret baier.pitol is reverberating from the prediction tuesday that the president's health care plan will result in more than 2 million people not working full-time. today, the man responsible for those numbers explained himself. chief white house correspondent ed henry has tonight's top story. >> as president obama plotted strategy on policy and politics today with senate democrats at a baseball stadium in nationals

i'm bret baier.reds wounded in vicious street battles in the ukranian capital of kiev. last night we received word of a truce but little evidence that anyone on the ground paid attention to that. amy kellogg is watching developments tonight from moscow. >> reporter: this was supposed to be day one of the big truce that made

i'm shannon breen, in for bret baier. the nation's capitol is reverberating from the prediction tuesday that the president's health care plan will result in more than 2 million people not working full-time. today, the man responsible for those numbers explained himself. chief white house correspondent ed henry has tonight's top story. >> as president obama plotted strategy on policy and politics today with senate democrats at a baseball stadium in nationals park, ahead of the crucial midterm elections, the chief of budget office was on capitol hill, taking a swing at a central issue in the campaign, health care. >> by providing heavily subsidized health insurance to people with low income and then withdrawing the subsidies as income rises, the act creates a disincentive for people to work. >> douglas elmendorf continues to give them campaign fodder by declaring the law will smark some lower income americans to lower their work hours to avoid losing government subsidsubsidi leading the positions to drop by 2 million positi

i'm chris wallace in for bret baier. the u.s.peared to be heating up last year is suddenly cooling back down. the new employment numbers have set off a chain reaction of concern about the recovery. chief white house correspondent ed henry looks at the latest job numbers and what they mean. >>> still struggling on two of the issues that will be front and center in the midterm elections.

i'm chris wallace in for bret baier. repu raising new questions and making new charges tonight about the irs targeting of conservative groups. one of their concerns of the woman picked to run the justice department probe may already be in the president's camp. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel starts us off tonight. >> reporter: house lawmakers heard chilling stories from several people affiliated with conservative groups who say they became targets of the government based on their political beliefs. >> beginning in 2010 the fbi contacted my non-profit organization on six separate occasions wanting to cull through membership manifests in conjunction with domestic terrorism cases. they eventually dropped all matters and have now redacted nearly all my files? the expected star witness, the justice department barbara bosserman, a political donor in charge of the investigation, did not appear. deputy james cole sent this letter citing long-standing policy is to decline to provide congress with non-public informa